Rabbi Josh Weinberg

Rabbi Josh Weinberg

Rabbi Josh Weinberg (he/him) serves as the vice president for Israel and Reform Zionism for the Union for Reform Judaism, and as the president of ARZA.

ARZA membership affirms that a commitment to Israel is a core component of your identity as a Reform Jew and is critical to strengthening the Reform Movement’s voice within Israeli National Institutions (WZO, KKL, JAFI), the Israeli political system, and Israeli society at large. Become a member of ARZA and subscribe to Rabbi Weinberg's weekly newsletter and commentary.

An image of Meir Shalev, a great novelist, masterful Hebraist, author of dozens of children's books, a symbol of the State of Israel and a combat soldier in the War of Attrition (1967-1970) and the Six-Day War in 1967.
Israel

Israel at 75: Forging the Path Together

Rabbi Josh Weinberg
 April 21, 2023
In November 2006, I set out with a pack on my back to walk the Land. I knew that before I enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, I wanted a more intimate relationship with the country that I had made my home.
Rj-feature- israel mt zion
Israel and Its Neighbors

The Times They Are a Changin’

Rabbi Josh Weinberg
 June 7, 2021
The winds of change are blowing through Israel these days. This week the so-called “coalition for change” presented its new government to President Reuven Rivlin, ousting Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 consecutive years as Israel’s Prime Minister.
hands trying to tie cats cradle with string
Israel and Its Neighbors

Guide to the Complex

Rabbi Josh Weinberg
 May 25, 2021
Much of the rhetoric coming out of an American understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian interrelationship seriously lacks nuance. Nuance is cavalierly sacrificed on the altar of the soundbite and the hashtag. Those who preach liberal politics and tolerance based on their American experience seem unwilling to understand the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.