In 1971, following his departure from Young Israel of Brookline Berman was appointed Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies of Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University.

[2] Under his leadership over the next thirteen years, it grew into the largest undergraduate Department of Jewish Studies in the United States.

[3] In 1984, he accepted the position as senior rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, New York where he served until 1990.

In 1997, Berman became Director of Edah, a new organization devoted to the invigoration of modern Orthodox ideology and religious life.

Due to financial constraints, Edah was absorbed into the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, at which Berman took on an administrative position.