Yiddish — A Kingdom of Its Own

Leon Weissberg

As a child of survivors, Dr. Weissberg grew up in a Yiddish speaking household and has maintained his Yiddish over the course of years. He provides workshops, seminars and courses on a myriad of Judaic and pedagogical topics. His educational career has spanned a number of institutions over three decades in South Florida. He has been the Executive Director of the Jewish Education Commission in Boca Raton, the Head of School of the Donna Klein Jewish Academy and was instrumental in bringing the Florence Melton Adult Mini-school to Florida. Dr. Weissberg teaches courses on the university level in Holocaust Studies and history. Dr. Weissberg has been in the leadership cadre of the March of the Living, having led over 2000 teens and adults to Poland and Israel on this exceptional teen experience.