Eugene Weiner

Rabbi Eugene Weiner, "an American-born scholar who marched for civil rights in this country and worked for Jewish-Arab cooperation in Israel, died Sunday of cancer in Haifa [in 2003]...

"Rabbi Weiner, who had studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Columbia University, made aliyah in 1969. He settled in Haifa, teaching sociology at Haifa University and serving as chairman of the sociology department. He was voted the best lecturer in the department by students for three consecutive years.

"Rabbi Weiner was a co-founder of The Abraham Fund..."


 * Patron, Council for Global Education