and his wife Brenda, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, have one daughter. They reside in Westchester County, where he is a member of a Reconstructionist synagogue. Bibliography References External links "The Hasidic Community is not a Cult" by Joseph Berger The Forward, November 18, 2014 "In Poland, Searching for Jewish Heritage" by Joseph Berger The New York Times, July 30, 2015 "The Smell of Crayons" by Joseph Berger Tablet, September 12, 2017 1945 births Living people American people of Polish-Jewish descent Soviet emigrants to the United States Jewish American journalists Jewish American writers The Bronx High School of Science alumni City College of New York alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni People from Lysva Yeshiva University alumni Writers from New York (state) People from Westchester County, New York 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 21st-century American journalists Russian expatriates in the United States World War II refugees American Reconstructionist Jews 21st-century American Jews