Sara Berman (philanthropist)

Sara Berman Bloom is an American philanthropist, journalist, and director of Jewish organizations.

Berman was born on New York city's Upper East Side,[1] and is the daughter of hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt. She is married to Mark Bloom and has six children from her first marriage.[1][2]

Bloom has been an editor at The Forward and was the parenting columnist for the New York Sun newspaper.[3] She is a trustee of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life.[4]

Sara Berman is a founder and the board chair of Hebrew Public, a national network of US-based Hebrew-English dual-language charter schools.[5] She is also the vice chairwoman of the board of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life and serves on the boards of the Areivim Philanthropic Group, OneTable: The Shabbat Project, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sara Berman - Youth-Oriented, Top 36 under 36", by Julie Wiener
  2. ^ Sara Berman - Youth-Oriented, Lisa Lerer, Lifestyles Magazine
  3. ^ "N.Y. Okays Public School With Hebrew Focus Philanthropists Lay Plans for National Charter Network", By Anthony Weiss, January 15, 2009, Forward
  4. ^ "Mega-Donor Throws Clout Behind Hebrew Charter School Steinhardt Backs Proposal for Publicly Funded School in N.Y.", By Anthony Weiss, Forward, May 29, 2008 ]
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". Hebrew Public. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2018-03-27.