One-Hundred-Sixteenth Commencement Exercises May 17, 2010

One-Hundred-Sixteenth 

Commencement Exercises 

May 17, 2010

Order of the Exercises 

סדר טקס הסיום 

Ms. Abby Joseph Cohen, 

Chair, Board of Trustees, 

presiding 

Please rise for the academic 

procession and remain standing 

through the anthems and 

opening prayer. At the conclusion 

of the exercises, please remain 

seated until the recessional 

march ends. 

Processional 

The National Anthems 

Alexis Konigsberg 

Opening Prayer 

Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank 

Induction into the Society of Fellows 

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor 

Conferring of Honorary Degrees 


Commencement Address 


Musical Performance 

The Chorus of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School 

Hazzan JoAnn Rice, Director 

Eretz Zavat Chalav, Gamliel, arr. A. R. Markovicz 

Sheheheyanu 

Rabbi Richard Hammerman 

Conferring of Degrees in Course 


Dr. Alan Cooper, Provost 

The Graduate School 

Dr. Stephen Garfinkel, Dean 

William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education 

Dr. Barry W. Holtz, Dean 

Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies 

Ms. Rebecca Grabiner, Associate Dean 

Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates of List College: Rebecca Lillian Walker 

H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music 

Hazzan Henry Rosenblum, Dean 

The Rabbinical School 

Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins, Dean 

Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates of the Professional and Graduate Schools: 

Sarah Michele Tauber, The Davidson School 

Adon Olam 

Melissa Berman 

Music performed by 

BaRock Orchestra 

Recessional 

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Greetings from the Board Chair 

דברי ראש הועד 

Springtime has pleasantly emerged on campuses across America. After an unusually 

bleak winter, flowers are in bloom and the earth is green once again. The JTS 

Quadrangle has shown new growth and an eruption of color. Spring is also the season 

for commencement ceremonies across the country, and JTS is today celebrating its 

116th such event. 

Well into our second century of educating Jewish leaders, we can appreciate the 

analogy of commencement and springtime. Many plants and trees lie apparently 

dormant during winter months, all the while experiencing enormous activity beneath 

the surface, establishing strong roots and support systems. After years of rigorous 

study, preparation, and, perhaps, inadequate time in the sunshine, our students are 

today stepping out into the world. Their roots and support systems are linked to Torah 

and text, faculty and family. But these are just as essential as water and oxygen-rich air 

for growth and development. 

Many of today’s graduates first joined us immediately following secondary school. 

Others came for professional training after university studies and, in some cases, years 

spent following very different career paths. Regardless of the starting point, there is 

enormous pride in the ways in which you have blossomed. Your accomplishments to 

date offer only a glimpse of your future achievements and contributions. 

We welcome you to your new roles as clergy, educators, scholars, and well-informed 

members of the community. JTS graduates and faculty have been at the center of 

critical discussions for our nation and people for generations. Your education and 

insights, founded on our religious traditions and commitment to scholarship, form the 

foundation to approach future challenges and opportunities—even those that are not 

yet known. Thank you for taking on this responsibility. 

Abby Joseph Cohen 

Chair of the Board of Trustees 

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Society of Fellows 

אגודת העמיתים 

Mr. Martin D. Payson 

Created in 1966, the Society of Fellows 

is an association of men and women 

who have demonstrated devotion to the 

highest ideals of Judaism and to the 

principles of social justice and concern 

for the broader community. They are 

people of extraordinary and diverse 

talents, who have made an enormous 

impact on the welfare of JTS. 

Sponsored by 

Ms. Michele P. Rosenfield 

Dr. Michael B. Greenbaum 

“There are three crowns: 

the crown of Torah, the 

crown of Priesthood, 

the crown of Royalty. 

The crown of a good 

name is superior to 

them all.” 

[Mishnah, Pirkei Avot 4:17] 

You are a singular leader whose tzedakah and good deeds make it possible for others to do good 

themselves. 

You did not rest on your laurels after your retirement from an extraordinary career in corporate 

life, during which you were director, Office of the President, and general counsel of Warner 

Communications Inc. and vice chairman of Time Warner Inc., and were instrumental in the 

expansion of one of the world’s premier entertainment and media companies. Instead, when 

UJA-Federation called on your services beyond your active and generous philanthropy, you 

brought your administrative talent and expertise to bear on the critical matter of health care and 

embarked on a second career devoted to helping troubled hospitals. As chairman of the board of 

Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and chairman of the Nassau Health Care Corporation 

in Nassau County, New York, you restored these institutions to vitality so that they can heal the 

ailing in the communities they serve. 

Your remarkable triumphs in the world of business have always been matched by your sense 

of responsibility and generosity in building a better world. You served on the boards of Howard, 

Tulane, and New York Universities. As a trustee of The Jewish Museum, you were an inspiration 

and catalyst for the development of the annual New York Jewish Film Festival, a collaboration 

between the museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. You have had a profound impact 

on The Jewish Theological Seminary, where your deep understanding of higher education made 

your service on the board invaluable. Your wisdom and energy, your hands-on involvement as 

Development chair, and your belief in fostering new lay leadership have been instrumental in 

strengthening JTS’s ability to cultivate essential support, train future leaders for the Jewish 

community, and ensure Jewish continuity. 

Our Sages teach us, “Greater than one who does a mitzvah, is one who causes others to do 

a mitzvah.” You enable and inspire us all to safeguard education, to provide justice for the 

downtrodden and healing for the sick. You walk the path of righteousness. 

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Honorary Degrees 

תארי כבוד 

Professor Robert Alter 

Doctor of Hebrew Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Mr. Gerald Rosenfeld 

Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner 

Through your profound mastery of biblical Hebrew and poet’s sensitivity to language, you have 

made extraordinary contributions to our understanding of the Bible and taught us how to truly 

read Judaism’s sacred text. Your scholarship has revolutionized perspectives on some of the 

principal ideas found in modern Hebrew, American, and European literature. 

Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at 

Berkeley, where you have taught since 1967, you received bachelor’s degrees from Columbia 

and, we are proud to say, from JTS, and you earned your master’s degree and doctorate in 

Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Since then you have written extensively on 

literary aspects of the Bible, the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present, 

contemporary American fiction, and modern Hebrew literature, and have devoted book-length 

studies to Fielding, Stendhal, and the self-reflexive tradition in the novel. Your twenty-two 

published books include two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry and awardwinning 

translations of Genesis and the Five Books of Moses. You have also written hundreds 

of articles, book reviews, and essays on cultural and political issues, and many of your works 

have been translated into other languages. Renowned lecturer, in 2009 you received the Robert 

Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for lifetime contribution to American letters. 

Your extensive influence is profound, and you are a respected member of the Council of Scholars 

of the Library of Congress and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. You have taught us 

all—university scholars, religious leaders, college freshmen, and the fascinated public. Your 

biblical commentaries and translations have enabled us to see the text anew, and in so doing, 

revitalize our perspectives on our tradition. 

Scholar and literary critic, your passion for and comprehension of the weight, meaning, and 

richness of the written word have forever spotlighted the beauty of the Bible and added depth 

and vibrancy to the Jewish future. 

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honorary DEGREES 

Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson 


Sponsored by 

Mr. Yale Asbell 

Dr. Benjamin R. Gampel 

Beloved leader in the State of Israel and luminary in the Jewish community, your personal and 

professional integrity have helped you soar from student, lecturer, and professor to respected 

member of the Knesset and distinguished thirteenth president of your alma mater, the Hebrew 

University of Jerusalem. 

Professor of History at the Hebrew University—and chair of the Ben-Zvi Institute from 2002 to 

2006—you have contributed mightily to the academic study of medieval Jewry in Muslim lands. 

You have shared your deep understanding of the characteristics distinguishing that society 

from other Jewish societies by building a historical picture upon a variety of literary, legal, 

and medieval sources, and have worked at length on collecting and deciphering fragments of 

manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah. You have also specialized in the study of Maimonides, 

social and intellectual history, Geonic responsa and texts, and Saadya Gaon’s Book of Decrees 

and Deeds. 

You taught culturally deprived children on kibbutz and were the educational director of a school 

for gifted children during your undergraduate years. You earned a PhD in Jewish History and 

Philosophy, studied at Cambridge, and then began your career in academia, eventually becoming 

deputy dean, Faculty of the Humanities, and rector of the Hebrew University. You also taught 

at Bar-Ilan University and lectured at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Author of numerous 

books, scholarly chapters, and articles, you became an editor or member of the editorial boards 

of many important publications. Along the way, your research and formidable contributions were 

acknowledged with awards and scholarships, including a Rothschild Fellowship and the Ben-Zvi 

Prize for the Study of Jewish Heritage. In 2005, you were elected president of the World Union 

for Jewish Studies and to the Knesset, where you were appointed chairman of the Constitution, 

Law, and Justice Committee. 

You have led a life dedicated to Medinat Yisra’el and ‘Am Yisra’el, and become one of the great 

contemporary figures of the Jewish world. 

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Professor Sara Japhet 


Sponsored by 

Mrs. Floy Brown Kaminski 

Dr. Robert A. Harris 

Illustrious educator, you are widely considered Israel’s leading female biblical scholar and its 

highest ranking female academic. Your extraordinary contribution to Judaic scholarship and 

the broader academic community has helped to elucidate major themes in the accounts of the 

biblical period, the literature and religion of the Bible, and the chronicle of Jewish exegesis. 

Distinguished Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor Emeritus of Bible at the Hebrew University of 

Jerusalem, you were born in Tel Aviv, raised in Petach-Tikvah, and have devoted your life to 

exploring and teaching the birthright of the Jewish people. Over the years, you have broadened 

the scope of your research to include the status and history of women in the biblical period and 

the study of Bible in modern Israel. You moved easily from Hebrew University doctoral graduate 

to lecturer to full professor, while sharing your wisdom as a fellow or visiting professor at 

The Jewish Theological Seminary and universities such as Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, 

Cambridge, and Harvard. Chairperson and member of innumerable academic committees, you 

served as head of Hebrew University’s Bible Department and Institute of Jewish Studies and as 

director of the Jewish National and University Library. 

You have edited and written countless scholarly articles and books, including The Commentary 

of Rabbi Samuel ben Meir on the Song of Songs and I and II Chronicles—A Commentary. You 

have served as president of the World Union of Jewish Studies; editor of Shnaton—An Annual 

for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies; and on the editorial board of Jewish Women: A 

Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. To your students you remain a sage guide and counselor, 

giving unstintingly of your time. In 2004, you were awarded Israel’s highest honor, the Israel 

Prize, for Biblical Studies. 

You are a gift to your children and grandchildren, and have ennobled the academic, Israeli, and 

Jewish communities. Your efforts have erected lasting monuments in the field of Jewish Studies. 

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Mr. Gershon Kekst 

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Robert S. Rifkind, Esq. 

Dr. Alan Mintz 

You are a steadfast pillar of wisdom and humanity, a blessing to JTS and to klal Yisrael. 

Frequently called the dean of corporate public relations, you are the founder and leader of Kekst 

and Company, one of the most successful firms of its kind in the world. You are counted among 

the most powerful advisers and counselors, using your influence to act as the conscience of 

business. It is your own strength of character, rooted in the Jewish values you learned from your 

parents, who were Hebrew teachers, that has enabled you both to prosper in corporate life and 

to demonstrate the crucial importance of character to your peers in the world of commerce. 

You have focused your remarkable philanthropic efforts on Jewish communal education and 

science, endowing professorships and serving on the boards of Brandeis University and of the 

Weizmann Institute of Science, where you also chaired the board, and you have been named a 

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

Your positive impact upon The Jewish Theological Seminary is unparalleled. You have been 

a member of the Board of Trustees for over twenty years, serving as board chairman for an 

unprecedented eighteen productive years, and are now the chair emeritus. You have guided 

JTS during some of the institution’s most important growth and restoration. Your stewardship 

included the construction of Kripke Tower, transforming the fire-scarred former library 

stacks into the campus’s signature building; the dedication of the Women’s League Seminary 

Synagogue; the establishment of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, 

the largest graduate program of its kind in North America; and numerous other milestones and 

accomplishments. Your name is inscribed on a pillar in the JTS courtyard, honoring the great 

strength and support you have been for our institution. 

You are one of the great Jewish leaders of your generation, and your commitment to Jewish 

values has been your compass throughout a life of rare accomplishments and profound service 

to the Conservative Movement, the Jewish people, and all of American society. 

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Professor Menahem Schmelzer 


Sponsored by 

Mrs. Dorothy Tapper Goldman 

Dr. Raymond P. Scheindlin 

You have added substantially to the world of knowledge as a scholar, and safeguarded treasures 

of Jewish literary heritage for future generations. 

You are one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Jewish book. A renowned specialist in 

medieval Hebrew literature, you have published extensively on Ashkenazi piyyut. Currently the 

Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature and Jewish 

Bibliography at The Jewish Theological Seminary, where you have been a member of the faculty 

for over four decades, you were the institution’s librarian for over twenty years, a position you 

held at the time of The JTS Library fire in 1966. Born in Hungary, deported by the Nazis to a 

concentration camp in childhood, you returned to your native country after the war and studied 

in schools and yeshivot. You began studying Semitic languages at the University of Budapest, 

before once again suffering the horrors of anti-Semitism and tyranny. Imprisoned for a year 

during the Stalinist regime’s anti-Zionist campaign, your experience did not deter you from 

entering the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest after your release. 

You led the way in preserving and restoring The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary 

after the calamitous fire, recruiting expert catalogers, ensuring the construction of temporary 

structures, securing donations of books so students at JTS would be able to study and conduct 

research properly when classes began the following academic year. Your many publications and 

merits as a scholar have won you accolades, including a Guggenheim fellowship, an honorary 

degree from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, and an appointment as visiting 

senior distinguished scholar at the John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress. The 

secretary of state of the Ministry of Culture and Education of Hungary, where you withstood 

injustice, recently presented you with the Alexander Scheiber Prize. 

Your love of knowledge has helped sustain you through terrible persecution, and your efforts in 

rescuing and rebuilding The Library mark you as a scholar of singular devotion. 

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Degrees in Course 

תארים 


בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי היהדות 

Doctor of Philosophy 

Jenny R. Labendz 

Jason Phillip Rogoff 

Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi 

Ilana Sasson 

Master of Philosophy 

Abraham Joshua Cahan 

Zach Mann 

Master of Arts 

Nava Ben Shlush 

Tim Daniel Bernard * 

Robert Lebson Bildner 

Eileen Noelle Brown 

Brett Nathan Drucker * 

Samantha Ehrlich 

Ariella Rahel Goldfein 

Eric Miller 

Marci Robyn Jacobs 

Binyamin Uriel Kagedan 

Jonathan Eliezar Mordechai 

Kahn-Jochnowitz 

Joelle Brooke Kelenson SW 

Jennifer Yousefzadeh Khoda 

William Warren Klein 

Lori Koffman 

Elenor Florence Radzivilover 

Steven Isaac Rein * 

Daniel Zev Stein 

Melanie Anne Weiss 

SW: Dual Degree Program with Columbia University School of Social Work 

* Degree awarded in October 2009 


בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים בחינוך יהודי ע”ש ויליאם דוידסון 

Doctor of Education 

Dina Gerber Huebner * 

Sarah Michele Tauber 


Steven Eric Abraham 

Melissa Summers Berman 

Richard Bessman H 

Michelle Tovah Dardashti 

Jason Fruithandler 

Rachel Lynn Krueger H 

Ari Nathan Leubitz 

Sonia Levin H 

Jesse Michael Olitzky 

Ita M. Paskind 

Amy Louise Posner 

Zachary Wayne Caldwell Price H 

Wilhelmina Faye Winifred 

Roepke 

Michele P. Rosenfield 

Jeremy Brunn Ruberg H 

Gloria Perelman Schneider 

Stacy Dana Weinberg 

Michael David Weis 

Michael Jay Wikes * 

Shana Zionts 

H: With Honors 


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The students whose names are listed herein were candidates for the degrees indicated at the time the program was printed.

DEGREES IN COURSE 


בית המדרש ללימודי היהדות ע”ש אלברט ליסט 

Bachelor of Arts 

Jennifer Michelle Abrams (JP) M 

Ruth Esther Askenazi (JP) 

Michael Steven Bohnen (JP) M 

Robin Sarah Broder (DD) C 

Hilary Rachel Brown (JP) S 

Suzanne Debra Chipkin (DD) S 

Nataniel E. Cohen (JP) C 

Alisha Dena Deluty (JP) C H 

Helene Mara Eisenstein (JP) C 

Hannah Aviva Elkin (JP) C 

Pamela Gayle Faber (JP) S 

Aryeh Yehuda Frydman (JP) M 

Adam Elie Gindea (JP) 

Simone Jacqueline Gore (DD) S 

Yoav B. Guttman (JP) 

Christina Marie Hughes (JP) M 

Shira Rachel Jacobs (DD) C 

Rachel Paige Katz (JP) M 

Abigail Julie Kerbel (DD) M 

Talia Lamour Kovacs (JP) 

Avraham Yonah 

Krivosha-Herring (JP) S H 

Alexis Page Kushner (JP) 

Zachary Aaron Lebwohl (JP) 

Bara Slafkes Levitt (JP) M 

Jonah Jacob Meyerhoff (JP) M 

Micah Emanuel Miller (JP) 

Jonathan Nathaniel Neuman (JP) 

Tamar Sachter Newman (JP) C 

Emily Shayna Passer (JP) 

Jonah Gabriel Rank (JP) M H 

Ory S. Rinat (JP) 

Daniel Shaul Saks (JP) M 

Marla Ann Schwartz (JP) C 

Benjamin Michael Shapiro (JP) 

Jacob Louis Shapiro (JP) M 

Hannah Racine Shaw (JP) C 

Shaina Leigh Siegel (DD) M 

Caitlin Faith Sigler (JP) C 

Ashley Elizabeth Silver (JP) C 

Jessica Rose Silverman (JP) 

Leah Ann Stein (JP) C 

Jaymie Allison Testa (DD) M 

Rebecca Eve Tuchman (DD) S 

Justin Paul Turnofsky (JP) M 

Rebecca Lillian Walker (JP) S 

Marley Anne Weiner (DD) M 

Batya Gross Weinstock (JP) C 

Adir Natanel Yolkut (JP) M 

DD: Double Degree Program with Barnard College 

JP: Joint Program with Columbia University School of General Studies 

C: Cum Laude; M: Magna Cum Laude; S: Summa Cum Laude; H: With Honors 


בית המדרש לחזנים ע”ש ה.‏ ל.‏ מילר 

Diploma of Hazzan** and Master of Sacred Music 

Melissa Summers Berman 

Richard Bessman 

Jeremiah Lee Burko 

Alexis Renee Konigsberg 

Zachary Matthew Mondrow 

Ted Jeffrey Prosnitz 

Benjamin Aaron Rosner 

Michael David Weis 


בית המדרש לרבנים 


Donald Wayne Collerman-Elias * 

Rabbi, Teacher, and Preacher** 

Noah Arnow MA 

Cecelia Clara Beyer MA 

Fredda Laurie Cohen 

Michelle Tovah Dardashti 

Daniel Isaac Dorsch 

Gideon Estes MA 

Sarah Gayle Freidson MA 

Eytan Akiva Hammerman MA 

Rafael Benjamin Kaiserblueth MA 

Lori Koffman 

Loren Nicole Monosov MA 

Philip R. Ohriner MA 

Ita M. Paskind 

Ephraim Pelcovits 

Iris Richman MA 

Jeremy Brunn Ruberg 

Rachel A. Silverman 

Daniel Zev Stein 

Kara Lee Tav MA 

MA: Also received a master of arts degree from The Rabbinical School 


** The investiture of cantors and ordination of rabbis will take place at a ceremony to be held on the afternoon of commencement day. 

The students whose names are listed herein were candidates for the degrees indicated at the time the program was printed. 

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Prizes and Awards 

פרסים 


Cyrus Adler Prize—Jason Rubenstein 

Bernard and Sydell Citron Scholastic Prize—Fredda Cohen 

Elbogen Fellowship Memorial Prize in Talmud—Shira Wallach 

The Rabbi Max Gelb Memorial Prize in Talmud—Jeremy Ruberg 

Philip Goldstein Award of the National Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs and The Men’s Club of 

Adas Israel Congregation, Washington DC—Eytan Hammerman 

Rabbi Sidney Greenberg Prize—Jason Rubenstein 

William B. Hackenburg Prize in Midrash—Yael Buechler, Michael Fel 

Dr. Michael Higger Prize in Talmud—Benjamin Resnick 

Lamport Homiletics Prize—Eric Woodward 

Alexander Lamport Prize in Talmud—Ari Lucas 

Solomon and Rose S. Lasdon Prize—Jonathan Kremer 

The Rabbi William H. Lebeau Merit Award—Ita Paskind 

Israel H. Levinthal Prize in Homiletics—Noah Arnow 

Lillian M. Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology—Philip Ohriner 

Reverend Zvi Hirsch Masliansky Award in Homiletics—Daniel Dorsch 

Rabbi Jacob S. Minkin Prize in Jewish Philosophy—David Saiger 

Rabbi Albert Pappenheim Prize in Professional Skills—Loren Monosov 

The Kay and Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz Prize in Congregational Education—Michelle Dardashti 

Rabbi Joel Roth Prize—Daniel Stein 

Herman H. Rubenovitz and Mignon L. Rubenovitz Prize—Rachel Isaacs 

David Scharps Memorial Prize in Talmud—Ephraim Pelcovits 

Stephen Henry Shefin Memorial Prize—Joshua Barton 

Rabbi Morris Silverman Award in Liturgy—Jeremy Fine 

Rabbi Arnold Turetsky Prize in Homiletics—Fredda Cohen 

Raymond Mark Wintrob Memorial Prize—Yael Hammerman 

Isaac H. Wolfson Memorial Award—Gideon Estes 

Joseph Zubow Memorial Prize in Codes—Iris Richman 


Rabbi Joel S. and Sylvia M. Geffen Prize—Melanie Weiss 

Sidney Grossbard Memorial Award in Jewish History—Tamar Marvin 

Abraham S. Halkin Award in Jewish History—Ariella Goldfein 

Charles and Ruth Samson Lefkowitz Award—Shulamit Shinnar 

Menachem Ribalow Prize—Stefanie Halpern 

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prizes AND AWARDS 


Bina Appleman Memorial Education Award—Aryeh Frydman 

Harry (Hillel) Appleman Memorial Education Award—Daniel Saks 

Grace J. Calder Fund—Jaymie Testa 

William A. Calder Family Fund Prize—Ashley Silver 

Professor Paul Chertoff Prize—Jonah Meyerhoff 

Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for “The Spirit of the Search for Truth” in Memory of 

Dr. Moses Leo Gitelson—Caitlin Sigler 

Harry and Ernestine Goldstein Award—Jacob Shapiro, Rebecca Walker 

Max and Bess Goodman Memorial Prize—Hannah Shaw 

Emanuel Halpern Memorial Award—Jonah Rank 

Minnie Weiss Halpern Memorial Education Award—Abigail Kerbel 

Benjamin and Anna Jaffe Memorial Award—Avraham Krivosha-Herring 

Dorothy Ertischek Kabakoff Prize—Benjamin Tischler 

Raphael and Sara Rifka Krasnow Memorial Educational Award—Tamar Newman 

Irving and Mary Kremsdorf Memorial Award—Shira Jacobs 

Louis and Mary Lefkowitz Memorial Award—Shaina Siegel 

Freda and David Leiter Student Aid Fund—Jennifer Abrams, Bara Levitt 

Judith M. Lewittes Award—Mara Kravitz, Daniel Sucher 

Sara Goldin Lewittes Award—Laura Landau, Ya’arah Pinhas, Daniel Walker 

William and Alexander May Memorial Educational Award—Hannah Elkin 

Rosalyn Gooen Milians Educational Award—Simone Gore 

Frances and Sylvia Morgenlander Memorial Prize—Nataniel Cohen 

The 1976 Celebrating Classes Joshua Ovsay Memorial Award—Helene Eisenstein 

Dr. Joseph Garrison Parker Prize—Rachel Katz 

Alvin S. Raphael Prize—Hilary Brown 

Charles Steven Reinish Memorial Award—Marla Schwartz, Marley Weiner, Adir Yolkut 

Abraham E. Rothstein Prize—Lilli Flink, Jenna Turow 

Sarah Sameth Rudavsky Memorial Prize—Ilana Breitman, Dov Fields 

Dr. Bernard Samson and Mrs. Sarah Bluma Samson Levinthal Memorial Award—Suzanne Chipkin 

Fanny Schneyer Education Award—Justin Turnofsky 

Sarah Barcan Soffin Memorial Award—Pamela Faber 

Helen P. Sussman Memorial Prize—Rebecca Tuchman 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1917 Award—Alisha Deluty 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1919 Award—Batya Weinstock 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1920 Award—Leah Stein 

Isak, Rosa, and Shifra Thau Memorial Award—Michael Bohnen 

Marcus and Frances Krasnow Thau Award—Robin Broder 

Lt. Franklin M. Tunick Memorial Prize—Yehuda Webster 

Esther Sommerstein Zweig Education Award—Christina Hughes 

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prizes AND AWARDS 


Chaim Davidson Memorial Award—Sonia Levin 

Rabbi Carl and Barbara Friedman Award—Wilhelmina Roepke, Gloria Schneider 

Lisa and James Schlesinger Prize—Rachel Krueger 


Anonymous Prize—Mike Weis 

Cantors Assembly Alumni Award in Honor of Rabbi Morton M. Leifman—Elisa Abrams 

Cantors Assembly Alumni Award in Memory of Hazzan Max Wohlberg—Shoshana Abrams 

Cantors Assembly Hazzan Morris Schorr Memorial Award—Richard Bessman, Russell Jayne 

Cantors Assembly Hazzanut Study Award—Jenna Daniels, Eliana Kissner, Rebecca Pohl 

Cantors Assembly Oheb Beth Israel Scholarship—Annelise Ocanto 

Cantors Assembly Richard Briskin Cantor-in-Residence Award—Magda Fishman 

Cantors Assembly Sidney Q. Janus Award—Melissa Berman, Frani Goodman 

Max and Sol Feld Prize in Composition—Alexis Konigsberg 

Dr. Leonard E. Field and Beatrice E. Field Award—Yakov Hadash 

Hazzan Michal Hammerman Memorial Prize—Ronit Hanan 

Richard H. Holzer Memorial Prize in Judaica—Hillary Blank 

Sara and Samuel Katz Memorial Prize in Liturgy and Nusah—Matthew Klein 

Rabbi David C. Kogen Community Activities Award—Israel Gordan 

Hazzan David J. Leon Prize—Ben Rosner 

H. L. Miller Fellows—Shoshana Abrams, Matthew Klein, Rebecca Platt, Lindsay Waldman 

Amy B. Putterman Memorial Prize—Jonathan Schultz 

Rose S. Rovine Prize in Liturgical Music—Stephen Abelson 

Hazzan Israel Weiser Memorial Prize—Ted Prosnitz 

A. J. Weisgal Award—Sidney Ezer 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Kol Ishah Award—Lindsay Waldman 

All Schools 

Dr. Moses Einhorn Award—Ben Herman 

S. Gershon Feffer Memorial Prize—Cecelia Beyer 

Aaron Friedenwald Prize in Jewish Theology—Eytan Hammerman 

Professor Louis Ginzberg Talmud Prize—Corey Helfand 

Israel Goldstein Prize—Daniel Held 

Fannie and Robert Gordis Prize in Bible—Alisha Deluty 

Rabbi Wolfe Kelman Memorial Prize—Chava Creque 

Alexander Kohut Memorial Prize—Ilana Cohen 

Rabbi Monroe Joseph Levens Memorial Prize—Eytan Hammerman 

Edith and Stuart Marks Prize in Semitics—Ryan Higgins 

The Metzger Family Prize for Community Service—Laura Landau 

Rabbi Joseph and Frances Miller Prize in Bible—Ben Herman 

Peace Prize—Ephraim Pelcovits 

Robison Memorial Prize—Zachary Silver 

Sarah and Morris Rosenberg Prize—Andrea LeVine 

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Board of Trustees 

חברי הועד 

Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor 

Abby Joseph Cohen, Chair 

Gershon Kekst, Chair Emeritus 

Betsy Z. Cohen, Vice Chair 

Alan Levine, Vice Chair 

Gerald Rosenfeld, Vice Chair 

Jeffrey A. Rosen, Treasurer 

Howard M. Holtzmann, Honorary Chair 

Jonathan Aaron 

Yale Asbell 

Daniel J. Beller 

Mark Berlin, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs 

Bernice Cohen 

Lester Crown 

Alisa R. Doctoroff 

David H. Feinberg 

Joel L. Fleishman 

Martin E. Franklin 

Marc Gary 

Ned Gladstein 

Shepard Goldfein 

Barbara S. Horowitz 

Harold B. Jacobsohn 

Amos Kaminski 

Robert S. Kaplan 

Stephen J. Lovell 

Paul S. Miller 

Irma Milstein 

Aaron Priest 

David Propis, Cantors Assembly 

Robert Pruzan, Jewish Museum 

Robert S. Rifkind 

Eric Rosen 

Saul Sanders 

Cory R. Schneider, 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism 

Richard Skolnik, 

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 

Bruce A. Soll 

Neil Sosland 

Malcolm Thomson 

Stanley B. Tulin 

Richard Winer 

Diane Wohl 

Jeffrey A. Wohlberg, Rabbinical Assembly 

Harold J. Wolfe 

Honorary Members 

Stephen M. Axinn 

Joseph Ciechanover 

Jerome S. Katzin 

Joseph Kerzner 

Ronald Lauder 

Harvey L. Miller 

Selma Rapaport Pressman 

H. Axel Schupf 

Henry Voremberg 

Chairs of the Advisory Boards 

Dorothy Tapper Goldman 

The Library 

Rachelle L. Kaiserman 


Floy Brown Kaminski 

William Davidson Graduate School of 

Jewish Education 

Randie Malinsky 


Marc Roston 


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Annual and Designated Support 

5769–5770 / 2009–2010 

Partners 

$360,000 plus 

The Avi Chai Foundation 

Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen 

Karen and William M. (z”l) Davidson 

UJA - Federation of Jewish 

Philanthropies of New York, Inc. 

The Jim Joseph Foundation 

Carol and Gershon Kekst 

Irma and Paul Milstein 

Jeanette and Joseph Neubauer 

Women’s League for Conservative 

Judaism 

Chancellor’s Minyan 

$100,000 plus 

Oded Aboodi 

Audrey and Yale I. Asbell 

The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation 

Gilda and Henry Block 

The Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Family 

Foundation 

Booth Ferris Foundation 

Abby Joseph Cohen and David Cohen 

The Crown Family Foundation 

Julie and Martin E. Franklin 

Jane and Ned Gladstein 

Julie and Joel Greenblatt 

Rita Dee Hassenfeld 

Carol and Howard M. Holtzmann 

Adele and Mel Ilberman 

Beatriz and Harold B. Jacobsohn and 

Myriam Weinstein 


The Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family 

Foundation, Inc. 

Miriam and Jerome S. Katzin 

Ruth Katzman (z”l) 

Barbara and Jack Kay 

Herbert Lippitz 

Dedee and Stephen J. Lovell 

Blanche and Philip Meisel 

Harvey L. Miller Supporting Foundation 

Arleen and Aaron M. Priest 

Sheri and Paul Robbins 

Marjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen 

Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld 

Susan and Jack Rudin 

M. Mac Schwebel 

Carole and Harold Wolfe 

Diane and Howard Wohl 

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annual AND DESIGNATED GIVING 

Pillars of JTS 

$50,000 plus 

AICE Inc. (American Israeli Cooperative 

Enterprise) 

Joan and Robert H. Arnow 

Stephanie and Stephen M. Axinn 

Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman 

Foundation 

Goldie and David Blanksteen 

Covenant Foundation 

Charles Dimston 

Alisa* and Daniel Doctoroff 

Carol and David H. Feinberg 

Michelle and Marc Gary 

Mickey and Allan E. Greenblatt 

Ruth and Stephen Hendel 

Lenore and Michael Hyatt 

Jewish Foundation for the Education of 

Women 

Floy and Amos Kaminski 

Judy and Earle W. Kazis 

Alison and Alan Levine 

Susan and Martin Lipton 

Randie and Aaron Malinsky 

Audrey and Stanley Merves 

Carol and Paul Miller 

The Nash Family Foundation 

Jan and Charles Nirenberg 

Bernard W. Nussbaum 

Helen Rauch 

Arleen B. and Robert S. Rifkind 

Eric J. Rosen 

Vivian Rous / AVR Foundation 

Marcia and Ronald Rubin 

Mary and Saul Sanders 

Phyllis and Stanley J. Sanders 

The Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation 

Blanche and Neil N. Sosland 

Jerry I. Speyer 

Tishman Speyer 

Malcolm Thomson* 

Riki and Stanley B. Tulin 

Viterbi Family Foundation 

Wtchtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 

The Norman and Rosita Winston 

Foundation 

Elaine and James D. Wolfensohn 

Builders of JTS 

$36,000 plus 

Lynn and Daniel J. Beller 

Ellen and Shepard Goldfein 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. 

Lizbeth and George Krupp 

Amy and Peter A. Miller 

Francine* and Marc Roston 

Joan and Paul S. Schreiber 

Marci and Keith Shapiro 

Shirley and Harris Shapiro 

Charitable Trust 

Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation 

Connie and Allen Skolnick 

Tamko Building Products 

Bracha* and Martin Werber 

Barbara and Edward D. Zinbarg 

* Alumni 

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ANNUAL AND DESIGNATED GIVING 

Chairman’s Circle 

$25,000 plus 

Roslyn Barash 

Diane and Norman Bernstein 

Blavatnik Foundation 

Frances and Hubert J. Brandt 

The Hyman B. and Estelle Carroll Foundation 

Marilyn and Stanley L. Cohen 

Ryna G. and Melvin S. Cohen 

The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation 

Phyllis and Ab Flatt 

Gita and Sam Ganz 

Toby and Morton J. Gross 

Gaby Hereld / In memory of Curtis Hereld 

Susan and Roger Hertog 

Eva Holzer 

Rachelle and Ronald L. Kaiserman 

Kristin and Michael Karp 

Rosalie Goldenberg Katz Fund 

Joseph Kerzner 

Lisa and Michael Leffell 

Amy and William Lipsey 

Brenda Berry and Jonathan* Lopatin 

Millicent N. and Harold H. May 

Beth and Gabriel Nechamkin 

Tina and Steven Price 

Charles J. Rose 

Daryl and Steven Roth 

Marilyn and Barry Rubenstein 

Irene and Bernard Schwartz 

Margaret and Alan H. Silberman 

Joy and Bruce Soll 

Diane and Joseph Steinberg 

William Ungar 

Joan and Sanford I. Weill 

Amy and Fred Weiss 

Abigail and Leslie Wexner 

Shoshanna and David A. Wingate 

Judith (z”l) and Bruce Wolf 

Elaine and William Wolff 

Helen and Samuel Zell 

Chai Society 

$18,000 plus 

Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz 

Joan B. and William J. Brodsky 

The Hannah S. Cohn and Samuel A. Cohn 

Memorial Fund 

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 

Sandra and Stephen A. Cozen 

Judy and John Craig 

Marion and Curt DeJonge 

Tammy and Jack Faintuch 

Betty Feinberg 

Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon 

Marilyn and Charles Honigsberg 

Barbara and Mel M. Immergut 

Francine and Robert A. Immerman 

Brad Karp 

Arlene and Seymour Katz 

Alan Kaufman, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 

Sue Ellen and Alan Kaufman 

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 

Gerald Lazar 

Jonathan Lerner 

Samuel P. Mandell Foundation 

Gary P. Naftalis 

National Basketball Association 

Roy Niederhoffer 

Golda (z”l)* and Michael Och 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison LLP 

Andrea and Kenneth Saffir 

Lois and Leonard A.* Sharzer 

Marion and William P. Shulevitz* 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 

Clarice and Robert H. (z”l) Smith 

Arnold Sollar 

Elaine Sollar Eisen 

Mark J. Stein 

Marilee and Samuel Susi 

Dorothy Tapper Goldman 

Hal J. Upbin 

Marian and Irving A. Wiseman 

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* Alumni


Seminary Society 

$10,000 plus 

Vicki and William Abrams 

Acts of Generosity 

Randi and Joseph Allerhand 

Richard I. Beattie 

Susan and Boaz Ben-Moshe 

Meryl and Gilbert Benaim 

Barbara and Edwin J. Berkowitz 

Laurie Loevner and Steven Berger 

Berkshire Partners LLC 

Malvina (z”l) and Morton L. Charlestein 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

Conference on Jewish Materials Claims Against 

Germany 

Amy and Phillip Cushmaro 

Philip M. Darivoff 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 

Susan and Michael Dell 

Debra and Scott Edelman 

Susan and Julius Eisen 

Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg 

Bonnie and Barry E. Epstein 

The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation 

Ira M. Feinberg 

Robert B. Fiske 

The Joseph F. and Clara Ford Foundation 

Judith and Stanley Frankel 

Barbara and Irving H. Franklin 

Gwen Rudofsky and Martin Freedman 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 

Sylvia and Seymour Fried 

Sissy and Theodore Geballe 

Betsy R. Gidwitz 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

Carol Feinberg and Kenneth Gilman 

Karen and Henry J. Glanternik 

Bennett Goldstein 

Constance and Leonard Goodman 

Morris Goodman 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

Kenneth C. Griffin 

Jeffrey Gural 

Phyllis Haas 

Jane and Robert S. Harrison 

Jacob Herber* 

Benjamin A. Hering 

Nat Hirsch 

Priscilla and Abe Hodes 

Hogan & Hartson LLP 

Janis and Samuel Holcman 

Eydie and Ira Holz 

Soledad and Robert J. Hurst 

Roni and Robert Jossen 

Tobee and Leonard Kaplan 

Beatrice and Mitchell Karten 

Annette and Daniel Kasle 

Temma and Alfred D. Kingsley 

Francine and Samuel Klagsbrun* 

Beth S. and Seth A. Klarman 

Miriam Klein (z”l) 

Mary Jo Kleiss 

Myra and Robert K. Kraft 

Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP 

Lerman Family Foundation 

Nancy and Paul G. Levy 

Henia and Marc N. Liebhaber 

Jessica and Ron Liebowitz 

Lisa and Lewis J. Liman 

Guardsmark, LLV—Barbara and Ira A. Lipman 

and Family 

Phyllis and Norman B. Lipsett 

Ruth and Leonard Litwin 

Adele* and Sheldon Lobel 

George T. Lowy 

Louise and Morton J. Macks 

Leslie and Paul S. Magy 

Paula and Jerome W. Mandell 

Aaron Marcu 

Shelley and Bruce Menkowitz 

Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Foundation 

Sabra Minkus 

Meredith Berkman and Daniel Mintz 

Pearl and Charles G. Moerdler 

Fay and Joseph Morris 

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello 

& Bohrer, P.C. 

The David and Ruth Moskowitz Family 

Foundation 

Maxine and Theodore Murnick 

Beth Goldberg Nash and Joshua Nash 

Northwood Construction Co., Inc. 

Laura and Selwyn Oskowitz 

Stanley H. Pantowich 

Barbara Parker 

Dottie and Martin D. Payson 

Sophie Pearlstein 

* Alumni 

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ANNUAL AND DESIGNATED GIVING 

Seminary Society (continued) 

$10,000 plus 

Joy and Bob Perla 

Simon Portnoy 

Lorraine and Robert Reeder 

Betsy and David Rentz 

Rockefeller and Company, Inc (Jim McDonald) 

Sandy and Marvin S. Rosen 

Evelyn B. Kenvin and Arthur H. Rosenbloom 

Toby and Michael Rozen 

Corinne B. Winston and Joseph Rubin 

Trudy and Sy Sadinoff 

Rebecca and Arthur Samberg 

Jeffrey Sandelman, The Sandelman Foundation 

Doris and Myron Saranga 

Rose and Alan Schecter 

Eleanor and Harry L. Schick 

Sidney Schonfeld 

Helen Schrott 

Irene and William Schumer 

Wendy and Jeffrey E. Schwarz 

The Seinfeld Family Foundation 

Liz and Gregory S. Sembler 

Karen and Samuel Seymor 

Blanche and Romie Shapiro 

Steven T. Shapiro 

John S. Siffert 

Erica and Gerrald B. Silverman 

Henry Solan 

Tobi and David M. Steinhardt* 

Eva and Marc Stern 

Audrey Strauss 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 

Howard Tanenbaum 

Nat Taubenfeld 

Judy and Lawrence Tanenbaum 

Fran and Sylvan Tobin 

Deborah and Kenneth Tuchman 

Beate and Henry Voremberg 

Harry Wagner 

The Wagner Family Foundation 

Joyce and Michael Wechsler 

Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg 

Mrs. and Mr. Joel* Weissglass 

Connie and Alfred Weissman 

Andi and Lawrence A. Wolfe 

Ruth and Mel Wolzinger 

Lawrence J. Zweifach 

Chancellor’s Council 

$6,000 plus 

Ruth Aach 

Alperin-Hirsch Family Foundation 

Mrs. Irving Appelbaum 

Karen and Donald Ashkenase 

Sanford L. Batkin 

David B. Berger 

Evelyn Berger 

Miriam and Matthew* Berkowitz 

Scott Binder 

Janice and Thomas E. Biron 

Marilyn and Robert Birnhak 

Tanya and Steven Bodzin 

Joyce and Michael J. Bohnen 

Leah and Harry (z”l) Brochstein 

Mary and Lewis B. Campbell 

Manny and Ruthy Cohen Foundation 

Betty and Lewis (z”l) Cohen 

Gloria B. and Fred Cohen 

Laurie and James Davidowitz 

Richard J. Davis 

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Betsy and Dick DeVos 

Toby and Lawrence Deutsch 

Dubow Family Foundation 

Linda and Scott Fayne 

Suzette and Michael Fisher 

Shelby and Robert Ford 

Steve Friedman 

Sheila and Lawrence Gerber 

Sylvia Gladstein 

Anita Gluck 

Gold Family Foundation 

Phyllis and Lawrence Goldberg 

Wendy and Howard W. Goldstein 

Debbie and Melvin Gottlieb 

Susan and William Q. Graham 

Rosalind and Mervin D. Gray 

Amy and Richard Greenblatt 

Phyllis Greenman 

Marilyn and Jonathan Grossman 

Sheba and Jack Gruber 

* Alumni


Chancellor’s Council (continued) 

$6,000 plus 

Pearl and Nathan Halegua 

Doreen Hermelin 

Stanley (z”l) and Annette Isaacson 

Lois and Barry Jacobs 

Marilyn and Patrick Jacques 

Rona and Lee H. Javitch 

Veronique and Hylton Jonas 

Eugene Joffe Family Philanthropic Fund 

Rhonda and Richard Kahn 

Shelly and Michael Kassen 

Rebecca and David Kekst 

Kenvin-Schwartz Family 

Rikki and Yale Kessler 

Candice and Carl S. Koerner 

Bryna and Vernon Kurtz 

Suzette and Harold S.* Kushner 

Jacques Levine 

Shirley Levinson 

Marcia and Alan J. Leifer 

Levine Funeral Chapel 

The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation 

Glenn Lowenstein 

Anita and Michael Malina 

Marial and George Manstein 

Beatrice Mayer 

Arthur I. and Sydelle F. Meyer Charitable 

Foundation 

Philip Miller 

Ellen and Ralph Miller 

Susan and Robert Miller 

Minkin Family Foundation 

Maruka Mirochnick 

Jack Moersel 

Madeleine and Lawrence Mohr 

Nancy and Morris W. Offit 

The Charles and Richard Oestreich Foundation 

Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning 

Sharon S. Pierce 

Robert L. Podvey 

Rhoda Pomerantz and Irwin Feinberg 

Jewel and Allen Prince 

Judith and Maynard Rabinowitz 

Marian and Milton Radutzky 

Rosalind M. Ratner 

Rita and Fred Richman 

Susan and Jack Riemer 

Rising Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

Deborah and Harry Rosen 

Norma and Lester J. Rosenberg 

Cindy and Seymour Rosenbloom 

Gloria and Philip Rosenthal 

Bruce and Mindy Ruben 

Lite and Arnold L. Sabin 

Lisa and James L. Schlesinger 

Marcalynn and Harvey Schechter 

Helene Schrott 

Sharon and James A. Schwarz 

Marcy and Ed Seltzer 

Harriet and Sol H. Shanus 

Eunice and Jay B. Shapiro 

Maureen and Robert Shapiro 

Elaine and Sherwood Sharfe 

Anna Shereff 

The Shiffman Family Support Foundation 

Irene and Norman Sholk 

Pauline and Noel S. Siegel 

Rita and Alan* Silverstein 

William E. Simon Foundation 

Riva and Alan B. Slifka 

Susan and James Snider 

Sobel & Co., LLC 

Philip J. Solondz 

Donna Sommer-Batkin 

Gloria and Sanford J. Spitzer 

Clare and Murray* Stadtmauer 

Jack Stein 

Ellen and Jay Steinberg 

Faye Steinberg 

Howard and Carole Tanenbaum 

Linda and David S. Taub 

A. Alfred Taubman 

Marjorie Tichnor 

Wakefern Shoprite Corporate 

Leonard M. Wasserman 

Francine Lavin Weaver 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

Lori and Steven Weisberg 

Patty and Matt Weiss 

Selma and Daniel Weiss 

Rita and Barry Wertlieb 

Aileen E. Whitman 

Erika and Kenneth Witover 

Donna and Bennett Yanowitz 

Pamela and Joseph M. Yohlin 

Anthony A. Yoseloff 

Susan and Steven Zimmet 

* Alumni [as of April 28, 2010] 

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Friends of JTS Synagogues 

Friends of JTS is a national program bringing Conservative Jewish 

communities into a serious relationship with The Jewish Theological 

Seminary. A synagogue’s partnership ensures our future. 

Canada 

London 

Or Shalom Congregation 

Montreal 

Shaare Zion Congregation 

Toronto 

Adath Israel Congregation 

Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am 

Beth Emeth - Bais Yehuda 

Beth Tzedec Congregation 

California 

Saratoga 

Congregation Beth David 

Colorado 

Boulder 

Congregation Bonai Shalom 

Connecticut 

Bloomfield 

Beth Hillel Synagogue 

Greenwich 

Temple Sholom 

Meriden 

Temple B’nai Abraham 

West Hartford 

Emanuel Synagogue 

District of Columbia 

Washington 

Adas Israel Congregation 

Florida 

Boca Raton 

B’nai Torah Congregation 

Delray Beach 

Temple Emeth 

Greenacres 

Temple Beth Tikvah 

Hallandale 

The Hallandale Jewish Center 

Jacksonville 

The Jacksonville Jewish Center 

Saint Petersburg 

Congregation Bnai Israel 

Sarasota 

Temple Beth Sholom 

Tampa 

Congregation Kol Ami 

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Georgia 

Atlanta 

Congregation Ahavath Achim 

Congregation Bnai Torah 

Macon 

Congregation Sha’arey Israel 

Illinois 

Chicago 

Anshe Emet Synagogue 

Highland Park 

North Suburban Synagogue - Beth El 

Wilmette 

Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai 

Emunah 

Kentucky 

Louisville 

Congregation Adath Jeshurun 

Louisiana 

Metairie 

Shir Chadash Conservative 

Congregation 

Maine 

Portland 

Temple Beth El 

Maryland 

Baltimore 

Chizuk Amuno Congregation 

Bethesda 

Congregation Beth El 

Chevy Chase 

Ohr Kodesh Congregation 

Potomac 

Congregation Har Shalom 

Rockville 

Bnai Israel Congregation 

Tikvat Israel Congregation 

Silver Spring 

Shaare Tefila Congregation 

Massachusetts 

Chestnut Hill 

Congregation Mishkan Tefila 

Fall River 


Framingham 

Congregation Beth Sholom 

Leominster 

Congregation Agudat Achim 

Lexington 

Temple Emunah 

Natick 

Temple Israel 

Newton Center 

Temple Emanuel 

Randolph 

Temple Beth Am 

Sharon 

Temple Israel 

Swampscott 

Shirat Hayam of the North Shore 

Worcester 

Congregation Beth Israel 

Michigan 

Ann Arbor 

Beth Israel Congregation 

Bay City 

Temple Israel 

Grand Rapids 

Congregation Ahavas Israel 

Southfield 

Congregation Shaarey Zedek 

Nebraska 

Lincoln 

Congregation Tifereth Israel 

Omaha 

Beth El Synagogue 

Nevada 

Las Vegas 

Jewish Community Center of Las 

Vegas, Inc. 

New Jersey 

Caldwell 

Congregation Agudath Israel 

Cherry Hill 


Clifton 


Closter 

Temple Emanu-el 

Cranford 

Temple Beth-El/Temple Mekor 

Chayim 

East Windsor 


Fair Lawn 

Fair Lawn Jewish Center 

Lakewood 

Congregation Ahavat Shalom

FRIENDS OF JTS SYNAGOGUES 

Livingston 

Temple Beth Shalom 

Metuchen 

Temple Neve Shalom 

Millburn 

Congregation B’nai Israel 

Princeton 

The Jewish Center, Princeton 

Ridgewood 

Temple Israel 

Rumson 

Congregation Bnai Israel 

South Orange 


Congregation Oheb Shalom 

Teaneck 

Congregation Beth Sholom 

Voorhees 


New York 

Amherst 

Temple Beth Tzedek 

Briarcliff Manor 

Congregation Sons of Israel 

Brooklyn 

Temple Sholom 

Commack 

The Commack Jewish Center 

Dix Hills 

Dix Hills Jewish Center 

Dobbs Ferry 

Greenburgh Hebrew Center 

East Rockaway 

Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish 

Centre 

Flushing 

Hillcrest Jewish Center 

Gloversville 

Congregation Knesseth Israel 

Great Neck 

Temple Israel of Great Neck 

Harrison 

Jewish Community Center of 

Harrison 

Huntington 

Huntington Hebrew Congregation 

Little Neck 

Little Neck Jewish Center 

Malverne 

Malverne Jewish Center 

Middletown 

Temple Sinai 

New City 

New City Jewish Center 

New Rochelle 


New York 

Ansche Chesed 

Congregation Habonim 

Inwood Hebrew Congregation 

Park Avenue Synagogue 

North Woodmere 

Temple Hillel 

Old Westbury 

Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation 

Plainview 

Plainview Jewish Center 

Port Chester 

Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel 

Port Washington 

Temple Beth Israel 

Poughkeepsie 


Roslyn 

Shelter Rock Jewish Center 

Roslyn Heights 


Syosset 

Midway Jewish Center 

Westbury 

Temple Beth Torah 

White Plains 

Temple Israel Center 

Woodbury 

Woodbury Jewish Center 

North Carolina 

Charlotte 

Temple Israel 

Ohio 

Cincinnati 

Adath Israel Synagogue 

Cleveland 

The Park Synagogue 

Columbus 

Congregation Tifereth Israel 

Pepper Pike 

B’nai Jeshurun Congregation 

Youngstown 

Temple El Emeth 

Congregation Ohev Tzedek - Shaarei 

Torah 

Oklahoma 

Oklahoma City 

Emanuel Synagogue 

Pennsylvania 

Allentown 


Bethlehem 

Congregation Brith Shalom 

Blue Bell 

Tiferet Bet Israel 

Dresher 

Temple Sinai 

Elkins Park 

Beth Sholom Congregation 

Congregation Adath Jeshurun 

Hazleton 

Hazelton Jewish Community Center 

Merion Station 

Temple Adath Israel 

Newtown 

Congregation Brothers of Israel 

Penn Valley 

Har Zion Temple 

Philadelphia 

Germantown Jewish Center 

Temple Menorah-Keneseth Chai 

Scranton 

Temple Israel 

Wallingford 

Congregation Ohev Shalom 

Wynnewood 

Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El 

Yardley 


Rhode Island 

Providence 


Tennessee 

Nashville 

West End Synagogue 

Texas 

Bellaire 

Congregation Brith Shalom 

Houston 

Congregation Beth Yeshurun 

Vermont 

Burlington 

Ohavi Zedek Congregation 

Virginia 

Hampton 

Rodef Shalom Temple 

Norfolk 

Temple Israel 

Richmond 


Washington 

Mercer Island 

Herzl-Ner Tamid 

Wisconsin 

Milwaukee 

Congregation Beth Israel 

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The Tzaddikim Society 

The following concerned individuals care deeply about Judaism and support 

The Jewish Theological Seminary through bequests in their wills and other 

estate planning. 

Ruth Aach 

Arthur Ainsberg 

Rita C. Altman 

Anonymous (two) 

Joan and Robert H. Arnow 

Stephanie and Stephen M. Axinn 

Charlotte Baker 

Donna Sommer-Batkin 

Sanford L. Batkin 

Linda and Edmund Baulsir 

Lowell S. Bensky 

Madeleine H. and Mandell L. Berman 

Haskell Bernat 

Helen Bernstein 

Carolyn and Marvin Birger 

Esther Blank (z”l) 

Frances and Hubert Brandt 

Erica Goldman-Brodie and 

Joseph Brodie 

Johanna Bromberg 

Clarice Chaykin 

Gloria B. Cohen 

Faye and Sheldon S. Cohen 

Bernice Cohen 

Shirley and Richard Cohen 

Miriam Conroy 

Muriel Dolinsky 

Edith Eichenbaum 

Athena Carpousis Ellner and 

Martin Ellner 

Charlene and David Harris Engleberg 

Henry Epstein 

Rita Friedman-Erenburg 

Fink Foundation, Inc. 

Fernand Fisel 

Marleen and Harold Forkas 

Barbara and Irving H. Franklin 

Charles Geller 

Jane and Ned Gladstein 

Darryl and Marilyn Goldberg 

Barbara Goldfarb 

Mimi I. Goldfinger 

Rosalind and Mervin D. Gray 

Mickey and Allan E. Greenblatt 

Cindy and Michael B. Greenbaum 

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Roslyn and Sam Grodzin 

Gert and Herman Gross 

Alice Gross 

Phyllis Haas 

Gloria and Joseph Handler 

Rita Dee Hassenfeld 

Eva Holzer 

Carol Ingall 

Rona and Lee H. Javitch 

The Jerome J. and 

Elaine Nerenberg Charitable Gift 

Blossom and Arthur Jettelson 

Ethel Joffe 

Karen and Jonathan Kaplan 


Bertha Karavin 

Evelyn Kasle 

Miriam and Jerome S. Katzin 

Carol and Gershon Kekst 

Reeva and Milton Kerker 

Betty Krakeur 

Myer S. Kripke 

Faye M. Laveson 

Ruth and Robert Layman 

Marie Levin 

Claire and Melvin J. Levine 

Norma and Alfred Levy 

Donald Lewin 

Henia and Marc N. Liebhaber 

Ruth Loewenstein 

Dedee and Stephen J. Lovell 

Marvin Lundy 

Ruth Marcus 

Judith and Irwin Margolis 

Eliot P. Marrus 

Millicent and Harold May 

Jael Lynn Meadow 

Seymour Meltzer 

David H. Metzger 

Jan and Harvey L. Miller 

Marion Mohl 

Fani and Michael A. Monson 

Audrey and Erwin Muscat 

Marylyn Metzger Nahl 

Millicent Nathan 

Jan and Charles Nirenberg 

Arthur Oleisky 

Ruth Oppenheim 

Tamar Chipkin Orvell 

Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter 

Mark Padnos 

Cheryl Patt 

Sophie Pearlstein 

Sandra and Morton Porwick 

Helen Rauch 

Harold Reisman 

Robin Rogel-Goldstein 

Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld 

Vivian Rous 

Mary and Saul Sanders 

Lifsa and Stanley Joshua Schachter 

The Scheinman Family Foundation 

Eleanor and Harry L. Schick 

Cory and Stanley Schneider 

Bessie Schneider 

Sidney Schonfeld 

Lori and David C. Seed 

Morris Shane 

Marion and Doit Shotts 

Sylvia Siegel 

Ramie J. Silbert 

Marsha and Marc A. Slotnick 

Sulamita and William Spiegel 

Gloria and Sanford J. Spitzer 

Sherry Sukel 

Ben Teperberg 

Hedy and Warren R. Tessler 

Malcolm Thomson 

Riki and Stanley B. Tulin 

William Ungar 

Hal J. Upbin 

Burton L. Visotzky 

Beate and Henry Voremberg 

Harvey L. Weisberg 

Marilyn Werman 

Judith (z”l) and Bruce Wolf 

Bonnie Zaben 

Barbara and Edward D. Zinbarg 

Helen Zuckerbrod 

As of April 28, 2010

Adon Olam 

אדון עולם 

Adon olam asher malakh, b’terem kol y’tzir niv-ra, 

L’eyt na’asa v’heftzo kol, azai melekh sh’mo nikra. 

V’aharey kikh-lot ha-kol, l’vado yim-lokh nora, 

V’hu ha-ya v’hu ho-veh, v’hu yi-h’yeh b’tif-ara. 

V’hu ehad v’eyn shey-ni, l’ham-shil lo l’hah-bira, 

B’li reyshit b’li takhlit, v’lo ha-oz v’ha-misra. 

V’hu Eyli v’hai go-ali, v’tsur hevli b’eyt tzara, 

V’hu nisi u-manos li, m’nat kosi b’yom ekra. 

B’yado afkid ruhi, b’eyt ishan v’a’ira, 

V’im ruhi g’vi-yati, Adonai li v’lo ira.


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