This Shliach Was Appointed to the New York State Council on Developmental Disabilities

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein knows what it means to be called to something.

As the longtime Chabad emissary (shaliach) at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Weinstein has spent years helping students navigate questions of meaning and purpose. But one of the deepest callings of his life emerged much closer to home.

When one of his sons was diagnosed with autism, Weinstein entered a world he had never expected to navigate: schools, services, and hard questions about whether the systems meant to support families like his would actually be there when needed.

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