Rabbi Avi Weiss

Ideas

Pope Francis must insist Auschwitz church be moved

People of moral conscience must raise a voice for the sake of Holocaust memory and declare that a church has no place at Birkenau, writes Rabbi Avi Weiss.

Israeli Rabbinate releases list of approved rabbis, including 2 controversial figures

The list includes two Americans who have been mired in scandal and omits New York liberal Orthodox Rabbi Avi Weiss.

Op-Ed: Saying kaddish in Charleston for slain church members

Rabbi Avi Weiss goes to Charleston to mourn the slain victims of the attack on an African-American church, and gets help saying the Mourner’s Kaddish for his father.

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