- David Berger (professor)
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Rabbi Dr. David Berger Position Director, Wilf Campus Jewish Studies Yeshiva Yeshiva University Personal details Nationality 
USADenomination Orthodox Alma mater Yeshiva University Semicha RIETS David Berger is the dean of Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School, as well as chair of Yeshiva College's Jewish Studies department. He is the author of The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference and "The Jewish Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages- A Critical Edition of the Nizzahon Vetus".
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Education
Berger received a Bachelor's degree from Yeshiva College in 1964; he majored in Classics and was class valedictorian. He then went on to Columbia University where he completed a Master of Arts degree in 1965 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1970. He received rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America, the official organization representing Modern Orthodox rabbis.
Activities
Before Berger prominently criticized Chabad, he was most famous as an expert on interfaith dialogue and medieval Jewish-Christian debate. He has written commentaries on Dominus Iesus, Nostra Aetate,and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's "Confrontation". The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU) asked him to write a response to Dabru Emet and that response was subsequently adopted as the OU's official position. He has also contributed an essay about Jacob Katz's views on medieval Jewish-Christian debate in the book, Pride of Jacob.
Works
Books
- The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2001. ISBN 978-1-874774-88-4
- The Jewish Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages; A Critical Edition of Niẓẓaḥon Vetus, Jason Aronson, 1996. ISBN 1-56821-919-9
External links
- Rabbinical Council of America profile
- Marissa Brostoff, "Yeshiva U. Brings on Critic of Chabad", The Forward, October 24, 2007.
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