Rabbi Michael Steven Weisser

In the fall of 2012, my husband and I met Rabbi Michael Weisser in our search for a rabbi to marry us! Since my husband was Israeli and I am American, we needed someone who would understand both cultures and understand us as a couple! We found in Michael a sensitive, warm and beautiful person and soul who made us feel accepted, welcomed and joyful. We spent many a Shabbat evening with him, learning more about Judaism, his faith and our own identities. We always came away from these...

May 5, 2025 celebrating your birthday by remembering the beautiful light that shone through you!!!!

This morning I tried to call Michael to wish him happy birthday, the way we always do. When I found his number disconnected, I googled him and was shocked to find out that he died. What a terrible loss to the world to have such a great man gone too soon. We spent many a night at his house in Lincoln, sharing dinner with the family. He came to Florida from Lincoln with us to do the funeral for Richard's mother so many years ago. We loved him and will miss him. He leaves behind such a...

My family and I will always remember Rabbi Weisser fondly. His warmth and kindness helped my family find a community and a spiritual home at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. And his talent for helping our children feel that they belonged to and were valued by the community was an extraordinaary gift. May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him.

I met Micheal in the 80's in Lincoln, NE. He was a wonderful person and an inspiring human. Condolences to the family.

Rabbi Michael will always have a cherished space in my heart. As the organist at South Street Temple for almost 5 years and attending the Saturday morning Torah study I found him to be a valuable mentor to me in my spiritual walk.

I knew him well, he was my friend. We worked together in the Lincoln Interfaith Council, I visited the South Street Temple and was spiritually uplifted at a Passocer Ceder he gave. May his memory last forever. I am saddened, but God (Jahweh), who is the arbiter over life and death, has called him. His divine will be done. Memory eternal, dear Cantor Michael Weisser.

Rabbi Weisser was a good man. He generously officiated our interfaith wedding with compassion and kindness. And 5 years later with equal kindness, he supported my efforts to convert before our first child was born. He was a part of our daughter's naming and our first sons bris before he left the area. His memory has been and will always be a blessing to our family and I hope others' memories are as joyful.