Nosson Scherman
Nosson Scherman | |
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Born | Nosson Scherman 1935 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | General Editor of ArtScroll |
Nosson Scherman (
Early life
Scherman was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, where his parents ran a small grocery store.
Scherman worked as a rabbi (teacher) for about eight years at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath of Flatbush, later known as Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Afterwards he was a principal at Yeshiva Karlin Stolin of Boro Park for six years.[2]
ArtScroll
During his tenure as principal, he was recommended [by whom?] to Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, director of a high-end graphics studio in New York[3] named ArtScroll Studios,[4] as someone who could write copy, and they collaborated on a few projects[2] of brochures and journals.[4]
In late 1975,.
In its first 25 years, ArtScroll produced more than 700 books, including novels, history books, children's books and secular textbooks,[3] and is now the largest publisher of Jewish books in the United States.[5][6]
Selected bibliography
Zlotowitz and Scherman are the general editors of ArtScroll's
Scherman contributed translations and commentaries for ArtScroll's
Scherman attributes his strong English language skills to the stronger general-studies departments that yeshivas had when he was a student, and his correspondence with two out-of-town high school classmates, Mendel Weinbach and Nisson Wolpin. He has said: "During the summers we used to write letters. Does anyone correspond today? We wrote to each other – that helped. We tried to outdo each other; we were big-shot teenagers. The only way to learn how to write is to write."[2] He was also among the contributors to The Jewish Observer.[8]
He was the editor, beginning in 1970, of Olomeinu and editor/co-author of some Best of Olomeinu reprints.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c Horowitz, Rebbetzin Faigie. "A Nostalic Look at Jewish Newark". Hamodia Magazine, 28 June 2012, pp. 14– 18.
- ^ a b c d Hoffman, Rabbi Yair (3 December 2009). "The ArtScroll Revolution: 5TJT interviews Rabbi Nosson Scherman". matzav.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b Ephross, Peter (13 July 2001). "In 25 Years of Publishing, Artscroll captures Zeitgeist". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d Resnick, Eliot (6 June 2007). "Our Goal is to Increase Torah Learning". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 5 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ami. No. 136. p. 90.
- ^ Berger, Joseph (10 February 2005). "An English Talmud for Daily Readers and Debaters". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Titles by Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz". ArtScroll. 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Some of his articles are available online including contributions such as The Crisis of Leadership (The Jewish Observer, April 1975, p. 3), Shmittah (The Jewish Observer, December 1972, p. 22), and The Mandate to Communicate Torah in the Vernacular: Excerpts From a Presentation to an Eleventh Grade (The Jewish Observer, April 1998, p. 27).
- ^ Yaakov Fruchter; Nosson Scherman; Yosef Dershowitz. The Best of Olomeinu, Book 6.
- ^ The Best of Olomeinu: Book One. 1981.
Book One by Nosson Scherman (Editor), Yosef Dershowitz (Illustrator), Yaakov Fruchter (Compiler