{"id":2,"date":"2018-02-15T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:27:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f911f7 e-con e-atomic-element e-grid-base e-default-div e-19dd179 \" data-id=\"4f911f7\" data-element_type=\"e-grid\" data-e-type=\"e-grid\" data-interaction-id=\"4f911f7\">\n    \t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-default-img e-a98d810-fe4b85f\" data-interaction-id=\"a98d810\" id=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Weiner-Jason.WeinerJL-1463x2048.jpg 1463w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b2e262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b2e262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"104\">Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, BCC<\/strong>, is the senior rabbi and executive director of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where he oversees the chaplaincy team and all spiritual care services across the health system. He also serves as rabbi of Knesset Israel Synagogue of Beverlywood and as a senior consultant to Ematai.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly the assistant rabbi at Young Israel of Century City, Rabbi Weiner holds two rabbinic ordinations, a doctorate in clinical bioethics and a master&#8217;s in bioethics and health policy from Loyola University (Chicago), as well as a master&#8217;s in Jewish history from Yeshiva University. He completed four units of clinical pastoral education and is a board-certified chaplain. He serves on the executive committee of the Cedars-Sinai Bioethics Committee and is a past president of the Southern California Board of Rabbis. He has received chaplaincy and rabbinic leadership awards from the Rabbinical Council of America, Orthodox Union, Chabad On-Call, Chai Lifeline, and Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains, where he chairs their ethics committee. In 2023, he donated a kidney to a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Weiner frequently lectures nationwide as a scholar-in-residence on Jewish medical ethics, pastoral care, and wellness, and teaches hands-on Jewish medical ethics to high school students throughout Los Angeles. In addition to dozens of articles and book chapters, he is the author of <em data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1539\">Guide to Observance of Jewish Law in a Hospital<\/em> (Kodesh Press), <em data-start=\"1556\" data-end=\"1607\">Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making<\/em> (Urim Press), cited in a Supreme Court brief, and <em data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1714\">Care and Covenant: A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility<\/em> (Georgetown University Press), a finalist for the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Prize, and\u00a0<em>Bedside Halacha\u00a0<\/em>(Kodesh Press).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c564b e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-ef66281 \" data-id=\"03c564b\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"03c564b\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6474ab0 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-6474ab0-ef91805 \" data-id=\"6474ab0\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"6474ab0\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d5d3f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-36d5d3f-abe0c03 \" data-id=\"36d5d3f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"36d5d3f\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223fab8 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-223fab8-311f3bf \" data-id=\"223fab8\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"223fab8\">\n    \t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"a4f6e52\" class=\"e-heading-base e-default-h2\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kodeshpress.com\/products\/bedside-halacha-a-practical-guide-for-healthcare-professionals\">Articles About Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9747d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9747d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/cover_story\/356867\/the-miracle-man-rabbi-dr-jason-weiner-gives-his-kidney-and-saves-a-life\/\">Jewish Journal Cover Article on Rabbi Weiner&#8217;s Kidney Donation\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-life-and-religion\/193381\/rabbis-you-havent-heard-of#weiner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi Weiner Named One of Ten American Rabbis You Should Know of<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mishpacha.com\/of-life-and-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mishpacha Magazine Cover Feature Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/cover_story\/111154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Journal Feature Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/56-63_ami101_cover_feature.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ami Magazine Cover Feature Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiweiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Kesher-Magazine.pdf\">Kesher Magazine Cover Feature Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/community\/238427\/holy-days-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Rabbi Weiner&#8217;s Work in the Hospital During Holidays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/coronavirus\/covid-19-crisis-chaplains-care-for-staff-through-surge\/?article_id=745159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Rabbi Weiner&#8217;s Work in the Hospital During the Pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/commentary\/columnist\/312440\/finding-my-spiritual-home-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Rabbi Weiner&#8217;s Synagogue Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/blog\/faces-of-cedars-sinai-rabbi-jason-weiner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q &amp; A With Rabbi Weiner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-03-19\/hospital-chaplains-keep-the-faith-during-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA Times Front Page Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/from-the-medical-trenches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Action Feature Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/community\/340969\/rabbis-of-la-rabbi-jason-weiner-the-calm-unanxious-presence\/\">&#8220;Rabbis of LA&#8221; Feature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/community\/rabbis-of-la\/385222\/rabbi-weiner-and-cedars-sinai-a-temporary-job-thats-lasted-18-years-and-counting\/\">&#8220;Rabbis of LA&#8221; Feature II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/newsroom\/rabbinical-council-of-america-names-cedars-sinai-rabbi-chaplain-of-the-year\/\">Rabbi Weiner named Chaplain of the Year by 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