Rabbi Sam Weiss

Rabbi Sam Weiss has served as the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth El since 2022. A native of Andover, MA, he holds a B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley. He was ordained as a graduate of the New York Campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

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As a student rabbi, he received numerous academic awards. He was named a FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Fellow and participated in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Rabbinic Student Seminar. He preached and prayed across denominational divides, deepening his love the Jewish people in all its difference and diversity, and served as a pastoral caregiver in a variety of interfaith settings.

Rabbi Weiss currently teaches in the Judaic Studies Department at the University of Maine, Orono and serves on the Board of Northern Light Health. He lives in Bangor with his wife, Erin, and their two children, Milo and Eden

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email: rabbiweiss@bethelbangor.org