Sergio Bergman

Sergio Bergman
Minister of Environment
Assumed office
December 2015
National Deputy
Assumed office
December 2013
Personal details
Born (1962-01-23) January 23, 1962
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party Republican Proposal
Alma mater University of Buenos Aires
Religion Conservative Judaism

Sergio Bergman is an Argentine rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer, and social activist.[1]

Bergman serves as rabbi of the synagogue of the Congregación Israelita Argentina. He is CEO of Judaica Foundation and president of Argentina Ciudadana Foundation, as well as executive director of Action Network and Community Initiatives for Social Enterprise.[2] As of 2015, he is Argentina's Environment Minister, in Mauricio Macri's cabinet.[3]

Education

Bergman graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires. He received his rabbinical ordination in 1992, graduating from Marshall Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary of Buenos Aires and the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He is an advisor and consultant to many communities and Israeli societies and a founding member of Cabildo Abierto Ciudadano.

In 1994 he returned to Argentina and through the Judaica Foundation created the community school Fern. Arlene was one of the founders and a member of Activa. Memory From 2001 took over as rabbi of Temple Freedom.

Bergman made various postgraduate courses in foreign universities: Master of Education, graduated Summa Cum Laude, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Master of Rabbinic Literature at the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem; and MA in Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Bergman is a liberal rabbi, committed follower of the human rights tradition of Marshall Meyer.[4]

Argentina Ciudadana

“ "I am a citizen who wants to compromise to make any difference. I come forth not a division or a policy of confrontation. I think our crisis is cultural. Human rights do not claim we have military or the need to meet and take. And that is done with law, order and progress." ”
— Sergio Bergman [5]

Rabbi Sergio Bergman is founder of Argentina Ciudadana (Argentina Citizen), an organization that promotes:

Political views

He held a criticism of the administration of former President Nestor Kirchner and former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner position.[6] It is a strong critic of both the government and Kirchner Argentine Jewish institutions.

References

  1. ↑ Perfil del Legislador
  2. ↑ International Handbook of Jewish Education, ISBN 978-94-007-0354-4
  3. ↑ JTA. "Rabbi tapped as Argentina's new environment minister". The Times of Israel. The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=849284
  5. ↑ http://www.infobae.com/notas/575422-El-rabino-Bergman-lanza-su-candidatura-a-jefe-de-Gobierno-de-la-Ciudad.html
  6. ↑ http://www.lanacion.com.ar/849284-sergio-bergman-el-sistema-republicano-ha-colapsado


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