April 12, 2026, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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The Brotherhood is proud to recognize Steve Weitz as the Brotherhood Person of Honor at this year’s Person of Honor Breakfast, April 12, at 10:00 a.m.!
Click HERE to register for the event.
This honor recognizes a temple member or members for their dedication to our temple and the overall Jewish community. The Brotherhood Person of Honor event also serves as an important fundraiser for the Ellen Davidson Youth Scholarship Fund. Through scholarships, the fund enables students of our community the opportunity to participate in meaningful educational, cultural, and social programs that will deepen their connection to their Jewish heritage.
A bit about Steve:
Steve Weitz has played an instrumental role in growing Temple Beth-El (TBE) as a vibrant Jewish institution for many years. He served on the Temple Board and as an officer for several years before serving as Temple president from 1998 to 2000. In this role, Steve strengthened Temple’s mission to sustain a warm and welcoming spiritual community that values kindness and compassion, respect and inclusion, social justice and social responsibility.
Most recently at TBE, Steve was chair of the Settled Rabbi Selection Committee. In that role he was instrumental in leading the rabbinic search process that included reviewing feedback from the Share Your Voice listening campaign, completing the formal search application, interviewing prospective candidates, and through it all keeping TBE’s membership up to date on the process. Ultimately his leadership and supportive guidance led to the selection of Rabbi Noah Diamondstein as TBE’s Rabbi.
In addition to having deep roots in the TBE community, Steve branched out to serve the broader Jewish community and began volunteering with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). After a term on the URJ Regional Board, he joined the North American Board in 2011, and has previously served as URJ Board vice-chair. In his URJ work, Steve partners with Jewish professionals and lay leaders from across North America to help to create a whole, just, and compassionate world.
Steve’s connection to the Jewish community reaches beyond the United States. In 2004, Steve led TBE’s Mitzvat Torah initiative, where congregants helped to write our own Torah scroll. We then donated a Torah to a congregation in Belarus. Steve flew to Belarus with Rabbi Arnie Gluck and presented the Torah to Reform Jews in Minsk and Vitebsk. For Steve, connecting with fellow Reform Jews thousands of miles away helped to remind him how, indeed, all of us Jews are responsible for one another.
Please help us honor and roast Steve for all of his dedication to Temple Beth-El.
Click HERE to register for the event.
Steve joins this group of honored individuals from previous years:
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