- Saul Berman
Saul J. Berman (born April 30 1939) is a prominent American scholar and
rabbi and voice of the Modern OrthodoxJew ish community.As a rabbi, scholar, and educator he has made extensive contributions to the intensification of Jewish education for Jewish women on many levels, to the role of social ethics in
synagogue life, and to the understanding of the applicability of Jewish Law to contemporary society.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., atNew York University , and an M.A. in Political Science at theUniversity of California, Berkeley . He spent two years studying "mishpat ivri" inIsrael atHebrew University of Jerusalem and atTel Aviv University .Berman was the founder and director of the defunct
Edah organization for the promotion of Modern Orthodoxy. Due to financial constraints, Edah was absorbed into theYeshivat Chovevei Torah .He is married to Shellee Berman, and they have four children.
References
* [http://www.edah.org/staff.cfm 'Our Staff', Edah.org (2001)] . Retrieved
27 November 2007.
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