Noël Bernard (born Noel Bercovici; 25 February 1925 – 23 December 1981) was a Romanian journalist, known for being the head of the Romanian-language department of Radio Free Europe (RFE).
Born in Bucharest, to a Jewish father, Filip Bercovici, and a German Catholic mother, Elisabeth née Jahn, Noël Bernard left Romania together with his parents and moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1940.
Bernard started working as the chief of the Romanian language department of the West German-based Radio Free Europe in 1953, but he left in 1958 and moved to Rome with his wife and two children.
During Bernard's editorship, the Romanian section was not infrequently cited for violation of the station's strictures against vituperation and rhetorical excess.
"[4] The Securitate tried to start disputes within the Romanian-language department of RFE and to create a hostile environment against Bernard, to remove him from the head of the radio station.