Biography -- Sidney A. Vineburg

Rabbi Sidney A. Vineburg is a Middle School Resource Specialist at St. John Nepomucene School in Little Chute and a part-time Spiritual Leader of Anshe Poale Zedek Synagogue in Manitowoc. He holds Teacher Certification (Grades 6-12) from Concordia University, Advanced Religion Certification from the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, and is currently working towards a Master Degree in School Counseling at Lakeland College. Vineburg was Rabbi of Congregation Cnesses Israel in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for 15 years, and retired from that pulpit in December of 2002. He taught for 14 years as an adjunct Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. Vineburg also served as a weekly opinion columnist for the Green Bay News Chronicle from 1999 until 2002. He holds a BA in Jewish Philosophy from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and a BA in Religion (Early Christianity) from Columbia University in New York. In 1988, Rabbi Vineburg was ordained "Rabbi, Preacher, and Teacher in Israel" by Tifereth Yisrael Rabbinical Yeshiva in New York.

Rabbi Vineburg has recently been appointed to the Medical Mediation Board of Wisconsin by Governor Jim Doyle. Vineburg is also Founder Emeritus of the New Community Shelter, and has served two terms as President of the Brown County Clergy Association. Sidney Vineburg served 6 terms as President of the Brown County Library Board of Trustees, presiding over the construction of two new libraries in Howard and De Pere. He is a member of the Wisconsin Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. In 1997, Vineburg was cited as a "hometown hero" by the staff of the Green Bay Press Gazette for his efforts to promote diversity and respect. He was also one of five National Finalists for the 1999 Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award given by the National Interfaith Alliance Foundation for defending religious diversity in Green Bay. On December 31st, 1999, Sidney Vineburg was named one of the "100 Most Interesting Green Bay Residents of the Century" by the Green Bay Press Gazette. In 2000, he was selected to portray the virtue of "Strength of Character" on the Green Bay Community Foundation Annual Report Calendar.

Rabbi Vineburg lives in Green Bay with his wife, Devorah, and their sons, Michael, Benjamin, and Isaac.