Bernard Cherrick

Bernard Cherrick (Hebrew: ברנרד צ'ריק; 1914–1988) was a British-Israeli rabbi and academic administrator.

[2] Cherrick made aliyah to join the public relations department of the Hebrew University of Israel in 1947.

[2] As early as 1949, he welcomed a US$50,000 fund from philanthropist Louis M. Rabinowitz of Brooklyn, New York City to research synagogues in the Near East.

[2] He subsequently invited Hollywood celebrities like Billy Crystal, Gregory Peck, Barbra Streisand, to fundraisers on campus.

[1] He is the namesake of HJU's Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, directed by Hillel Cohen.