Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (born 1940) is an ordained rabbi, a qualified psychotherapist and the current Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox Judaism Jewish organisation in North America; a position he has held since 2002. As the president of the OU is an honorary position, he is the official chief executive officer of the organisation. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79386268.html "New Orthodox Union head aims to heal embattled group"] Wiener, Julie. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 9 2001]

Rabbi Weinreb is a widely regarded scholar on the subject of domestic violence which helped contributed to his appointment following the Rabbi Baruch Lanner debacle. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79390270.html "Baltimore Rabbi Tapped To Head OU: Torah scholar, a widely sought speaker on domestic violence, impressed search committee with plans to restore group's stature following Lanner incident".] By Gary Rosenblatt, Jewish Week, September 21, 2001]

He is considered an Orthodox centrist. [ [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15213 "Orthodox But Not Monolithic", Amy Klein, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, 2006-01-06] ] During a fact-finding mission to Israel, he came under armed fire in Sderot in May 2007. [ [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/102137.html "O.U. group comes under fire in Sderot"] JTA, May 31 2007]

In early 2007 it was announced that he was to step down from his position, however in an interview with "The Forward" he made it clear that this was not of his own choice, [http://www.forward.com/articles/ou-leader-being-pushed-out/ "O.U. Leader Being Pushed Out",] Nathaniel Popper, The Forward, January 12, 2007] and following pressure he was asked to retain his position until 2009. [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/101422.html "Weinreb to stay at O.U".] JTA, April 26 2007]

He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva in New York. He received his Masters degree in Psychology from the New School for Social Research, and earned his PhD from the University of Maryland. [http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=100948 "RCA Biography of Weinreb"] ] He served on the Rabbinic Cabinet of United Jewish Communities, on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, and on the boards of various other organizational and educational institutions.

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* [http://www.ou.org/other/weinreb.htm Biography of Weinreb at the OU website]
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo=665660 Haaretz profile on Weinreb]
* [http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/weinreb/entry/the_holiday_season_posted_by Comment article by Weinreb in the "Jerusalem Post"]
* [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/2769 Comment article for "Israel National News" by Weinreb]