Craig Weiss

Website : www.iammybrotherskeeper.com
Residence : Scottsdale, Arizona

Biographical information

Craig Weiss is the co-author of I Am My Brother's Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel's War for Independence 1947-1949. This book, published in 1998 to coincide with Israel's 50th anniversary, tells the story of the more than 1,000 Jews and non-Jews from North America who volunteered to fight for the establishment of the state of Israel. I Am My Brother's Keeper features a forward by then Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.

Craig Weiss has spoken throughout the country about I Am My Brother's Keeper, including appearances at five major Jewish book fairs (Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, Miami and Houston), as well as book discussions at Borders and Barnes & Noble bookstores.

Craig has also written more than a dozen articles regarding Israel as a guest columnist for the Sunday Viewpoints section of the Arizona Republic. He is a recurring guest expert and guest host on the Middle East Radio Forum heard from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 P.M. Sundays on 960 AM KKNT Phoenix (http://www.kknt960.com). In these forums, Craig discusses life in Israel, Israeli politics, and how the West can defeat terrorism. Craig is currently working on a screenplay based on I Am My Brother's Keeper.

Craig Weiss holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Arizona State University. Craig is a U.S. Registered Patent Attorney and a partner in the law firm Weiss, Moy & Harris, P.C. He is 31 years old.

Craig has lived for four years in Israel, and speaks Hebrew fluently. He holds dual American-Israeli citizenship and he and his wife Rabbi Erica Burech spend their summers living in Jerusalem.

• 1. "Israel's Defense Forces - The American Connection." Even scholars of Israeli and American Jewish history are surprised to discover that North Americans made such a meaningful contribution to Israel's victory in the War of Independence. Rudy Augarten, for example, was the Israeli Air Force's leading Ace of the War for Independence. Paul Shulman, an Annapolis graduate, was the first commander of the Israeli Navy. These Americans, along with more than a thousand others, fought for Israel in her darkest hour and helped to establish the State of Israel.
• 2. "Living with Terrorism - An American's Experience in Israel." Just five weeks before the Intifada, my wife and I moved to Israel to start a new life together. We learned to adapt to a new way of life. We lifted our arms to be wanded as we entered supermarkets, restaurants, and even the local video store. Upon returning to the United States in 2002, we felt a strange vulnerability at the relative lack of security in America. We kept our apartment in Jerusalem and return there every summer, continuing to live the dual-life of an American-Israeli.

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