David Weisberg
David Weisberg is the executive director of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, and, as a result of a pending merger between Isabella Freedman and Hazon, will soon become the CEO of Hazon, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating a healthier and more sustainable Jewish world through transformative experiences, thought-leadership, and capacity-building.
Faith and Practice
Barely Time to Wait: Could the Grateful Dead Be Part of the Response to the Pew Study?
It was in the dining hall of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center just over two years ago when the light bulb appeared above my head. Our program director, Adam Segulah Sher, was welcoming participants for a weeklong retreat focused on serving on a chevra kadisha, a community’s secret burial society. “Welcome to this special week where we join together to learn how to honor the dead.” And there it appeared. Yes, we have a retreat focused on honoring the dead, but how about a retreat focused on honoring The Dead? A Shabbaton built upon dedication to the Grateful Dead, the legendary rock band.
From the beginning, it was something more than a joke.
News and Politics
A Green Gevalt: Nigel Savage and David Weisberg on the Hazon/Freedman merger and the Jewish environmental movement
On December 3, 2012, two of the Jewish world’s leading environmental organizations announced their merger. Zeek’s Jay Michaelson sat down with Nigel Savage, founder of Hazon, and David Weisberg, executive director of Isabella Freedman, for a in-depth conversation about what it all means.
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