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Rabbi Dr.Bernard Drachman (June 27, 1861, inNew York City – March 12, 1945 in New York City) was a leader ofOrthodox Judaism in theUnited States at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Drachman was born to parents who were immigrants fromGalicia andBavaria. After studying in a Hebrew preparatory school, Drachman earned aB.A. fromColumbia College. He earned a scholarship at theJewish Theological Seminary of Breslau where he received his rabbinic ordination. He also earned a PhD from theUniversity of Heidelberg.
In 1890, Drachman began serving as rabbi in thePark East Synagogue, where he led for the next fifty-five years. Drachman was president of theOrthodox Union and professor at theJewish Theological Seminary.
He translatedSamson Raphael Hirsch'sThe Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel into English.
This was ironic as the works ofZecharias Frankel ofBreslau, a man Drachman considered an important Orthodox leader had been condemned by Hirsch as heretical. Historically, Frankel is considered the founder or at least a forerunner of Conservative Judaism.
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