After a nationwide search, the Board of Governors of Gratz College has selected Dr. Zev Eleff as the college’s new president. He will succeed Dr. Paul Finkelman, who served as president for four years.

Dr. Eleff is currently chief academic officer of Hebrew Theological College and vice provost of Touro College Illinois. He is a professor of Jewish history at Touro College’s Graduate School of Jewish Studies and a member of the academic council of the American Jewish Historical Society. He is the author or editor of nine books and more than 50 scholarly articles in the field of American Jewish history.

Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Melrose Park, PA.