Amy Weiss

Amy Weiss is an American Reform rabbi, and the founder and executive director of the Houston-based non-profit Undies for Everyone (UFE).[1]

Weiss got the idea for UFE in 2008 when a social worker expressed to her the need that disadvantaged youth had for underwear.[2] A blogger for the Houston Chronicle at the time, Weiss wrote a post calling for underwear donations and founded UFE due to the overwhelming reader response. UFE became a nonprofit organization in 2012.[3]

Weiss attended the Rice University Leadership Institute for Non-Profit Executives[4] while serving as resident chef for Houston Hillel.[5] she was chair of a panel of the Houston Police Independent Oversight Board.[6] She also served as a member of the TIRR Memorial Hermann ethics committee.

Weiss was named a CNN Hero in June 2022.[1] She is married to Rabbi Kenny Weiss, executive director of Houston Hillel.[5]

Education

Weiss grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in 1983. She received a Master of Arts from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1991, a Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature from HUC-JIR in 1994, and was ordained at HUC-JIR in 1995.

References
  1. Allie Torgan (10 June 2022). "This CNN Hero solves an often invisible problem by providing 'Undies for Everyone'". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. "Undies for Everyone: Houston rabbi's idea grows into multi-state program helping kids". jhvonline.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. Peyton, Lindsay (2021-09-23). "For families in poverty, underwear is often last on the list. This Houston nonprofit helps fix that". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. glasscock.rice.edu
  5. Hajdenberg, Jackie. "Texas rabbi who founded underwear nonprofit for the poor named CNN Hero". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. houstontx.gov


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