Durbach, Elaine. "NJ man is college’s first Jewish president; Wisconsin univ. taps Young Judaea alum with eclectic resume", New Jersey Jewish News, September 18, 2013. Accessed September 1, 2019. "As unlikely as those jobs sound as steps to a college presidency, Burstein, who grew up in Cedar Grove, points to them as integral to his professional development.... When he was a senior at Memorial High School in Cedar Grove, he was elected president of the NJ Region of Young Judaea, the Zionist youth organization affiliated with Hadassah."