Stuart Weinblatt

Stuart Weinblatt is a conservative rabbi who was ordained in 1979 at the Hebrew Union College. He is Chairman of the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition, which he founded in 2020 and Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation B'nai Tzedek, a conservative synagogue he established in 1988, which now has about 600 families. Rabbi Weinblatt has held a number of leadership posts in local and national organizations, including as President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America, and as the first chairman of the Jewish National Fund's affinity group "Rabbis for Israel. He also chaired the Committee for Jewish Studies at the university, which led to the creation of several faculty positions in Jewish Studies. He was elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges|Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.

Career & activities Among the other leadership positions he has held in Jewish organizations at both the local and national level is as Director of Israel Policy and Advocacy for the Rabbinical Assembly, and President of the Washington Board of Rabbis. He has chaired two national conventions of the Rabbinical Assembly, and with his wife chaired the Annual Washington, DC Israel Bonds Ambassador's Ball. the United States Senate, the inaugurations of Maryland's Governors His second book ‘’Living in the Shadow of Death: A Rabbi Copes with Cancer’’ traces his own battle with cancer and was published in May 2015.

Family Rabbi Weinblatt and his wife, Symcha, have four children and nine grandchildren. In recognition of his leadership and community involvement, in 2002, he was named “Man of the Year” by the Greater Washington area chapter of ORT of Greater Washington in 2007. Weinblatt was named the “Best Rabbi in Washington” in a reader survey conducted by Washington Jewish Week multiple years.