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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