Saul Berman

Saul J. Berman (born April 30, 1939) is an American scholar and Modern Orthodox rabbi.

Berman was ordained at Yeshiva University, from which he also received his B.A. and his M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University, and an M.A. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied with David Daube. He spent two years studying ''mishpat ivri'' in Israel at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Tel Aviv University.

Career

Berman was the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, California) from 1963 to 1969, of Young Israel of Brookline from 1969 to 1971. In 1971, following his departure from Young Israel of Brookline Berman was appointed Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies of Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University. Under his leadership over the next thirteen years, it grew into the largest undergraduate Department of Jewish Studies in the United States.

In 1984, he accepted the position as senior rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, New York where he served until 1990.Our Staff
Edah website. Accessed August 19, 2009. During those years, he spearheaded an expansion of the adult education program, the creation of an extensive social action program based on frum commitments, the growth of the Synagogue's Women's Tefillah Group, and the creation of new outreach programs to the unaffiliated.

In 1990, Berman returned to academic life, as associate professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College, and as an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Law, where he teaches a seminar in Jewish Law. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Scholar in Residence at the JCC on the Palisades in New Jersey.

Edah

In 1997, Berman became Director of Edah, a new organization devoted to the invigoration of modern Orthodox ideology and religious life.

Due to financial constraints, Edah was absorbed into the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, at which Berman took on an administrative position.

He now serves as an associate professor at Yeshiva UniversityYU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF JEWISH STUDIES
YU website. Accessed January 22, 2014. and teaches at Columbia University Law School."An Orthodox Choice"
San Jose Mercury News (CA) - September 30, 2000

Works

Berman contributed to the Encyclopedia Judaica and is the author of numerous articles which have been published in journals such as Tradition, Judaism, Journal of Jewish Studies, Dinei Yisrael, and many others.

References

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1939 births
Living people
American Modern Orthodox rabbis
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
New York University School of Law alumni
Orthodox rabbis from New York City
Tel Aviv University alumni
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients
Yeshiva University alumni
21st-century American rabbis