Rabbi Julius Berman received his rabbinical ordination

Semicha

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 from Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University

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  in 1959 and, in 1960, graduated NYU School of Law

New York University School of Law

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 cum laude, first in class.

He subsequently served in a leadership capacity at the following organizations:

• National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA)
• OU - Orthodox Union - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations in America
  Orthodox Union
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• Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
• American Zionist Youth Foundation (AZYF)
• Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
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and is currently the Chairman of the Board, of the RIETS - Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

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and the Claims Conference - the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.