Chaim Stern

Rabbi Chaim Stern (1930-2001) was a prominent Reform Jewish liturgist who edited and translated key prayer books including Gates of Prayer for Shabbat and weekdays, Gates of Repentance for the High Holy Days, and authored On the Doorposts of Your House and Gates of Freedom haggadah. He shaped Reform Jewish liturgy in North America and the UK for over three decades. Stern died of complications from brain surgery due to a brain tumor at age 71.[1][2]