Rabbi Greg Weisman
Rabbi Greg Weisman
Rabbi Greg Weisman has served Temple Beth El since 2013. An educator at heart, Rabbi Weisman has centered his work around teaching and developing relationships across the congregation, bringing a renewed passion for Jewish life and community. He is deeply passionate about the congregation’s Social Justice work, having led the congregation towards becoming a more diverse and inclusive community, having created a Racial Equity Leadership Team and an LGBTQ+ Task Force within the congregation. The racial equity initiative is an outgrowth of his work with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC), where he served as a Balfour Brickner Clergy Fellow and currently serves on the leadership team of RAC-Florida. Rabbi Greg Weisman has guided the congregation in learning opportunities, building relationships with local communities of color, and led a Civil Rights Journey through the Deep South. He is actively engaged in our Early Learning Center, Religious School, and adult education programming, as well as the Temple’s Brotherhood.
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Shabbat Message
Spoken Sparks of Peace: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman. Monday evening, in a room filled with Evangelical Christian pastors and rabbis, we recited the words “Hinei Ma Tov U’Ma Naim, Shevet Achim Gam Yachad – How good and pleasant it is when God’s
May 8, 2026
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Holiness Given and Received: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Last summer, a couple dozen volunteers gathered at the Temple, filling hundreds of backpacks for students in our community. One of the volunteers, Naomie, joined us from one of the local agencies that would receive and distribute the backpacks. She had reached out to the leaders of The Giving Tree,
April 24, 2026
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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
When we’re confronted with chaos and panic, how do we keep ourselves from spinning out of control? This week, as our brothers and sisters in Israel once again take shelter in their safe rooms, and as the Middle East reshapes before our eyes, that question has become as relevant as
March 6, 2026
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The Joy of Asking for Help: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Mar Ukva was a character in our Talmud.[1] He was generous and compassionate, and had a daily habit of giving a few coins of tzedakah to a poor man in his community. One day, having left study hall a little later than usual, his wife came with him to the
February 6, 2026
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There Will Be Joy to Reap: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
There is a famous story that involves a mountaintop fortress, two thousand years, and a date seed. Two thousand years ago, King Herod built Masada, a fortress built into a mountain overlooking the Dead Sea. A generation later, a small group of Jewish zealots fled the Roman Empire, taking refuge
January 2, 2026
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How We Keep Our Brothers: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
The most formative experiences of my young life were the 12 summers I spent at summer camp. There I learned a sense of responsibility and independence, how to develop relationships with new people in my life, and how to overcome fears and challenges. There is no doubt that those summers
December 5, 2025
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The Wicked Son or For Good: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
It’s finally here! Today is the day that Wicked: For Good premieres in the theaters, something that many in our lives have been waiting for for a year. This recasting of the characters of The Wizard of Oz explores the path of the Wicked Witch of the West from outsider
November 21, 2025
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Let Us Behold Their Presence: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
We are all holding our breath this Shabbat. For 735 days we have been wondering when the hostages might return home, when parents could embrace their children and begin to heal the wounds of that horrific Simchat Torah morning. Over the past days it has become clear that dream may
October 10, 2025
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Words of Prayer Across the Community: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Earlier this week, the Boca Raton Interfaith Clergy Association gathered for a vigil to call attention to the plight of immigrants and refugees in our community. Inspired by shared teachings from the various faith traditions represented in our community, which instruct us to greet the stranger who sojourns among us
September 12, 2025
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Teach Your Children Well: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
It really is a miracle that we are still here. If you ask scholars of ancient civilizations, they would tell you that there is no good reason that the Jewish people are still around. Dozens and dozens of groups have come and gone since God called upon Abraham to leave
August 8, 2025