Denah Weinberg

Denah Weinberg is an Orthodox Jewish Rebbetzin and founder and dean of EYAHT College of Jewish Studies for Women in Jerusalem. EYAHT has over 2,000 alumnae.[1] She is also a speaker on women's issues in Israel and abroad, and has published several essays in Jewish women's anthologies.

She is the widow of Rabbi Noah Weinberg, founder of Yeshivat Aish HaTorah.[2]

Biography

Weinberg was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York to Albert and Esther Goldman. Albert was the youngest of eight children of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman, rabbi of Congregation Ohave Shalom in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and his wife, Dina.[3] Weinberg had two sisters, Naomi and Judy, both of whom are deceased.

She married Noah Weinberg in New York in February 1958. They lived in Jerusalem, Israel and raised 8 sons[4] and 4 daughters. One of their sons, Rabbi Hillel Weinberg, is the current rosh yeshiva of Aish HaTorah.[5] She was widowed in 2009.[2]

Founding EYAHT

After giving weekly classes to women in her Kiryat Sanz apartment for several years, in 1984, with seed money from Aish HaTorah, she opened the EYAHT college in two ground-floor apartments located across the street from her home.[6] She named the college "EYAHT" (Hebrew: א.י.ה.ת.‎) by creating an acronym for the phrase, אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל, Eesha Yirat Adonoy Hee Tithallal, "A woman who fears God, she shall be praised" (Proverbs 31:30).

Currently Weinberg herself teaches The 48 Ways to Wisdom, a curriculum developed by Rabbi Weinberg based on Pirkei Avot. She also teaches a curriculum on the beauty and meaning of Shabbat, which she developed.

She places a strong emphasis on the role of the Jewish woman in her family and community, with special classes in shalom bayit (marital harmony) and chinuch habanim (raising Jewish children).

She is currently raising funds to construct a five-story, 15,400-square-foot (1,430 m2) campus for EYAHT in the Romema neighborhood.[7]

Speaker, writer and community activist

Rebbetzin Weinberg is a featured speaker at the annual Aish HaTorah Partners Conference in New York. She has published several essays in books geared to Jewish women.

During the 2006 Lebanon War, she launched a "1000 Soldiers, 1000 Women Praying" campaign to sign up 1000 women to pray once a day for the welfare of Israeli soldiers on the battle lines.[8]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ EYAHT: Aish HaTorah's College of Jewish Studies for Women
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tannenbaum, Gershon (11 February 2009). "Rabbi Noach Weinberg (1930-2009), Torah Outreach Pioneer". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Klein, Devorah. "Building Devoted Generations: The legacy of Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman of Pawtucket, Rhode Island". Hamodia Magazine, 31 March 2011, pp. 14–17.
  4. ↑ Berkowitz, Avraham. "The Rosh Yeshivah and the Shliach: A Jerusalem encounter". chabad.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Zuroff, Avraham (8 December 2009). "Jerusalem Yeshiva inaugurates building once used by missionary". Jewish Tribune. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Dolgin, Yehudit (January 7, 2008). "Inspired Through Intellect". Binah Magazine. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "EYAHT Campus, Romema, Jerusalem". EYHAT website. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "1000 Women Praying". Boker Tov, Boulder!. 31 July 2006.