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| name = Ari Berman
| birth_date = {{birth year and age| 1970}}
| birth_place = [[Queens]], New York City, U.S.
| office = 5th President of [[Yeshiva University]]
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| relations = [[Julius Berman]] (uncle)
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| education = [[Yeshiva University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
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'''Ari Berman''' (born February 18th, 1970) is an American-Israeli [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox]] / [[Religious Zionism|Religious Zionist]] [[rabbi]] and academic administrator who serves as the fifth President of [[Yeshiva University]].
==Early life and education==
Berman was raised in [[Queens]] in New York City, and graduated from the [[Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bridging the Israel-Diaspora gap: Inclusion through compromise|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/inclusion-through-compromise-bridging-the-israel-diaspora-gap-557757|access-date=2020-07-28|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com}}</ref> He studied in [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]] in [[Alon Shvut|Alon Shevut]] before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)|Yeshiva College]], graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 1991, rabbinical ordination from the [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]], and an M.A. in
==Career==
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In 2008, he left the Jewish Center and moved to Israel, where he completed a Ph.D. in [[Jewish thought]] from [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]] under the guidance of [[Moshe Halbertal|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|Heichal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Center]] in Jerusalem and was an instructor at [[Herzog College]]. While in Israel, he resided in [[Neve Daniel]].<ref name=sales/><ref name=itimes/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yucommentator.org/2016/11/breaking-board-votes-to-confirm-rabbi-berman-as-yus-fifth-president/|title=Breaking: Board Elects Rabbi Ari Berman as YU's Fifth President|last2=Gelman|first2=Lilly|date=November 15, 2016|website=yucommentator.org|access-date=2016-12-27|last1=Levine|first1=Doron}}</ref><ref name=berger>{{cite news|last1=Berger|first1=Joseph|title=Yeshiva University Names Ari Berman President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/nyregion/yeshiva-university-names-ari-berman-president.html|accessdate=12 June 2017|work=New York Times|date=November 17, 2016}}</ref>
On November 16, 2016, Berman was named President of Yeshiva University.<ref name=sales/><ref name=berger/> He began his tenure on June 5, 2017, succeeding [[Richard Joel]]. The formal investiture ceremony took place the following September 10.
== Personal life ==
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