Alan L. Berger

Alan Berger
Born (1939-11-16) November 16, 1939 (age 84)
Other namesA.L Berger, A.L.B
Occupation(s)Religion scholar, writer, literary scholar, lecturer, academician
Years active1978 to present
Known forJudaic education and Holocaust studies program at the Florida Atlantic University
TitleRaddock Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University
Spouse
Naomi Berger
(m. 1980)
AwardsThe 2002 B’nai Zion National Media Award, for edition of The second generation voices.
Academic background
EducationSyracuse University
Upsala College
University of Chicago Divinity School
Hebrew University
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineReligious studies
InstitutionsFlorida Atlantic University, Syracuse University
Main interestsReligious studies
Notable worksEdited
  • The second generation voices: Reflections by Children of Holocaust Survivors and Perpetrators.
  • Emerging Trends in Third-Generation Holocaust Literature. 2023
  • Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature. (Spring), 2020.

Alan L. Berger (born November 16, 1939) is an American scholar, writer and professor of Judaic Studies and Holocaust studies at the Florida Atlantic University. He occupies the Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University and is director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence After Auschwitz.[1][2][3] He is best known for Judaism education, debates about grouping Judaism, Christianity and Islam together under the term Abrahamic religions, and as a scholar of Holocaust studies.[4]

He graduated from the Hebrew University in 1972. He holds a B.A. from Upsala College in New Jersey, an M.A. from University of Chicago Divinity School and obtained his Ph.D. from the Syracuse University in humanities studies in 1978.[5]

  1. ^ "Dr. Alan Berger discusses the Holocaust in his lecture "The End of the Holocaust?"". ArtsCalendar.com. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ^ "Dr. Alan Berger". home.fau.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  3. ^ "Faculty members". Florida Atlantic University.
  4. ^ Berger, Alan L., ed. (1991). Bearing Witness to the Holocaust, 1939–1989. Philadelphia: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 20. ISBN 0773496440.
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