Rodelle Weintraub

Who is Rodelle Weintraub?

Rodelle Selma Horwitz Weintraub is an American author, editor, professor, and public speaker. The focus of her career includes specializing in the works of George Bernard Shaw. She is known as the assistant editor of The Shaw Review. In 1982, the West Chester University of Pennsylvania the Weintraub Center for the Study of the Arts and Humanities was endowed by Weintraub and her husband, Stanley Weintraub. The Center holds a collection of their books, papers and memorabilia. She was one of the founders of the Bellefonte–State College Jewish Community Center, established in 1955, which became known as Congregation Brit Shalom. In 1963, she was named as the President of the synagogue, which established her as the first woman in the US to head a Jewish congregation.