Noah Weinberg
| Rabbi Yisrael Noah Weinberg | |
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| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Aish HaTorah |
| Ended | 2009 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 16, 1930 Lower East Side, New York City |
| Died | February 5, 2009 (aged 78) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Buried | Har HaMenuchot, Israel |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Denah Weinberg |
| Children | 8 sons, including Hillel Weinberg, and 4 daughters |
Yisrael Noah Weinberg (Hebrew: ישראל נח וינברג; February 16, 1930 – February 5, 2009) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and the founder of Aish HaTorah.
Weinberg was born on the Lower East Side of New York in 1930. His father, Yitzchak Mattisyahu Weinberg was a Slonimer Hasid, and a grandson of the first Slonimer Rebbe, Avrohom Weinberg. His mother, Hinda, was a direct descendant of Jacob ben Jacob Moses of Lissa. Weinberg was the great-great-grandson of Avraham of Slonim.
Weinberg studied at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn and Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore where he received his rabbinic ordination. He completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and his post-graduate studies at Loyola Graduate School.
His older brother, Yaakov Weinberg, later became head of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel.
In 1953, Weinberg traveled to Israel to consult with the Chazon Ish regarding the response needed to counter the threat of assimilation in the Jewish world. However, the Chazon Ish died while Weinberg was en route to Israel.
Weinberg was a salesman for his brother's company and in the course of his travels to many small cities in the United States he said he discovered Jews of all kinds who were distant from their heritage.
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