Rabbi Avi Weiss

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
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gptkbp:arrested protests for Soviet Jewry
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Jewish_Book_Award_(finalist)
gptkb:National_Conference_on_Soviet_Jewry_Leadership_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1944-04-16
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Avraham_Haim_Weiss
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children gptkb:Dov_Weiss
gptkb:Shuli_Weiss
gptkbp:controversy ordination of women as Maharat
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Modern_Orthodox_Judaism
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Hebrew_Institute_of_Riverdale
gptkb:International_Rabbinic_Fellowship
gptkb:Yeshivat_Chovevei_Torah
gptkb:Yeshivat_Maharat
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Avi Weiss
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Open_Orthodoxy
gptkb:Soviet_Jewry_movement
Jewish activism
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gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Women_at_Prayer:_A_Halakhic_Analysis_of_Women's_Prayer_Groups
gptkb:Open_Up_the_Iron_Door:_Memoirs_of_a_Soviet_Jewry_Activist
gptkb:Spiritual_Activism:_A_Jewish_Guide_to_Leadership_and_Repairing_the_World
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gptkb:rabbi
author
gptkbp:protestedBy gptkb:Carmelite_convent_at_Auschwitz
Nazi war criminals
Soviet treatment of Jews
gptkbp:rabbinicOrdination gptkb:Yeshiva_University
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Riverdale,_Bronx,_New_York
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gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Toby_Weiss
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Rabbi_Steven_Exler
gptkbp:title gptkb:rabbi
founder
gptkbp:website https://www.rabbiaviweiss.com/
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