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Saul Berman

Saul
J.
Berman

Professor of Jewish Studies

berman@yu.edu
212-340-7758

Beren campus - Stanton Hall (245 Lexington)
Room#823

MA, University of California at Berkeley, 1966
JD, New York University School of Law, 1963
Other, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, 1962
Rabbinic Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, 1962
BA, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, 1959

Rabbi Saul J. Berman was ordained at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, from which he also received a B.A. and an M.H.L. He completed a degree in law, a J.D., at New York University Law School, and an M.A. in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. He did advanced studies in Jewish Law at Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University Law Schools. He was Rabbi in Berkeley CA (1963-1969), Brookline, MA (1969-1971) and at Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan (1984-1990.) Since 1971 he has served as Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College for Women of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ where he teaches Jewish Law related to medical ethics, contemporary social and political issues, the status of women and Liturgy. Since 1990, he serves also as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of Law, teaching a seminar in Jewish Law. From 1997 until 2007 he served as Director of Edah, and in 2009-2010 he was an Inaugural Fellow of the Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization at NÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Law School.

- Jewish Medical Ethics - Women in Jewish Law - Jewish Law and Contemporary Social and Political Issues - Liturgy

berman@yu.edu
212-340-7758

Beren campus - Stanton Hall (245 Lexington)
Room#823

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Fall 2018
Medical Ethics
JUDS 1582

 

Topics in Jewish Ethics
JUDS 1502

 

Women in Jewish Law I
JUDS 1445

 

Fall 2017
Jewish Public Policy
JVCW 1003

 

Medical Ethics
JUDS 1582

 

Women in Jewish Law I
JUDS 1411

 

Spring 2017
Honors Prog Senior Project I
JUDS 4910H

 

Honors Prog Senior Project II
JUDS 4920H

 

Medical Ethics
JUDS 1583

 

The Individual in Society
JUDS 1572

 

Topics in Jewish Ethics
JUDS 1502