Welcome to Rabbi
Akiva Zweig
Rabbi Akiva Zweig is an inspirational and dedicated leader who is committed to helping his community grow and thrive. He is a teacher, guide, and religious authority who is always there to listen. He is a source of inspiration and hope for the entire community and is always willing to go above and beyond to help those in need.
“Rabbi Akiva Zweig is a true intellectual and spiritual leader. He is able to take complex ideas and concepts within the Torah and Jewish wisdom and makes it accessible for students at all levels. This is the hallmark of a master.”
Charles Asher Small
Founder and President of ISGAP
Research Scholar at St. Anthony’s College Oxford
About
Rabbi Akiva Zweig is a Rosh Yeshiva (Head of Yeshiva) and Dean of Students at the Talmudic University of Florida, located in Miami Beach. He studied for several years at Yeshivas Ner Israel in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Israel, Talmudic University, and Yeshivas Bais HaTalmud.
Rabbi Zweig has Bachelors' and Masters' degrees in Talmudic Law as well as Rabbinic Ordination from Talmudic University. He has a diverse teaching background, and works to ensure that people will recognize the value of learning continuously about Torah and Jewish ethics and specifically how it impacts them in their daily lives and all walks of life.
Publications
Rabbi Zweig has written the following Publications:
Thesis on Good and Evil 1997
An Authentic Jewish Orthodox View On Anti-Semitism, Based On The Five Books of Moses” ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute 2017 St. John’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Zweig teaches the high school, and in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in the university. He lectures at the highest levels on Scripture, Talmudic law, Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, and Jewish ethics. As Rosh Yeshiva at Talmudic College of Florida, Rabbi Zweig teaches a variety of weekly and daily classes, including Talmud, Jewish Perspective, Jewish Philosophy, Prayer, and Jewish Ethics. He oversees the staff, as well as the self-development of young Jewish college students. He helps prepare them for careers and leadership, in both the Jewish world and the secular world of work.
Classes
Beyond the Yeshiva, Rabbi Akiva works to build relationships and infuse Jewish learning experiences into the broader South Florida community. Currently, he delivers three weekly online community classes for men and women of all ages and teaches many higher level Yeshiva and Kollel classes.
Keynote Speaker
Rabbi Zweig works on global issues such as anti-Semitism in the Jewish population and educational initiatives worldwide. Beginning in 2017, Rabbi Akiva has given annually the keynote address at Oxford University for the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy. The program is run by Dr. Charles Small and includes scholars from around the world; the majority of whom are not Jewish.
All Videos
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R'Akiva Zweig on "Im Ein Ani Li - Mi Li"
R"Akiva Zweig on M'dor L'dor- Jewish Continuity
Testimonials
“Rabbi Akiva's teaching is incomparable to any other approach to Torah teaching and learning that I have ever encountered!"
Joel Finkelstein, Ph.D.
Network Contagion Research Institute
Rutgers University
“Rabbi Akiva's teachings has had a profound effect on me and my family by enriching our lives, enhancing our spirituality and giving us practical ways to cope with the challenges of a changing world.”
Joseph Vital
Business Owner
Toronto, Canada
“In my study of the Written and Oral Torah over the last several decades, I have been blessed to learn with and learn from a few great teachers. I am honored and humbled to count Rabbi Akiva Zweig among the greatest of them."
David Patterson
Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies
University of Texas at Dallas
IN THE NEWS
Torah Day School of Atlanta
Rabbi Zweig addressed both Torah Day School of Atlanta's Middle School Boys and Middle School Girls.
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Torah Day School of Atlanta
7th graders at Torah Day School of Atlanta with Rabbi Akiva in the middle with their Rebbe and other members of the Hanhala interspersed.
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Congregation Ariel of Dunwoody in Atlanta
Rabbi Zweig was invited to Atlanta by Rabbi Binyomin Friedman, Rabbi of Congregation Ariel of Dunwoody as Scholar in Residence to enhance their participation in the Worldwide Shabbos Project.
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