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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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  • 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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  • 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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