Challenges and Opportunities of Faith-Based Higher Education Institutions:

A Conversation with Rabbi Ari Berman

Rabbi Ari Berman, the fifth president of Yeshiva University in New York City, will discuss his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities faced by faith-based institutions of higher education.

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About the Speaker

Since his investiture in 2017, Rabbi Berman has grounded Yeshiva University in its Core Torah Values and laid the foundation for its next great era. Under his visionary leadership, the university has grown dramatically, introducing more than 20 new graduate degrees in emerging fields such as cybersecurity, health, and STEM and has established new academic centers such as the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership. These efforts have produced significant increases in enrollment and academic rankings, as well as in philanthropic gifts, including funding for the Shevet Glaubach Center for Career Strategy and Professional Development and the new Belz building, the cornerstone academic center on the Wilf campus.

Rabbi Berman is an active and erudite spokesperson for the Jewish community. He lectures worldwide and writes extensively on contemporary Jewish thought, modern philosophy, and trends in higher education. Rabbi Berman is widely published in outlets such as Forbes, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal and recently published the book The Final Exam: Letters to Our Students.