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Young Israel of West Hartford 2240 Albany Avenue West Hartford CT, 06117 (860) 233-3084 Local ResourcesHere you can find information about Jewish institutions and services available in the West Hartford area. Kosher FoodThe Hartford Kashrut Commission (HKC) is the local orthodox kosher certification authority. You can find a list of local kosher establishments here on the HKC website. Schools
MikvehMikveh Bess Israel of West Hartford is the local community mikveh. Please contact the mikveh by phone for hours and appointments. 61 North Main Street West Hartford, CT 06117 Phone: (860) 521-9446 EruvThe local community eruv is checked and maintained by the West Hartford Eruv Committee. Eruv status is updated every Friday or Erev Yom Tov if a Yom Tov falls on Friday. Eruv status can be obtained by calling 860-232-6417. You can see a map of the eruv here. Other InstitutionsOther ResourcesThis list is by no means a complete representation of West Hartford Jewish life. Other resources can be found on the webpages listed below. Our Rabbi
Rabbi Weinberg was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He attended Herzliah High School and Marianopolis College both located in Montreal. He then went on to study at Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat, Israel for one year. While in yeshiva he primarily studied under Rabbi Chaim Brovender and Rabbi Menachem Schrader whom he is still close with today.
After learning in Israel, Rabbi Weinberg returned to New York where he attended Yeshiva College. While in Yeshiva College, he pursued a double major in History and Jewish Studies and graduated Summa Cum Laude in May of 2004. While in college, Rabbi Weinberg attended the shiur of Rabbi Elchanan Adler who he continued to study with for four years and with whom he developed a great relationship. He served as Rabbi Adler’s assistant giving the review lectures for the shiur and helping other students one on one.
After graduating from Yeshiva College, Rabbi Weinberg entered the Semicha program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of YU where he studied under various rebbeim and learned in the Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel. Rabbi Weinberg also completed his Master’s degree at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and studied Modern Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School.
During his time at YU, Rabbi Weinberg was granted many prestigious awards including the Torah Umadda Award for the student who best exemplified the ideals of YU as well as awards for excellence in Gemara and History.
Rabbi Weinberg participated in interesting fellowships over the years. He was one of six semicha students chosen to be a Sanford Lurie Scholar at the Jewish Center synagogue in Manhattan where he studied in a kolel, led shiurim for congregants, and was mentored by Rabbis Ari Berman and Yosie Levine.
Rabbi Weinberg was also a member of the Ramaz Upper School Kolel program on the Upper East side of Manhattan where he combined personal beit midrash study with teaching Gemara to 9th and 11th grade girls and boys. This also afforded him the opportunity to run innovative programs for students and participate in faculty enrichment sessions with some of the best Jewish educators in the country. Rabbi Weinberg was also a participant in the Ner L’Elef Fellowship which trained him in reaching out to those with a more limited Jewish background as well as the Isralight Teacher Training Program in Israel led by Rabbis David Aaron and Binny Friedman.
Rabbi Weinberg has worked in a number of synagogues where he not only got to know the congregants, but also got wonderful mentoring from well-seasoned rabbis. He was the rabbinic intern in Shaare Tefilla in Dallas, TX where he flew once a month for shabbos as well as for a few week long visits over the course of 14 months and was mentored by Rabbi Ari Perl. Most recently, Rabbi Weinberg spent two years as the rabbinic intern in the Great Neck Synagogue (GNS) in Great Neck, NY. At GNS, he carved out a real niche for himself becoming very close with congregants, giving classes and sermons on a weekly basis, leading one of the High Holiday Minyanim, and participated in life-cycle events. He worked very closely with Rabbi Dale Polakoff, past president of the Rabbinical Council of America and one of the leading rabbis in the Modern Orthodox community. Rabbi Polakoff continues to be his mentor, close friend, and advisor on synagogue matters.
Rabbi Weinberg is married to Elana Weinberg (nee Rosenblum) who grew up in East Brunswick, NJ and currently teaches Judaic Studies at the Hebrew High School of New England.
Rabbi Weinberg invites you to contact him, or write to rabbi@youngisraelwh.org.
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