He served as general editor of the 73-volume translation Schottenstein edition of the Talmud from 1990 until 2005. Scherman attributes his strong English language skills to the stronger general-studies departments that yeshivas had when he was a student, and his correspondence with two out-of-town high school classmates, Mendel Weinbach and Nisson Wolpin. He has said: "During the summers we used to write letters. Does anyone correspond today? We wrote to each other – that helped. We tried to outdo each other; we were big-shot teenagers. The only way to learn how to write is to write." He was also among the contributors to The Jewish Observer. He was the editor, beginning in 1970, of Olomeinu and editor/co-author of some Best of Olomeinu reprints. References American Haredi rabbis American publishers (people) Jewish American writers Writers from New York (state) Living people 1935 births 21st-century American Jews