Rabbi Dr Stu Halpern is Senior Advisor to the Provost of Yeshiva University and Deputy Director of YU’s Straus Centre for Torah and Western Thought. Dr Halpern has an MA in Education from Columbia University, an MA in Bible form YU, a PhD in Education from YU’s Azrieli Graduate School of Education, and rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Chaim Brovender. He has edited 17 books, including most recently, Esther in America. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and The Jerusalem Post.