Sergio Bergman


Sergio Bergman is an Argentine rabbi, politician, pharmacist, writer, and social activist. In 2015, he was appointed as Minister in Mauricio Macri's cabinet, in the newly elevated Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development. In 2018, the Ministry was demoted back to Government Secretariat, and Bergman remained in charge as Secretary of the Environment, a position he held until 2019.
Bergman serves as rabbi of the synagogue of the Congregación Israelita Argentina. He is CEO of Judaica Foundation and president of Argentina Ciudadana Foundation, as well as executive director of Action Network and Community Initiatives for Social Enterprise.
On May 11, 2020, the World Union for Progressive Judaism announced that Rabbi Bergman would become its new President effective June 1, 2020, transitioning from Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein who completes his year-long term.

Education

Bergman graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires. He received his rabbinical ordination in 1992, graduating from Marshall Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary of Buenos Aires and the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He is an advisor and consultant to many communities and Israeli societies and a founding member of Cabildo Abierto Ciudadano.
In 1994 he returned to Argentina and through the Judaica Foundation created the community school Fern. Arlene was one of the founders and a member of Activa. Memory From 2001 took over as rabbi of Temple Freedom.
Bergman made various postgraduate courses in foreign universities: Master of Education, graduated Summa Cum Laude, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Master of Rabbinic Literature at the Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem; and MA in Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Bergman is a liberal rabbi, committed follower of the human rights tradition of Marshall Meyer.

Argentina Ciudadana

Rabbi Sergio Bergman is founder of Argentina Ciudadana, an organization that promotes:
He held a criticism of the administration of former President Nestor Kirchner and former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner position. It is a strong critic of both the government and Kirchner Argentine Jewish institutions.

Minister of Environment

During Kirchnerism, Argentina was aligned with the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, which questioned the reports produced by the United Nations on climate change. In December 2015, environmental policy aligned with global and contemporary economies
During its management, nine parks and protected areas were created, such as Aconquija National Park, the Iberá National Park, and the Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park. Six of those were created in 2018: it was the registry for the creation of national parks and protected areas in one year.
He relaunched the national park ranger training course, which was closed since 2012.
It tripled the protected area throughout the country and increased the protection of our sea to 7% with the creation of Yaganes and Namuncurá Banco Burdwood II marine parks.