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Who is Ari Berman, the rabbi who will deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration?

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, will deliver a benediction at Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipYeshiva UniversityLgbtq IssuesDonald TrumpEducationModern OrthodoxInaugurationAri Berman

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan of New York would deliver this years invocation along with the Rev. Franklin Graham, an Evangelical preacher and son of the legendary Rev. Billy Graham."
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
"Husham Al-Husainy of Karbalaa Islamic Center in Dearborn, a heavily Arab suburb of Detroit; Lorenzo Swell, senior pastor of 180 Church in Detroit; and the Rev."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"Husham Al-Husainy of Karbalaa Islamic Center in Dearborn, a heavily Arab suburb of Detroit; Lorenzo Swell, senior pastor of 180 Church in Detroit; and the Rev."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"the Rev. Frank Mann of the Diocese of Brooklyn."
Jerusalem, Israel
"While in Israel, Berman earned a doctorate in Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; headed the Hechal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Center in Jerusalem, and taught at Herzog College, a teachers college located in Alon Shvut, a settlement in the occupied West Bank."
Alon Shvut, Central District, Israel
"University of Jerusalem; headed the Hechal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Center in Jerusalem, and taught at Herzog College, a teachers college located in Alon Shvut, a settlement in the occupied West Bank."

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