Ari M. Berman

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My family has lived at the intersection of the three major American Jewish denominations - Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism. While I grew up attending a Conservative day school and Camp Ramah, my wife was raised in a Reform congregation and my siblings and cousins attended Orthodox yeshivot. Our three children have attended both Conservative day school and an Orthodox yeshiva, while growing up at Camp Ramah and attending a Conservative synagogue. I believe I bring an important perspective because of my experience living through the evolution of Conservative Judaism, while having immediate relatives attending (or having attended) Orthodox and Reform institutions. Moreover, as the head of the Israel Practice at a major law firm, I regularly visit Israel (and have numerous Israeli family, friends, and professional contacts across the religious and political spectrum), and have deep historic knowledge of the relationship between American and Israeli Jewry. My family also is active in Holocaust remembrance efforts and I am the grandson of survivors (3G). Thank you for reading my articles.