Denah Weinberg

Denah Weinberg was an Orthodox Jewish rebbetzin wife of a rabbi) and the founder and dean of EYAHT College of Jewish Studies for Women in Jerusalem. EYAHT has over 2,000 alumni.[1] She was also a speaker on women's issues in Israel and abroad, and published several essays in Jewish women's anthologies. She was married to Noah Weinberg, founder of Yeshivat Aish HaTorah.[2] She died in Jerusalem on March 12, 2023.

Biography

Denah Weinberg was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York to Albert and Esther Goldman.[3]

She married Noah Weinberg in New York in February 1958. They lived in Jerusalem, Israel and raised 8 sons[4] and 4 daughters. One of their sons, Rabbi Hillel Weinberg, briefly succeeded his father as rosh yeshiva of Aish HaTorah.[5] Her husband died in 2009.[2]

Founding EYAHT

In 1984, with seed money from Aish HaTorah, she opened the EYAHT college in two ground-floor apartments located across the street from her home.[6][7] She named the college "EYAHT" (Hebrew: א.י.ה.ת.) by creating an acronym for the phrase, אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל, Eesha Yirat Adonoy Hee Tithallal, "A woman who fears God, she shall be praised" (Proverbs 31:30).

Shortly after inaugurating a five-story, 15,400-square-foot (1,430 m2) campus for EYAHT in the Romema neighborhood in 2014,[8][7] EYAHT was closed.

Death

She died on March 12, 2023.

References

  1. ^ EYAHT: Aish HaTorah's College of Jewish Studies for Women Archived June 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Tannenbaum, Gershon (11 February 2009). "Rabbi Noach Weinberg (1930-2009), Torah Outreach Pioneer". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  3. ^ Klein, Devorah. "Building Devoted Generations: The legacy of Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman of Pawtucket, Rhode Island". Hamodia Magazine, 31 March 2011, pp. 14–17.
  4. ^ Berkowitz, Avraham. "The Rosh Yeshivah and the Shliach: A Jerusalem encounter". chabad.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  5. ^ Zuroff, Avraham (8 December 2009). "Jerusalem Yeshiva inaugurates building once used by missionary". Jewish Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  6. ^ Dolgin, Yehudit (January 7, 2008). "Inspired Through Intellect". Binah Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  7. ^ a b Sofer, Barbara (28 February 2014), "Moving Upstairs", The Jerusalem Post
  8. ^ Cidor, Peggy (13 June 2014), "This Week in Jerusalem", The Jerusalem Post
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