Michael Berenbaum (born July 31, 1945 in
Newark, New Jersey) is an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer, and filmmaker, who specializes in the study of
the Holocaust. He served as Deputy Director of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (1979–1980), Project Director of the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) (1988–1993), and Director of the USHMM's Holocaust Research Institute (1993–1997).