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Roy Salant Neuberger is an author whose personal focus is
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. His parents are Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger.


Biography

Prior to becoming a writer, Neuberger had jobs as a
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and a
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. He was also an editor of a weekly newspaper in
Cornwall, New York Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, United States, approximately north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was at 12,884. Cornwall has become a bedroom community for area t ...
. Neuberger later took a job as a
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for The Long Island Press. In 1978, he became the administrator and secular studies principal of a Brooklyn yeshiva. From 1991 to 1999, he operated a Wall Street
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which used
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to forecast price changes for
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. In 2000, after his first book (From Central Park to Sinai: How I Found My Jewish Soul) was published, he and his wife began a public-speaking career during which they have spoken at hundreds of locations in fifteen countries.


Family

A 2002 book review titled “Conversations with the Neubergers,” written shortly before the release of (father) Roy Rothschild Neuberger's then forthcoming book, “The Passionate Collector,” and shortly after the release of (son) Roy Salant Neuberger's updated edition of “From Central Park to Sinai” included some family tree information. Although Roy S. quotes his grandfather as having said that the Salants are descendants of Rabbi
Yisroel Salanter Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin, also known as "Israel Salanter" or "Yisroel Salanter" (November 3, 1809, Zhagory – February 2, 1883, Königsberg), was the father of the Musar movement in Orthodox Judaism and a famed Rosh yeshiva and Talmudist. T ...
, the reviewer calls this "a lineal point that still remains to be substantiated genealogically" while noting that Mrs. Marie Salant's father Aaron B. Salant, (Roy S's mother's father) did come from the area where Rabbi Salanter began the
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. Their daughter Yaffa is married to Rabbi Osher Anschel Jungreis, son of Rebbetzin
Esther Jungreis Esther Jungreis (April 27, 1936 – August 23, 2016, 19 Menachem Av, 5776) was a Jewish, Hungarian-born, American author, and public speaker. She was the founder of the international Hineni organization in the United States. A Holocaust survivor ...
.


Work

* From Central Park to Sinai: How I Found My Jewish Soul (Jonathan David, 2000) * Worldstorm: Finding Meaning & Direction Amidst Today's World Crisis (Israel Bookshop, 2003) * 2020 Vision – a novel (Feldheim Publishers, 2008) * Working Toward Moshiach (Shepherd Books, 2015) * Hold On: Surviving the Days Before Moshiach (Mosaica Press, 2020) He has also written for several Jewish newspapers, including '' Yated Ne'eman'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''The Jewish Connection'', and '' The Jewish Star''. Neuberger's wife Leah often helps in the editing and production of his books.


Outreach

Neuberger and his wife Leah have been involved with
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for over three decades, including public speaking for Hineni. They have spoken in fifteen countries.


From Central Park to Sinai

From Central Park to Sinai: How I Found My Jewish Soul is Roy S. Neuberger's autobiography, released in 2000. Neuberger describes his life journey and how he rediscovered his Jewish background. The foreword to the book is written by Rebbetzin
Esther Jungreis Esther Jungreis (April 27, 1936 – August 23, 2016, 19 Menachem Av, 5776) was a Jewish, Hungarian-born, American author, and public speaker. She was the founder of the international Hineni organization in the United States. A Holocaust survivor ...
.


Reception

The book was well received in the Jewish community. Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, former President of The
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Council of Rabbis, wrote that "through this work, Roy S. Neuberger truly also becomes a
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to future generations who will read, be inspired and emulate his example." A 2003 review of the book notes that the revised paperback edition "offers guidance and counsel in the wake of the Twin Towers disaster" and contains an extensive quote, focusing on Neuberger's statement: "... religion is a continuous process. As long as we exist in this world, the process never ends." Other reviewers have described the book as "a joy to read."


References

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