Elmer Berger (rabbi)

Elmer Berger (rabbi)

Elmer Berger (1908-1996) was a Jewish Reform rabbi widely known for his anti-Zionism. Berger was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were Sam and Selma Berger. He was the founding executive director of the American Council for Judaism. [http://www.acjna.org]

Bibliography (partial)

*Elmer Berger: "The Jewish Dilemma : The Case Against Zionist Nationalism", Devin-Adair, New York, 1945
*Elmer Berger: "A Partisan History of Judaism : The Jewish Case Against Zionism", Devin-Adair, New York, 1951
*Elmer Berger: "Who Knows Better Must Say So! American Council for Judaism", New York, 1955
*Elmer Berger: "Judaism or Jewish Nationalism: The Alternative to Zionism", Bookman Associates, 1957
*Elmer Berger: "Letters and Non-Letters: The White House, Zionism and Israel", Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, 1972.
*Elmer Berger: "Memoirs of an Anti-Zionist Jew". Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, 1978.
*Deane A. Tack, Elmer Berger: "Thorns of Resistance", Destra Publishers, 1993 ISBN 0963598201
*Elmer Berger: "Peace for Palestine: First Lost Opportunity", University Press of Florida Gainesville, FL 1993 ISBN 0813012074

References

* [http://www.realnews247.com/elmer_berger_bio.htm A Tribute to Rabbi Elmer Berger] , a short biography
* [http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0197/9701024.htm A Jewish Thinker in the Tradition of Humanistic Universalism] by Dr. Naseer Aruri January/February 1997, pgs. 24, 84 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs


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