Jews in the D
Former
Oak Park
Rabbi to
Head Up
FIDF
Steven Weil will assume the role of
national director and CEO of Friends
of the IDF in September.
F
riends of the Israeli
Defense Forces has
appointed Steven
Weil, a former Oak Park
rabbi, as the organization’
s
new national director and
CEO.
Weil will assume leader-
ship of FIDF, a charitable
organization dedicated to
supporting IDF soldiers
across the United States and
Panama, on Sept. 16, 2020.
He will take over for cur-
rent FIDF leader Maj. Gen.
(Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir.
Weil comes to the FIDF
after 11 years of working at
the Orthodox Union, where
he most recently served as
senior managing director.
He received his rabbin-
ical ordination at Rabbi
Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary and a master’
s
degree in business admin-
istration at New York
University.
His first rabbinical job
was as a rabbi at Young
Israel of Oak Park here in
Michigan from 1995 to
2001. He then worked as
a rabbi in Beverly Hills,
California, for eight years.
“We are thrilled to wel-
come Steven Weil to the
FIDF family as National
Director and CEO, where
he will channel his skills in
institutional advancement
as well as his vast experi-
ence in the Jewish commu-
nity to support Israel and its
heroic guardians, the men
and women of the IDF,”
Rabbi Peter Weintraub,
FIDF’
s national chairman,
said in a press release.
Weil currently lives in
New Jersey with his family.
He is also a public speaker
and educator, and a pas-
sionate advocate of Israel
and its soldiers, according
to the release.
“It is the greatest honor to
join the FIDF family of lay
leaders and professionals
who have committed their
lives to looking after the
IDF soldiers,” Weil said.
MAYA GOLDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
10 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020
FIDF
Steven
Weil
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