Seth Winberg

(he/him)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Rabbi Seth Winberg is our Executive Director and the Senior Chaplain of the University.

Originally from Canada, he was ordained by leading rabbis in New York and Israel after many years of study. He earned a BA in Humanities from York University and an MA in Medieval Jewish History from Yeshiva University. He is a PhD candidate in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis.

Rabbi Winberg’s writing has appeared in JTA, The Forward, The Boston Globe, The Jerusalem Post, The Chicago Sun-Times and Hakirah. His advocacy for Israel has received international media attention.

Before Brandeis, he directed Metro Chicago Hillel and was the rabbi at Michigan Hillel. Under his leadership, the Chicago Hillels received the Phillip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award, the highest honor given by Hillel International. He served on the executive committee of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and on the rabbinic task force of Jewish Women International.