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Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb has been executive vice president
of the Orthodox Union since January, 2002. In that role,
he heads the multi-purpose agency which represents and
serves Orthodox Jewry through hundreds of synagogues
across North America and beyond. From kosher food supervision to youth, public policy and social action programming,
the OU is one of the largest and most vibrant Jewish
organizations in the world today.
A
talented teacher, writer and orator, Rabbi Weinreb
was previously the spiritual leader of Congregation
Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore, MD, which he joined in
January, 1989. Under his leadership, the congregation
grew from approximately 160 to more than 400 families.
Rabbi
Weinreb received his rabbinic ordination in 1962 from
the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva in New York. He received
his Masters degree in Psychology from the New School
for Social Research, and in 1970 earned his Ph.D.
from the University of Maryland. Prior to assuming
the pulpit of the Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Rabbi
Weinreb served as Assistant Supervisor of Psychological
Services for the Prince George's County Public Schools,
as Chief Psychologist of the Potomac Foundation for
Mental Health, and also maintained a private practice
of psychotherapy.
Rabbi
Weinreb is a vice-president of the Rabbinical Council
of America and past chair of its annual convention.
He is Rabbinic Liaison for NEFESH: the North American
Network of Orthodox Mental Heath Professionals, and
is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Veterans
Administration Hospitals. Rabbi Weinreb serves on
the Rabbinic Cabinet of United Jewish Communities
and on the boards of various other organizational
and educational institutions.
Rabbi
Weinreb has been married to the former Chavi Taub
since 1965, and they now live on the West Side of
Manhattan. They have three children and ten grandchildren.
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