About Rabbi Avi Weiss

Rabbi Avi Weiss founded YCT in 1999. He is founding Rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, a congregation of 850 families in Bronx, NY. Rabbi Weiss is the National President of the AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, a grassroots organization that speaks out for Jewish causes throughout the world. He has authored two books: “Women at Prayer: A Halakhic Analysis of Women’s Prayer Groups” and “Principles of Spiritual Activism.”