LOS ANGELES : University of Judaism Names New President
The next president of the University of Judaism will be Rabbi Robert Wexler, who has been vice president of the Los Angeles school since 1986, officials announced Tuesday.
Wexler, 41, will succeed Rabbi David Lieber, who is retiring later this year after nearly 30 years as the first full-time president of the 45-year-old institution.
The university, located on Mulholland Drive in the Bel-Air area, has 175 students enrolled in its undergraduate liberal arts program and its graduate divisions in education, business and rabbinical studies for the Conservative movement in Judaism. The school also has a large adult education program.
A Los Angeles native, Wexler received his rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and has a bachelor’s degree in literature from the University of Judaism. Lieber, 67, will continue as a professor of biblical literature and thought.
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