| Julius Berger | |
| Synagogue: | Shaare Zion Congregation |
| Synagogueposition: | Rabbi |
| Began: | 1925 |
| Ended: | 1947 |
| Birth Date: | 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Burial Place: | Back River Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Montreal |
| Denomination: | Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ottawa |
| Semicha: | Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
Julius Berger (1893 – March 1, 1953) was a Canadian Conservative rabbi. He was the first rabbinic leader of the Shaare Zion Congregation in Montreal.
Julius Berger was born in 1893 in Ottawa. His father was Lithuanian-born rabbi Joseph Berger, and his brother was lawyer Sam Berger.[1]
Berger was a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America,[2] and became rabbi of Shaare Zion Congregation in Montreal in 1925. During the Second World War he served as chaplain with the Royal Canadian Air Force.[3]
Berger's academic work focused on Jewish elementary education. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in 1933.[4] He received a PhD from the University of Ottawa in 1950.