Rabbi Alex Weissman
Rabbi Alex Weissman serves as the Senior Jewish Educator at Brown RISD Hillel, where he has the pleasure of drinking a lot of coffee and learning a lot of Torah with and from his students. Ordained in 2017 at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Alex has served in various capacities with communities and organizations like JOIN for Justice, Avodah, Brandeis Reconstructionist Organization, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Temple Shalom of Newton, Wissahickon Hospice, Hebrew SeniorLife, T'ruah, and Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild. Prior to rabbinical school, Alex served as the Social Justice Coordinator at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah and worked as a researcher, educator, and counselor in various LGBTQ public health organizations working on issues of HIV/AIDS, substance use, and partner abuse.
He is a lover of Talmud, mussar, theology, and community organizing. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, reading, trapeze, and keeping up with his three brothers in Philadelphia, Boston, and Be'er Sheva. Alex lives in Providence with his husband Adam.
Ordination:
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, '17
Contact:
Email: alexander_weissman@brown.edu
Web: www.brownrisdhillel.org
Phone: 401.863.3398
Mail: Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street, Providence, RI 02906
He is a lover of Talmud, mussar, theology, and community organizing. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, reading, trapeze, and keeping up with his three brothers in Philadelphia, Boston, and Be'er Sheva. Alex lives in Providence with his husband Adam.
Ordination:
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, '17
Contact:
Email: alexander_weissman@brown.edu
Web: www.brownrisdhillel.org
Phone: 401.863.3398
Mail: Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street, Providence, RI 02906
