M. Bertram Sachs

Known as “Buddy,” Moshe Bertram Sachs was born in Baltimore. In 1941, he enrolled at JTS, rooming with Max Gruenewald, a refugee from Mannheim. Determined to rescue Jews from Europe, Sachs, together with Jerome Lipnick and Noah Golinkin, established a committee at JTS devoted to the cause. From 1945 to 1947 he served as an army chaplain in Manila and Okinawa and then traveled to Jerusalem to study with Martin Buber. There, Sachs and his wife enlisted as intelligence agents with the Haganah. During the siege of Jerusalem, Sachs led a Seder for American servicemen. After returning to the United States, Sachs served at a congregation in Minneapolis for nearly two decades before moving to Israel.