Background
Weinsberg, Edgar James was born on February 15, 1944 in New York City. Son of Egon Weinsberg and Lilli (Matzdorff) Singer.
Weinsberg, Edgar James was born on February 15, 1944 in New York City. Son of Egon Weinsberg and Lilli (Matzdorff) Singer.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966. Master in Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, 1970. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1974.
Doctor of Divinity honoris causa, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, 1998.
Rabbi Temple Beth El of Utica, New York, 1974-1982, Temple Beth El of Swampscott, since 1985. Lecturer State University of New York, 1977-1981. Lecturer, coordinator educational gerontology program Beit Berl Teachers College, Kfar Sava, Israel, 1982-1985.
Chaplain Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged, New York City, 1967-1972, Utica Psychiatric Center, 1974-1982. President Empire State Rabbinical Assembly, Albany, New York, 1978-1980, Hospice Care, Inc., Utica, 1980-1981. Consultant Jewish Rehabilitation Center, Swampscott, since 1989.
Host cable television program Jewish World, 1997-2000. Chaplain, Swampscott Police Department.
Chairman Swampscott Committee on Elder Housing, 1988. Coordinator Greater Boston Clergy Walk in Behalf of Persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Lynn/Swampscott, 1990, North Shore Rally in support Israel and United States troops in Persian Gulf, Swampscott, 1991. Board directors North Shore Community Hebrew School, since 1985, My Brothers' Table, 2001.
Member Jewish Federation of North Shore, Synagogue-Federation Committee (co-chairman since 1996), North Shore Rabbinical Association (president 1989-1991), New England Rabbinical Assembly (president 1994-1996), Swampscott Ministerium (chairman 1987-1989).
Married Yvonne Ruth Glogauer, September 3, 1972. Children: Daniel, Elana.