Rabbi Josh Weinberg
VP of Israel and Reform Zionism
Organization: URJ
Location: Brookyln, NY
Topics: General Israel Update, WZC 101 - Why you Should Vote Reform, The Reform Movement and liberal Judaism in Israel, Democracy in Israel and Judicial Overhaul, Religion and State in Israel
Types of Events: Virtual, in person
Rabbi Josh Weinberg serves as the Vice President of the URJ for Israel and Reform Zionism and is the Executive Director of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America. He was ordained from the HUC-JIR Israeli Rabbinic Program in Jerusalem, and he is currently living in New York. Josh previously served as the Director of the Israel program for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and as a faculty member of NFTY-EIE High School in Israel teaching Jewish History. Josh is a reserve officer in the IDF spokesperson’s unit, has hiked the Israel-trail, and came on Aliyah to Israel in 2003.