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Steven Weil (born 1965) is an American rabbi. He has been Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union since 2009. ==Life and career as rabbi== Steven Weil grew up on a cattle farm in upstate New York. He attended Ohr Torah High School and Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh in Israel and Yeshiva University in New York. He was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and earned a Masters in Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business. Weil became rabbi of the Young Israel of Oak Park, Michigan and then for eight years at Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills, California, the largest Orthodox congregation outside of the metropolitan New York City area. In both synagogues, he substantially increased membership and expanded programming. He has delivered invocations for President George H. W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Beverly Hills Mayors Stephen H. Webb and Jimmy Delshad. He has served internationally as scholar in residence while visiting congregations across the country and strongly advocating for Israel and Jewish Education. He has worked closely with leaders in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and has worked with the Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood Township, New Jersey. In his term as Rabbi of Beth Jacob Congregation, Weil increased membership by over 250 families to 750 families. He increased the congregation's endowment fund and was considered the most successful fundraiser in Southern California. Weil currently resides in Teaneck, New Jersey with his wife Yael, their three boys and four girls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rabbi Steven Weil bio on the Orthodox Union website )〕〔Lipowsky, Josh. ("" ), ''The Jewish Standard'', January 7, 2011. Accessed February 9, 2011. "'It’s a chance to convene the greater Orthodox community to address the issues that we all wrestle with and to hear from those who’ve accomplished facts on the ground in the different areas that concern us all,' said Rabbi Steven Weil, a Teaneck resident who is the OU’s executive vice president."〕 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「Steven Weil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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