Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union selected Daniel Lehmann, an Orthodox rabbi, as president. He will be the first non-Christian president in the history of the consortium of research centers and seminaries for students of Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions.
Lehmann has served as the president of Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and chaired the board of a Boston-area consortium of theological schools.
“The opportunity to lead an institution that’s at the cutting edge of interreligious scholarship and to help grow it and help expand its impact is both a privilege and a blessing for me,” he said.
