Chaim Dovid Zwiebel

Chaim Dovid Zwiebel is the executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America.[1][2] Zwiebel joined the organization as a vice president[3] after first working for four-and-a-half years at a law firm,[4] and was selected for his current position in 2008, after the passing of his predecessor, Moshe Sherer.[5]

He attended Brooklyn College and Cardozo Law School, and worked as a lawyer at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison.[6]

Prior involvement

Zwiebel was part of the 1992 effort by "conservative Catholic and Jewish groups",[7] to oppose "right-to-die" proponents who were advocating legislation to "allow family members to speak for patients who can no longer speak for themselves". At that time, he was serving Agudath Israel as general counsel and director of government affairs.[8]

As executive vice president

Zwiebel helped Agudath Israel organize and operate the August 2012 National Celebration of the 12th Siyum HaShas. The celebration was held in MetLife Stadium, and was the largest gathering of Orthodox Jewry in the history of the United States with 90,000 people in attendance.[4]

As part of an ongoing[9] challenge regarding religious freedom, Zwiebel, described by The New York Times as "leader of an ultra-Orthodox group",[10] was successful in pushing for the repeal by NYC Mayor de Blasio[11] of what The Times had previously called prior Mayor Bloomberg's attempt "to regulate Jewish circumcision".[12]

References
  1. "The Jewish Community Council of Marine Park (JCCMP) hosted Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President ... "JCC of Marine Park Hosts Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel For ..." May 23, 2010.
  2. "He later met with community organizational leaders, including Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive VP of Agudath Israel of America""Trump Advisor Meets FJCC Leadership In Flatbush". JewishVoiceNY.com. June 1, 2016.
  3. Yisroel Friedman (February 14, 2001). "Agudas Yisroel Vice President Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel: The Struggle for Equality is a Real Problem". chareidi.org.
  4. "David Zwiebel". The Forward. 2012.
  5. "David Zwiebel, Agudath Israel of America – Salary Survey 2015". The Forward.
  6. "The Man behind the Podium". May 30, 2012.
  7. LISA BELKIN (May 12, 1992). "New York Rule Compounds Dilemma Over Life Support". The New York Times.
  8. Besser, Yisroel (May 30, 2012). "The Man behind the Podium". Mishpacha. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023.
  9. "New York City's health commissioner and Agudath Israel respond to an editorial" "Orthodox Jews and New York's Circumcision Rule". The New York Times. March 11, 2015.
  10. "with community leaders, including leaders of Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Sol Werdiger, and Chaskel Bennett." "Trump's Israel advisor visits Brooklyn Jewish community". JewishJournal.com. May 26, 2016.
  11. MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM (February 25, 2015). "De Blasio Set to Waive Rule Requiring Consent Form for Circumcision Ritual". The New York Times.
  12. "Health Board Votes To Regulate Jewish Circumcision Ritual". The New York Times.
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