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Avraham Haim Yosef (Avi) haCohen Weiss ((ヘブライ語:אברהם חיים יוסף הכהן ווייס); born June 24th,1944) is an American Modern Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer, and activist who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in The Bronx, New York, from which he will be retiring in 2015.〔(Rabbi Avi Weiss, Progressive Voice in Orthodoxy, Steps Down From Pulpit )〕 He is the founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, a rabbinical seminary he refers to as "Open Orthodox", a term he coined to describe a form of Modern Orthodoxy, founder of Yeshivat Maharat for Orthodox women,〔 co-founder of the International Rabbinical Fellowship, an Open Orthodox rabbinical association founded as a liberal alternative to the Modern Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America, and founder of the grassroots organization Coalition for Jewish Concerns – Amcha. In 2013, ''Newsweek'' ranked him the 10th most prominent rabbi in the United States, climbing from number 11 in 2012 and number 12 in 2011, after being ranked number 18 in 2010. On 29.06.2015 Weiss resigned from the Rabbinical Council of America. On 3.11.2015 the Moetzes of Agudath Israel of America declared Open Orthodoxy, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Yeshivat Maharat and other affiliated entities to be similar to other dissident movements throughout Jewish history in having rejected basic tenets of Judaism.〔http://hamodia.com/2015/11/03/moetzes-open-orthodoxy-not-a-form-of-torah-judaism/〕〔http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Breach-in-US-Orthodox-Judaism-grows-as-haredi-body-rejects-Open-Orthodoxy-institutions-431929〕〔http://forward.com/news/323887/agudath-rabbis-declare-war-on-open-orthodoxy/〕 == Hebrew Institute of Riverdale == (詳細はHenry Hudson Parkway by former members of the Hebrew Institute of University Heights in the Bronx who had moved to Riverdale. Weiss, who had finished his training at Yeshiva University a few years earlier, became the synagogue's rabbi in 1973. The congregation has grown to 850 families, and has served as a platform for Weiss's rabbinical advocacy. In October of 2014, Weiss announced that he would step down from his pulpit effective mid-2015.〔(Rabbi Avi Weiss to step down as rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avi Weiss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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