Herman Neuberger

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Rabbi Herman Naftali Neuberger (born June 26, 1918 in Haßfurt , † October 21, 2005 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ) was an Orthodox American rabbi of German origin. Herman Neuberger was the youngest of three children of Haßfurt businessman Meir Neuberger and his wife Bertha. At the age of 8 he moved with his family to Würzburg . Meir Neuberger died shortly after Herman's Bar Mitzvah .

In 1935 Herman Neuberger went to Poland to study yeshiva at the Mirrer . His older brother Albert had emigrated to London in 1934 , where he later became a well-known pathologist. His sister Gretel went to Palestine in 1933 and became the headmistress of a moshav .

In the summer of 1938, relatives in New York managed to organize a visa for Herman Neuberger for the USA.

After briefly studying at the Ner Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore, he was appointed to its faculty in 1942. In the same year he married Judith Kramer. He soon became a sought-after teacher. Under his leadership, Ner Israel grew from a small school with 50 students to one of the largest institutions of its kind in the US with over 800 students.

Neuberger followed a strict orthodoxy, but was open to dialogue with other faiths and social groups. After 1979 he succeeded in helping large parts of the Jewish population from Iran to emigrate and to enforce their recognition as asylum seekers in the USA. He was a close adviser to almost every politician in Maryland , including Senator Barbara Mikulski and Governor Robert L. Ehrlich .

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SURNAME Neuberger, Herman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neuberger, Herman Naftali; Neuberger, Naftali
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbis in the USA
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Hassfurt
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 2005
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland , USA