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    Avraham Haim Yosef (Avi) haCohen Weiss (Hebrew: אברהם חיים יוסף הכהן ווייס; born June 24, 1944) is an American Open Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher...
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    Józef Glemp, then Archbishop of Warsaw, on behalf of Rabbi Avi Weiss. That summer, Weiss and six other members of the Jewish community in New York had...
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  • Look up avi or -avi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes...
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  • in 1997 by Avi Weiss, who views halacha (Jewish law) as permitting more flexibility than the normal practices of Orthodox Judaism. Weiss opened Yeshivat...
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  • previously self-described as Open Orthodox, founded in 1999 by Rabbi Avi Weiss. Currently located in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York...
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  • women in the Jewish community to serve as clergy members. In 2009, Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabbi Daniel Sperber ordained Rabba Sara Hurwitz. She was the first...
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    "Tertiated" I mean to say that we do not accept the known term of "Decimation". Avi Weiss highlighted: "But the Holocaust is different" and noted "As Menachem Begin...
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    Sivan 19, 5758 - A Taste of Torah in Honor of Shabbat & Yom Tov by Rabbi Avi Weiss". Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008...
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  • resignation of New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss". Poynter. Retrieved January 4, 2021. Selk, Avi (March 10, 2018). "A New York Times columnist blamed...
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    Federal Correction Complex in North Carolina. In May 1991, Pollard asked Avi Weiss to be his personal rabbi. Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu was also...
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  • Washington, D.C. His parents are novelist Tova Reich (sister of Rabbi Avi Weiss) and Walter Reich, a professor at George Washington University, who served...
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  • Arnold Weiss (1924–2010), German-born refugee from Nazi Germany who emigrated to the United States where he became an intelligence officer Avi Weiss (fl...
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  • years as CEO, Shalom Kital resigned and was replaced by executive editor Avi Weiss. On 1 August, Gadi Sukenik anchored his last evening news programme; Yonit...
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  • congregation's founding dates from 1924 and was led by Rabbi Avi Weiss from 1973 to 2015. Weiss has since assumed the role as Rabbi in Residence and Rabbi...
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    ceremony in Oslo, Torossian was arrested for protesting together with Avi Weiss against Yasser Arafat being awarded the Peace Prize. And in 1995, as a...
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    ordination of Sara Hurwitz. Hurwitz was ordained by Rabbis Avi Weiss and Daniel Sperber. Although Weiss headed the rabbinical school Yeshivat Chovevei Torah...
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    granted semicha (ordination) on an equal basis with men. In June 2009, Avi Weiss ordained Sara Hurwitz with the title "maharat" (an acronym of manhiga...
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    courts), causing further controversy as some Orthodox rabbis, including Avi Weiss and Yehoshua Fass, were included on the blacklist. This secretive process...
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    Elkana Shapiro, former British Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, and Rabbi Avi Weiss. This is the generally followed view. A third view argues in favor of...
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  • institutions". The Jerusalem Post. Josh Nathan-Kazis (3 November 2015). "Avi Weiss Defends "Open Orthodoxy" as Agudah Rabbis Declare War". The Forward. "Orthodox...
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    were a number of well-regarded Orthodox rabbis on the list, including Avi Weiss and Yehoshua Fass. The list also included some Conservative and Reform...
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  • the Open Orthodox women's religious training program founded by Rabbi Avi Weiss in the Bronx, New York. Unlike other Maharat graduates, who assumed titles...
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  • Square Synagogue, Efrat, and Ohr Torah Stone Institutions; and Rabbi Avi Weiss, head of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, founder of Yeshivat Chovevei...
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  • head-to-toe coverings for females. Open Orthodoxy A movement founded by Avi Weiss in the late 1990s in US, with its own schools for religious ordination...
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  • Manitoba. 2009: Sara Hurwitz was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Rabbi Avi Weiss, making her the first woman to receive Orthodox ordination. She took the...
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  • Goren - a member of Yoni's unit Dani Litani - childhood friend of Yoni Avi Weiss Livne - a member of Yon's unit Chani Maayan - childhood friend of Yoni...
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    Yeshivos. Willig is the first cousin of Avi Weiss, the former senior Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Weiss and Willig are part of the Vaad of Riverdale...
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  • Nonetheless, the two movements are generally described as distinct. Rabbi Avi Weiss, from the left of Modern Orthodoxy, stresses that Orthodox and Conservative...
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    Yeshivat Maharat, the female rabbinical training program run by Rabbi Avi Weiss in Bronx, New York, and took her ordination exam in May 2015. Like all...
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    strongly encouraging existing synagogues to adopt them. In 2002, Rabbi Avi Weiss of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, stated that "As an Orthodox institution, Yeshivat...
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