 In 1990, Berman returned to academic life, as Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Stern College, and as an adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of Law, where he teaches a seminar in Jewish Law.From 1995 to 1997, he served as Scholar in Residence at the JCC on the Palisades in New Jersey.In 1997, Berman became Director of Edah, a new organization devoted to the invigoration of modern Orthodox ideology and religious life.