David M. Weinberg is an inspirational educator who combines strategic and political insight with learned Jewish perspectives. He is director and senior fellow of the Jerusalem-based Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, and a diplomatic, defence and Jewish world columnist for The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom.
He was senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky and founding coordinator of the Global Forum against Anti-Semitism in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. He studied Jewish law and thought at Yeshivat Hakotel under Rabbi Chaim Yeshayahu Hadari, and at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein.
He is also an acclaimed and internationally accredited expert on Israeli and kosher wine. David moved to Israel in 1990 and is married to Bonnie, with six children. His newspaper columns are archived at www.davidmweinberg.com.
At David’s Harp, David is in residence from Tuesday 29 September to Thursday 01 October, and leads a wine tasting in the Sukkah, “Holy Grapes: The Israeli Wine Revolution,” alongside his shiurim and talks.