Bernard Drachman

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Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman (1861, New York City - March 12, 1945, New York City) was a leader of Orthodox Judaism in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Drachman was born to parents who were immigrants from Galicia and Bavaria. After studying in a Hebrew preparatory school, Drachman earned a B.A. from Columbia College. He earned a scholarship at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau where he received his rabbinic ordination. He also earned a Ph.D from the University of Heidelberg.

In 1890, Drachman began serving as rabbi in the Park East Synagogue, where he led for the next fifty-five years. Drachman was president of the Orthodox Union and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

He translated Samson Raphael Hirsch's The Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel into English.

References

Goldman, Yosef. Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography (YGBooks 2006). ISBN 1-59975-685-4

Levine, Yitzchak. A Forgotten Champion of American Orthodoxy. Accessed July 21, 2007.

External links

Bernard Drachman at Find a Grave

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Name	Drachman, Bernard
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Short description	American rabbi
Date of birth	1861
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Date of death	March 12, 1945
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