Rabbi David Berger | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University |
| Position | Dean of Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Director, Wilf Campus Jewish Studies |
| Yeshiva | Yeshiva University |
| Position | Dean |
| Organization | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies |
| Semikhah | RIETS |
David Berger (born 1943) is an American academic, dean of Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, as well as chair of Yeshiva College's Jewish Studies department. He is the author of various books and essays on medieval Jewish apologetics and polemics, as well as having edited the modern critical edition of the medieval polemic text Nizzahon Vetus. Outside academic circles he is best known for The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference, a criticism of Chabad messianism.