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Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier (Late Latin berbicarius , from berbex 'ram').
Berger was born in Gloversville, New York the child of Jewish immigrant parents. His parents were Orthodox Jews, and Gloversville had a strong and vibrant Jewish community. In 1955, Berger met a group of Ethiopian Jewish students in Israel. He had known there was a Jewish tribe in Ethiopia, but knew little about them. He began reading, and ...
Jay Berger, tennis player; USTA boys' 18s singles champion, ... Jewish Roller Derby [284] is a diaspora team that competes in international tournaments. See also
Berger was born on 5 November 1926 [1] in Stoke Newington, London, [2] [3] the first of two children of Miriam and Stanley Berger. [4]His grandfather was from Trieste, now Italy, [5] and his father, Stanley, raised as a non-religious Jew who adopted Catholicism, [6] had been an infantry officer on the Western Front during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross [3] [7] and an OBE.
Berger was born into a Jewish family [3] [4] on February 28, 1860, in Niederrehbach, Austrian Empire (modern Romania). [5] [6] He was the son of Julia and Ignatz Berger. [7]He attended the Gymnasium at Leutschau (today in Slovakia), and the major universities of Budapest and Vienna. [8]
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 ...
Ariel This melodic, gender-neutral name is used to describe the city of Jerusalem and has a fierce meaning of “Lion of God.” (Plus, a p 50 Hebrew Boy Names and Their Meanings Skip to main content
Elmer Berger (May 27, 1908 – October 5, 1996) was a Jewish Reform rabbi widely known for his anti-Zionism. He was the executive director of the American Council for Judaism from its founding in 1942 until 1955.