Gabriel F. Weiss

Gabriel Fine Weiss founded Legal Aid for All, Inc. in 2018. Gabe is currently a freshman at Columbia University and Jewish Theological Seminary, working on his Bachelor's Degrees simultaneously from both schools. Gabe is a recipient of the JTS Fellow’s Award, the Georgia-Pacific Corp. Merit Scholarship, the 2020 NSHSS Robert Sheppard Student Leadership Scholarship, administered by the National Society of High School Scholars, the Robert Sheppard Student Leadership Scholarship, and the CollegeBoard AP Scholar Award. Gabe is a United States Congressional Award Gold Medal winner, which is the highest and most prestigious award that the U.S. Congress bestows upon an American youth for outstanding initiative, public service, and achievement. Gabe founded Legal Aid for All, Inc. in 2018.

Gabe is also a 2020 AJA Middot Award winner, which the Atlanta Jewish Academy awards to the one male and one female student each year, who best exemplify “exceptional character as a role model at AJA and demonstrate exceptional personal integrity and show respect for others at all times.” Gabriel has also received recognition as one of 2018 Atlanta Jewish Times’ Atlanta’s 18 Under 18 Rising Stars, awarded by the Atlanta Jewish Times/The Times of Israel to honor Atlanta’s rising stars based upon leadership, community service, and academic excellence.

In addition to public service, Gabriel enjoys writing and journalism, and he has also been published several times, including: “I Hear America Crying” published in A Celebration of Poets (Creative Comm., Inc., 2016); Contributing Writer, Atlanta Jewish Times (Southern Israelite, LLC, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018); and Features Editor, Staff Writer, Palette (Atlanta Jewish Academy High School Newspaper, 2018, 2019. 2020). Gabe’s other hobbies include playing drums, tennis, golf, and video games with his online friends around the world.