Ari Berman | |
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5th President of Yeshiva University | |
Assumed office June 5, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Richard Joel |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Queens,New York City,U.S. |
Relations | Julius Berman (uncle) |
Education | Yeshiva University (BA,MA) |
Ari Berman (born February 18th,1970) is an American-Israeli Modern Orthodox / Religious Zionist rabbi and academic administrator who serves as the 5th president of Yeshiva University.
Berman was raised in Queens in New York City,and graduated from the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy in 1987. [1] He studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yeshiva College,graduating magna cum laude in 1991,rabbinical ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,and an M.A. in medieval Jewish philosophy from Bernard Revel Graduate School. [2] [3] [4]
Berman served successively as rabbinic intern,assistant rabbi,and associate rabbi at The Jewish Center of Manhattan beginning in 1994,and was promoted to be their lead rabbi in 2000. He also taught Talmud in the Stone Beit Midrash Program of Yeshiva University starting in 1998. [5] [6] [7]
In 2008,he left the Jewish Center and moved to Israel,where he completed a Ph.D. in Jewish thought from Hebrew University under the guidance of Dr. Moshe Halbertal,on the topic of Ger Toshav –gentiles who accept the Noahide Laws –in Jewish Law of the Middle Ages. He also served as Rosh HaMerkaz,or head,of the Heichal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Center in Jerusalem and was an instructor at Herzog College. While in Israel,he resided in Neve Daniel. [5] [6] [8] [9]
On November 16,2016,Berman was named President of Yeshiva University. [5] [9] He began his tenure on June 5,2017,succeeding Richard Joel. The formal investiture ceremony took place the following September 10. [6]
Berman's uncle is Julius Berman,a rabbi and lawyer who serves on the Board of Trustees of Yeshiva University and as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. [10] Berman is married to Anita Berman and has five children. [11]
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