Name Bernard Drachman | Died March 12, 1945 | |
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Education Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York Books From the heart of Israel, Looking at America | ||
Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman (June 27 1861, in New York City – March 12, 1945 in 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.