Jun 28, 2022
Newly published book: What Would You Do? You Write the Book on Being a Mensch
https://www.amazon.com/What-Would-You-DO-Mensch/dp/B0B28HWFLQ
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-would-you-do-rabbi-dr-david-s-bauman/1141491349
Rabbi Dr. David Bauman Bio
Rabbi Dr. Bauman has taught Tanakh and Talmud at
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago and at Robbins
Hebrew Academy in Toronto, and he is the rabbi of Lake Shore Drive
Synagogue. He also teaches for the Florence Melton School of Adult
Jewish Learning. He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy
Chaplain Corps from 2011-2018, stationed in Great Lakes, IL and
Okinawa, Japan, among other places.
He received his rabbinic ordination from the world renowned
Talmudic Scholar Rabbi Dr. David Weiss-Halivni and from Rabbi
Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg z”l. He holds a Master’s degree in Jewish
Studies from The Jewish Theological Seminary, a Master’s degree in
Education Administration from New York University, and a Master’s
degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The University of
the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. His undergraduate work
was completed at The American University in Washington, DC with a
B.A. in Sociology, Education, and Jewish Studies. Rabbi Dr. Bauman
earned a Doctor of Hebrew Letters degree in Jewish Ethics at
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. He
is the author of the recently published book on Mussar for
teenangers: “What Would You Do?: You Write the Book on Being a
Mensch.
Prior to his work in the U.S. Navy, Rabbi Dr. Bauman served
congregations in the United States and Canada. Rabbi Dr. Bauman and
his wife, Elly, are blessed with two adult children who live in
Israel, Matan and Ori. Rabbi Dr. Bauman is an avid motorcycle rider
and can be seen traveling to and from Akiba-Schechter on his
Harley-Davidson. In addition, Rabbi Dr. Bauman has training in
martial arts, having studied in the U.S., Okinawa, Japan, and South
Korea. He was born in Reading, PA, two blocks west of the Monopoly
Board railroad station and raised between Reading, PA and New
Rochelle, NY.