Rabbi Avi Weiss

Senior NYC rabbi calls for boycott of Mamdani

Rabbi Avi Weiss accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of antisemitism after a controversial video marking the “Nakba" sparked backlash.

In Memoriam:

A month since the passing of Rabbi Dov Fischer

I saw in you a genius wordsmith, whose ability to share Torah was extraordinary. All this was combined with a deep and abiding love for Am Yisrael.

Open letter to Congressman Bowman.

NY Congressman Jamaal Bowman did not do his homework and blasted Israel for not vaccinating Judea & Samaria Arabs. Not a good start. Op-ed.

Open Letter to Mr. Jamaal Bowman, Dem. Congresssional candidate

A letter from the rabbi of a major Westchester synagogue to the Dem. primaries candidate for his district as early voting begins. Op-ed.

Open Orthodoxy name change: New brand, same product

Open Orthodoxy is engaging in damage control and now calling itself Modern Orthodoxy, the term describing its antithesis: Jews loyal to traditional halakha while beng part of the modern world.

Book Review: "Why Open Orthodoxy is not Orthodox"

Rabbi to Pope: Remove church from Auschwitz

Rabbi Avi Weiss writes: "A church does not belong at the largest Jewish cemetery in the world.”

'Open Orthodox' or 'Neo Conservative'?

Can America's 'Open Orthodox' movement claim to be Orthodox at all? And do Orthodox rabbis have a duty to save it from itself?