Edward Max Baker (August 18, 1875 – February 17, 1957) was a Jewish-American investment broker from Ohio.
He returned to Chicago a year after graduating to study and become a rabbi, taking theological courses with his uncle Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch as well as post-graduate courses on philosophy and sociology at the University of Chicago.
[3] He served as religious leader of Temple Israel in Chicago from February to June 1901.
He helped found several charitable and social-service agencies, including Associated Charities, the Legal Aid Society, and the Community Fund.
[8] He was also vice-president of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, a member of the American Jewish Committee, a director of the Joint Distribution Committee, and vice-president of the Cleveland branch of the Emergency Peace Campaign.