Elmer Berger (rabbi)
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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.[1]
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- A Tribute to Rabbi Elmer Berger, a short biography
- 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