Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum | |
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Born | July 31, 1945 Queens College | (age 78)
Employer | American Jewish University |
Spouse | Melissa Patack Berenbaum |
Children | 4 |
Michael Berenbaum (born July 31, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer, and filmmaker, who specializes in the study of the Holocaust. He served as deputy director of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (1979–1980), Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) (1988–1993), and Director of the USHMM's Holocaust Research Institute (1993–1997).
Berenbaum played a leading role in the creation of the USHMM and the content of its permanent exhibition. From 1997 to 1999, he served as president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, and subsequently (and currently) as Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, located at the American Jewish University (formerly known as the University of Judaism), in Los Angeles, California.[1]
Professional career
Berenbaum, who is Jewish, graduated from
He is the author and editor of eighteen books, including After Tragedy and Triumph, a study of the state of American Jewry in the early 1990s, as well as The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust, and Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp. He co-edited After The Passion is Gone: American Religious Consequences, an examination of the social impact of the film After the Passion is Gone,with Shawn Landres (2004).[2][3][4] Berenbaum and Landres took a public role in shaping the interreligious response to the film.[5][6][7][8]
Berenbaum was the Executive Editor of the New
Berenbaum co-produced
Berenbaum is the founding partner of Berenbaum Jacobs Associates, a firm that designs museums, special exhibitions, memorials and educational denters.
In 2019 and 2020 he served as a history consultant for the Serbian historical drama film Dara of Jasenovac.[11]
Personal life
Berenbaum's wife is Melissa Patack Berenbaum. Berenbaum is the father of four children: Rabbi Ilana Berenbaum Grinblat, Phillip Lev Berenbaum, Joshua Boaz Berenbaum, and Mira Leza Berenbaum.
He is the model for the character Monty Pincus in Tova Reich’s 2007 satirical novel My Holocaust.[12]
References
- ^ Holocaust and ethics Archived October 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Academics.ajula.edu
- ^ Manseau, Peter (2005), "Nailing Down a Film's Legacy," Forward, March 25, 2005.
- ^ Deacy, C.R. 2006, Review of J. Shawn Landres & Michael Berenbaum (eds.) After The Passion Is Gone: American Religious Consequences (AltaMira, Walnut Creek, California, 2004). Journal of Contemporary Religion, 21 (1). pp. 122-124. ISSN 1353-7903.
- ^ Maestranzi, J. L. (2005), Review. Journal of Religion & Society 7.
- ^ Landres, JS; Berenbaum, M (2004). After The Passion is Gone: American Religious Consequences. Rowman Altamira.
- ^ "Who Really Killed Jesus?" (2004). Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, February 20.
- ^ Gruber, R. E. (2004), "Nun who inspired Gibson's 'Passion' may become a saint." Jewish Telegraphic Agency / JWeekly.com, October 8.
- ^ Landres, J.S., & Berenbaum, M. (2004), "Diskuse o Gibsonově 'Utrpení Krista'" [in Czech]. Dingir 2/2004.
- ^ Film award
- ^ Academy award
- ^ "O filmu "Dara iz Jasenovca": Samo ustaše imale logore smrti za srpsku decu". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "The Greatest Shoah on Earth". The Forward. March 23, 2007.
External links
- Bio of Michael Berenbaum Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Michael Berenbaum, AJU Directory
- Book reviews: A Convenient Hatred
- Holocaust history books
- Michael Berenbaum at American Jewish University