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117th Commencement Exercises 

May 19, 2011

Greetings from the Chancellor 

דברי הנגיד 

Jewish tradition has a long history of endings that mark beginnings and beginnings that are 

never quite a start but much more a continuation. The Talmud famously begins on page two. The 

reading of the Torah is begun again the very moment it ends. And, of course, we will never know 

for certain whether our Torah begins at the very beginning—whatever that could be—or in the 

beginning of this stage of creation: the one awaiting our words of “let there be,” our partnership 

in the fulfillment of what is there begun, the innovation and imagination only we can bring, our 

creative energies and wisdom. 

As a young person one rejoices in that role, flexes muscles of mind and heart, sighs with relief 

that there is still work for us to do, that it has not all been finished (often badly) before we arrived 

upon the scene. Middle age preserves that sense but, in my experience at least, adds another: 

thankfulness that we do not have to begin at the beginning but can build on the good work of our 

predecessors and especially our ancestors. Tradition may have been a burden for Immanuel Kant, 

who in the very first sentence of his essay “What Is Enlightenment?” called on his readers to throw 

off all “tutelage,” escape the bonds of the past holding them. That is never how I experienced 

tradition. The study of the Jewish past, and especially its texts; the joys of Jewish ritual and the 

Jewish calendar; the combination of clarity and ambiguity of Jewish teachings—all these provided 

a discipline in which, I knew, true freedom can be found. 

At The Jewish Theological Seminary, we are committed to knowledge of where Jews and others 

have been so intimate and nuanced that, when we take those paths forward to meet present 

and future challenges, we know it really is the past we are carrying forward and not an entirely 

new road of our own invention. Knowledge of what has been thought and accomplished must be 

thorough, textured, and critical if it is to serve us well. Apologetics are not adequate. Superficiality 

and slogans will quickly prove useless. Our task—whether as rabbis or cantors, educators or 

scholars, leaders of today or leaders-in-training for tomorrow—is to help Jews and the world build 

and maintain true communities, and to fill those communities—those lives—with meaning rich 

and deep enough to live for and live by. JTS is dedicated to training Jewish leaders who share this 

commitment and possess the passion and skill required to transmit it to a new generation of Jews. 

I hope we have done that for those marking completion and beginning today. May the strength we 

have gained together help to strengthen us and the world when and where our learning, creativity, 

and commitment are most needed. 

Arnold M. Eisen

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 

Jonathan Schultz 

Opening Prayer 

Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnik 

Conferring of Honorary Degrees 

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor 

Commencement Address 


Musical Performance 

The Chorus of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School 

Hazzan JoAnn Rice, Director 

Kol Haneshama, Debbie Bletstein and Randy Herman 

Sheheheyanu 

Rabbi Susan Grossman 

Conferring of Degrees in Course 


Dr. Alan Cooper, Provost 

The Graduate School 

Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Dean 

William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education 

Dr. Barry W. Holtz, Dean 

Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies 

Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Dean 

Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates of List College: Jody Alex Zellman 

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

Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins, Dean 

The Rabbinical School 

Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins, Dean 

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

Barat Ellman, The Graduate School 

Adon Olam 

The 2011 Graduates of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School, led by Magda Fishman 

Recessional 

Music performed by 

BaRock Orchestra 

Following the Commencement Exercises, all are invited to gather in the Alperin Lobby (first floor) 

and Strum Lounge (second floor) for a celebratory champagne reception sponsored by the JTS 

Board of Trustees and generously underwritten by the Asbell family. 

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Honorary Degrees 

תארי כבוד 

Mr. Mitch Albom 

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Daniel J. Beller, Esq. 

Dr. Barry W. Holtz 

Distinguished journalist, raconteur, and best-selling author, you have left a lasting imprint on the 

hearts and minds of readers and media watchers by confronting fundamental questions of the 

human condition in your deeply moving and accessible works. You have guided individuals and 

communities in explorations of how to live a life worth living, and taught about the importance 

of faith and service. Adding action to your inspired words, you have made extraordinary 

contributions to American society and the citizens of the world. 

Currently host of the Mitch Albom Show on Michigan’s WJR radio, you are an award-winning 

syndicated columnist for the Detroit Free Press, celebrated commentator on ESPN: The Sports 

Reporters and SportsCenter, musician and songwriter, and playwright. Your books have sold 

more than 28 million copies and been published in 42 languages. Tuesdays with Morrie spent 

four years on the New York Times bestseller list and remains the publishing industry’s bestselling 

memoir to date, and The Five People You Meet in Heaven became the most successful 

hard cover first novel in the United States written for adults. Building on your education at Akiba 

Hebrew Academy, both volumes brought Jewish teachings to the world in a way that touched 

the emotions and concerns of people beyond measure. Three of your books were produced for 

television—two by Oprah Winfrey—with Morrie winning four Emmys. Have a Little Faith, your 

work in part about the JTS-ordained rabbi of your childhood, was selected by Oprah.com as 

2009’s best nonfiction book, and your standing-room-only lecture at The Jewish Theological 

Seminary did much to remind us about the value of superior and compassionate leadership. 

You have launched charitable organizations such as the Dream Fund and A Time to Help, and 

perform with the band Rock Bottom Remainders, which includes writers Stephen King and Amy 

Tan, to raise funds for literacy projects. 

You are an esteemed scholar of the heart and of the soul. Informed by Jewish values and ideals, 

your inestimable work has enriched the lives of untold numbers, reuniting them with their life’s 

purpose and the divine spark within. 

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honorary degrees 

Dr. Mary C. Boys 

Doctor of Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Mrs. Diane Wohl 

Dr. Carol K. Ingall 

Prized educator, writer, lecturer, and expert in religious pedagogy and Jewish-Christian 

relations, your work has played a signal role in enhancing the ability of both Jews and Christians 

to better appreciate the core values and concerns of the other, and to view each other with 

respect. You have taught us how much we have in common, while remaining an authentic voice 

of your own tradition. 

You have been the respected Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union 

Theological Seminary since 1994, and have served as a distinguished adjunct faculty member of 

The Jewish Theological Seminary and Teachers College, Columbia University. Former professor 

at Boston College, you have shared your expertise as an international visiting lecturer and 

as a synagogue scholar-in-residence in the United States. You were a Lilly Research Fellow 

and a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology, and are a member of the editorial boards of many 

valued religious education journals. Codirector of the Lilly Endowment–sponsored Religious 

Particularism and Pluralism project, you are a member of the boards of the Tanenbaum Center 

for Interreligious Understanding and the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, 

among others, and serve on the advisory committee for the Secretariat for Ecumenical and 

Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. In 2005, you became 

the recipient of the International Council of Christians and Jews’ Sternberg Award. Author of 

five books and numerous journal articles, you have also been a wise, insightful presence in the 

media on matters pertaining to Christian-Jewish relations. Since 1965, you have been a member 

of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, a congregation of Roman Catholic women 

to which you are devoted. 

You are a loving peacemaker who has aided student and teacher alike. You have brought 

knowledge and goodwill to populations and places where misinformation and misunderstanding 

threatened to take root, and convey a powerful belief in a more benevolent and abundant future. 

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Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt 

Doctor of Hebrew Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Mr. Yale Asbell 

Dr. Stefanie B. Siegmund 

Acclaimed author, foremost expert on Holocaust denial, modern anti-Semitism, and the 

Eichmann trial, your groundbreaking work preserves and defends the sacred memory of the 

Shoah in the face of malevolent attempts to deny the reality of this immense national catastrophe. 

You are currently Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University 

in Atlanta, where you created the Institute for Jewish Studies. As an academic, you have won 

numerous awards for your teaching in addition to the many scholarly honors you have earned for 

your important research illuminating how America reacted to the persecution of European Jewry 

during the Holocaust era, and how there are those today who, by distorting history, seek to harm 

the Jewish people. Your book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth And Memory, the 

first full-length study of its subject, is universally acclaimed and has been published around the 

world. David Irving sued you for calling him a Holocaust denier, and put not only your work, but the 

factuality of the Holocaust itself, on trial. You have earned the admiration and gratitude of Jews 

the world over for your courageous and successful stance in the libel suit. Your writings have won 

such distinctions as the National Jewish Book Award and widespread accolades from publishers 

and reviewers, and you are a frequent contributor to and widely quoted in major newspapers. 

President Clinton appointed you to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and you helped 

design the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s section dedicated to the American response to the 

Shoah. Members of Congress have called upon you to consult on political responses to Holocaust 

denial, and you have served on the United States State Department Advisory Committee on Religious 

Freedom Abroad. President George W. Bush invited you to join a small delegation representing the 

White House at the 60th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz. As a fellow of 

the American Academy of Jewish Research, nominated and elected by your peers, you are justly 

counted among the most distinguished scholars of Judaic studies at American universities. 

In your extraordinary contributions to Jewish scholarship, the United States, and contemporary 

Jewish life, you stand for truth in the face of falsehood, shining forth a light against darkness. 

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Dr. John S. Ruskay 

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa 

Sponsored by 

Ms. Alisa R. Doctoroff 

Dr. Michael B. Greenbaum 

Tirelessly devoted to compassion and justice, you are a model for us all. It has been your steadfast 

vocation to nurture inspired Jewish communities so that larger numbers can experience the 

ability of Jewish life to sanctify human existence and invest it with meaning. 

In your fourth decade of professional leadership of the North American Jewish community, you 

now stand at the helm of UJA-Federation of New York, the largest community-based philanthropy 

in the world, serving as its CEO and executive vice president since 1999. There, you have enhanced 

its ability to help Jews in need wherever they are found, and to support organizations that involve 

Jews with their rich heritage. This is the capstone of a career dedicated to the good, from its 

roots in your undergraduate days in the Civil Rights Movement and working alongside Dr. Martin 

Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama, through holding senior positions at the 92nd Street 

YM-YWHA and Society for the Advancement of Judaism, among others. And you made an abiding 

contribution as Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs here at JTS that is still felt today. 

You have upheld areyvut, responsibility that you characterize as sacred, to the whole of our city 

and our people. You have reminded us that we must have institutions that support compelling 

Jewish initiatives and communities, that beckon with the truth that engagement in Jewish life 

ennobles and enriches us as individuals. And in leading UJA-Federation to great success, calling 

for placing social workers in synagogues, authoring numerous articles on critical issues facing 

us, and in a myriad of other ways, you have demonstrated that these goals are not beyond what 

we can achieve. 

Countless Jewish lives have grown deeper in purpose as a result of your many years of passionate 

service. Yours has been a most eloquent voice in teaching us how the American Jewish community 

can thrive in an open society through unwavering commitment to core Jewish values. 

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Degrees in Course 

תארים 


בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי היהדות 

Doctor of Philosophy 

Geoffrey David Claussen 

Ryan Scott Dulkin 

Barat Ellman 

Michael Pitkowsky 

Michael Rosenberg 

Loren Roberts Spielman * 

Itay Binyamin Zutra 

Doctor of Hebrew Letters 

Ronald Lee Androphy 

Bunie Pehr Veeder 

Master of Arts 

Yael Miriam Buechler 

Michael Mauricio Fel 

Monica Fuchs 

Jacqueline Amy Gerber 

Benjamin Isaac Greenberg 

Corey Matthew Helfand 

Jonathan Cory Herron 

Ryan Stephen Higgins 

Sarah Ruth Ifft 

Sonia Isard 

Barri Leigh Jagoda SW 

Andrue Jacob Kahn 

Annette Levinson Kasle 

Rachel Paige Katz 

Tamara Yael Kohn 

Miriam Meir 

Kimberly Rose Price 

David Joshua Saiger 

Shulamit Shinnar 

Suzanne Hutchison Silk 

Daniel Aaron Silverman 

Shai Moshe Sokolow Silverman 

Jeremy Lee Szczepanski 

Lauren Elizabeth Tuchman 

Demetrios Marcos Vital 

Yonatan Moshe Warren 

Tamar Marjorie Weinstock 

Ruth Weiss 

Deborah Susan Zuker 

Feygl Chasya Zylberman 

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

* Degree awarded in October 2010 


בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים בחינוך יהודי ע”ש ויליאם דוידסון 

Doctor of Education 

Aviva Helena Sela Kol Danna Rose Livstone Yaara Moghadam 


Joshua Seth Ackerman 

Danielle Cory Alexander 

Michael Campeas Cohen 

Jamie Ann Diamond 

Yael Eiran 

Jeremy Michael Fine 

Joshua Foster 

Jessica Sara Horwitz 

Fruithandler 

Bradley Simon Garoon 

Israel Moses Gordan 

Benjamin Isaac Greenberg 

Allison Frances Gutman 

Yakov Noam Hadash 

Benjamin Herman 

Adra Naomi Horn 

Micah Menachem Liben 

Barbara Loewentheil Murray 

Sarah Tamar Ossey H 

Joshua Rabin H 

Charles Isaac Schwartz 

Daniel Aaron Silverman 

Samantha Anne Staley 

Jennifer Ungar Stern 

Jennifer Abrams Vegh 

Lindsay Cara Waldman 

Glenn Wechsler 

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 

Lauren Rachel Carel (DD) M 

Simeon Lev Cohen (JP) M H 

Tamara Epelbaum (JP) C 

Ariel Jennifer Fein (DD) S H 

Arielle Leah Feit (JP) C 

Justin A. Fine (JP) C 

Jessica Aaron Fisher (JP) S 

Shayna Erin Flink (JP) M 

Yonatan Lev Grossman-Boder (JP) M 

Amital Rebecca Isaac (JP) 

Jonathan Arthur Jager (JP) C 

Alex Jacob Katz (JP) C 

Samuel Ephraim Kerbel (JP) S 

Hillel Zamir Konigsburg (JP) M 

Ilana Fiona Krakowski (DD) S 

Michael Alexander Landes (JP) M 

Jacob Slovin Levenfeld (JP) M 

Jennifer Lea Levinson (DD) M 

Jonah Hadar Robins Liben (JP) M 

Nathan Mayer Miller (JP) M 

Yohnatan Nadiv (JP) C 

Adina Shoshana Rosen (DD) C 

Armin Richard Rosen (JP) 

Seth Ryan Samuels (JP) S 

Amy Yacova Schultz (JP) M 

Rami H. Mitchel Schwartzer (JP) S H 

Sarah Devorah Sechan (JP) C 

Gabriel Nachman Seed (JP) S H 

Adi Y. Segal (JP) 

Shayna T. Sehayik (JP) M 

Samantha Jill Shaffer (JP) S 

Shai Moshe Sokolow Silverman (JP) M 

Rachel Anna Spencer (JP) S 

Joseph Ephraim Spitz (JP) M 

Justin Ross Turetsky (JP) 

Abigail Sarah Warner (DD) 

Adam Weiler (JP) M 

Samuel J. Yamshon (JP) M H 

Jody Alex Zellman (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** 

Stephen Howard Abelson BSM 

Sidney Ezer MSM 

Magda Fishman BSM 

Israel Moses Gordan MSM 

Yakov Noam Hadash MSM 

Matthew Lawrence Klein MSM 

Jonathan Aryai Schultz MSM 

Lindsay Cara Waldman MSM 

BSM: Also received a bachelor of sacred music degree from the H. L. Miller Cantorial School 

MSM: Also received a master of sacred music degree from the H. L. Miller Cantorial School 


בית המדרש לרבנים 


Matthew Seth Goldstone* 

Rabbi, Teacher, and Preacher** 

Jeffrey Michael Abraham MA 

Steven Eric Abraham 

Yael Miriam Buechler 

Michael Campeas Cohen 

Michael Mauricio Fel 

Ilana Ruth Foss MA 

Jason Paul Fruithandler 

Corey Matthew Helfand 

Benjamin Herman 

Rachel Marissa Isaacs MA 

Jill Rachel Levy MA 

Micah Menachem Liben 

Deborah Bryna Miller MA 

Jesse Michael Olitzky 

Joshua Rabin 

Dina Shoshana Rosenberg MA 

Jason Bassi Rubenstein 

David Joshua Saiger 

Charles Isaac Schwartz 

Tal Sessler MA 

David Howard Siegel 

Hillel Boaz Skolnik MA 

Alexis Rose Sturmwind MA 

Yonatan Moshe Warren 

Philip Harry Paulin Weintraub MA 

Deborah Susan Zuker 

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

* Degree awarded in October 2010 

** 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—Catharine Mary Clark 

Abraham Berliner Prize in Jewish History—Zachary James Silver 

Bernard and Sydell Citron Scholastic Prize—Jason Bassi Rubenstein 

Ismar Elbogen Fellowship Memorial Prize in Talmud—Joshua David Barton, Corey Matthew Helfand 

The Rabbi Max Gelb Memorial Prize in Talmud—David Joshua Saiger 

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

Israel Congregation, Washington DC—Jesse Michael Olitzky 

Rabbi Sidney Greenberg Prize—Michael Campeas Cohen 

William B. Hackenburg Prize in Midrash—Yonatan Moshe Warren 

Dr. Michael Higger Prize in Talmud—Rachel Elizabeth Dudley, Roni Isaac Tabick 

Lamport Homiletics Prize—Charles Isaac Schwartz 

Alexander Lamport Prize in Talmud—Shulamith Naomi Passow, Deborah Susan Zuker 

Solomon and Rose S. Lasdon Prize—Abby Cohen 

The Rabbi William H. Lebeau Merit Award—Aaron Shalom Lucas 

Israel H. Levinthal Prize in Homiletics—Rachel Marissa Isaacs 

Lillian M. Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology—Ilana Ruth Foss 

Reverend Zvi Hirsch Masliansky Award in Homiletics—Micah Menachem Liben 

Rabbi Jacob S. Minkin Prize in Jewish Philosophy—Rachel Marissa Isaacs 

Rabbi Albert Pappenheim Prize in Professional Skills—Jeffrey Michael Abraham 

The Kay and Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz Prize in Congregational Education—Micah Menachem Liben 

Rabbi Joel Roth Prize—Jason Bassi Rubenstein 

Herman H. Rubenovitz and Mignon L. Rubenovitz Prize—Zachary James Silver 

David Scharps Memorial Prize in Talmud—Jason Bassi Rubenstein 

Stephen Henry Shefin Memorial Prize—Yael Ora Hammerman 

Rabbi Morris Silverman Award in Liturgy—Deborah Susan Zuker 

Rabbi Arnold Turetsky Prize in Homiletics—Jill Rachel Levy 

The United Synagogue Award for Congregational Service—Corey Matthew Helfand 

Raymond Mark Wintrob Memorial Prize—Joshua David Barton 

Isaac H. Wolfson Memorial Award—Joshua Rabin, Dina Shoshana Rosenberg 

Joseph Zubow Memorial Prize in Codes—David Joshua Saiger 


Rabbi Joel S. and Sylvia M. Geffen Prize—Sam Kerbel 

Sidney Grossbard Memorial Award in Jewish History—Sonia Isard 

Abraham S. Halkin Award in Jewish History—Sara Ifft 

Charles and Ruth Samson Lefkowitz Award—Tamar Weinstock 

Menachem Ribalow Prize—Saul Zaritt 

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prizes and Awards 


Bina Appleman Memorial Education Award—Joseph Spitz 

Harry (Hillel) Appleman Memorial Education Award—Amy Schultz 

Grace J. Calder Fund—Gabriel Seed 

William A. Calder Family Fund Prize—Rachel Spencer 

Professor Paul Chertoff Prize—Samuel Yamshon 

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

Nathan Miller 

Harry and Ernestine Goldstein Award—Rami Schwartzer 

Max and Bess Goodman Memorial Prize—Yonatan Grossman-Boder 

Emanuel Halpern Memorial Award—Sarah Sechan 

Minnie Weiss Halpern Memorial Education Award—Hillel Konigsburg 

Benjamin and Anna Jaffe Memorial Award—Jessica Fisher 

Dorothy Ertischek Kabakoff Prize—Danielle Reich 

Raphael and Sara Rifka Krasnow Memorial Educational Award—Jacob Levenfeld, Adam Weiler 

Irving and Mary Kremsdorf Memorial Award—Adina Rosen 

Louis and Mary Lefkowitz Memorial Award—Shai Sokolow Silverman 

Freda and David Leiter Student Aid Fund—Jennifer Levinson 

Judith M. Lewittes Award—Gabriella Wachs 

Sara Goldin Lewittes Award—Josephine Amin, Zachary Cohen, Sara Liben, Ayala Wasser 

William and Alexander May Memorial Educational Award—Alex Katz 

Rosalyn Gooen Milians Educational Award—Shayna Sehayik 

Frances and Sylvia Morgenlander Memorial Prize—Matthew Hass 

The 1976 Celebrating Classes Joshua Ovsay Memorial Award—Yohnatan Nadiv 

Dr. Joseph Garrison Parker Prize—Jonathan Jager 

Alvin S. Raphael Prize—Ilana Krakowski 

Charles Steven Reinish Memorial Award—Lauren Carel 

Abraham E. Rothstein Prize—Nina Kretzmer 

Sarah Sameth Rudavsky Memorial Prize—Rebecca Sachs 

Dr. Bernard Samson and Mrs. Sarah Bluma Samson Levinthal Memorial Award—Ariel Fein 

Fanny Schneyer Education Award—Jonah Liben 

Sarah Barcan Soffin Memorial Award—Michael Landes, Jody Zellman 

Helen P. Sussman Memorial Prize—Samantha Shaffer 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1917 Award—Justin Fine 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1919 Award—Seth Samuels 

The Teachers Institute Class of 1920 Award—Arielle Feit 

Isak, Rosa, and Shifra Thau Memorial Award—Shayna Flink 

Marcus and Frances Krasnow Thau Award—Simeon Cohen 

Lt. Franklin M. Tunick Memorial Prize—Melissa Sperber 

Esther Sommerstein Zweig Education Award—Samuel Kerbel 

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prizes and awards 


Chaim Davidson Memorial Award—Daniel Silverman 

Rabbi Carl and Barbara Friedman Award—Sara Ossey 

Lisa and James Schlesinger Prize—Jessica Fruithandler, Jennifer Stern 


Anonymous Prize—Israel Gordan, Matthew Klein 

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

Cantors Assembly Alumni Award in Memory of Hazzan Max Wohlberg—Yakov Hadash 

Cantors Assembly Hazzan Morris Schorr Memorial Award—Jonathan Schultz 

Cantors Assembly Hazzanut Study Award—Frani Goodman, Randall Levin, Benjamin Tisser, David Wallach 

Cantors Assembly Oheb Beth Israel Scholarship—Stephen Abelson, Tahl Ben-Yehuda 

Cantors Assembly Richard Briskin Cantor-in-Residence Award—Matthew Klein 

Cantors Assembly Sidney Q. Janus Award—Sarah Myerson 

Arthur Einstein Memorial Prize in Composition—Jonathan Schultz 

Max and Sol Feld Prize in Composition—Magda Fishman 

Dr. Leonard E. Field and Beatrice E. Field Award—Jeffrey Warschauer 

Hazzan Michal Hammerman Memorial Prize—Lindsay Waldman 

Richard H. Holzer Memorial Prize in Judaica—Sidney Ezer 

Simon Jacobson Memorial Prize in Hazzanut—Jonathan Angress 

Sara and Samuel Katz Memorial Prize in Liturgy and Nusah—Russell Jayne 

Rabbi David C. Kogen Community Activities Award—Annelise Ocanto 

Hazzan David J. Leon Prize—Bonnie Streigold 

H. L. Miller Fellows—Shoshana Abrams, Tahl Ben-Yehuda, Matthew Klein, Lindsay Waldman 

Amy B. Putterman Memorial Prize—Jenna Daniels 

Rose S. Rovine Prize in Liturgical Music—Matthew Klein 

Hazzan Israel Weiser Memorial Prize—Sidney Ezer 

A. J. Weisgal Award—Rebecca Pohl 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Kol Ishah Award—Ronit Hanan 

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prizes and Awards 

All Schools 

Dr. Moses Einhorn Award—Guy Austrian, Tamar Kohn 

Aaron Friedenwald Prize in Jewish Theology—Ben Herman 

Professor Louis Ginzberg Talmud Prize—Jason Rubenstein 

Fannie and Robert Gordis Prize in Bible—Suzanne Silk 

Alexander Kohut Memorial Prize—Demetrios Vital 

Rabbi Monroe Joseph Levens Memorial Prize—Corey Matthew Helfand 

Edith Marks Prize in Semitics—Ryan Higgins 

The Metzger Family Prize for Community Service—Joshua Ackerman, Gabriel Seed 

Rabbi Joseph and Frances Miller Prize in Bible—Ryan Higgins 

Peace Prize—Adi Segal 

Sarah and Morris Rosenberg Prize—Guy Austrian 

Anna Grossman Sherman Award in Hebrew—Lane Silberstein 

Project Judaica 

Central to the revival of Jewish life and learning in the former Soviet Union, Project Judaica is a unique 

program sponsored by JTS and the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. Students 

enrolled in either a one-year certificate program or a five-year degree program pursue the university’s 

general curriculum while concentrating in Jewish history and culture. 

Candidates for Graduation, June 2011 

Degree in Jewish Culture and Civilization 

Elina Ioffe 

Elena Khokhlova 

Elena Kunina 

Ekaterina Lazareva 

Certificate in Communal Affairs and Jewish Studies 

Irina (Esther) Chernovol 

Yulia Chuyko 

Olga Ivanova 

Leonid Izrailov 

Sergei Kurnosov 

Miroslav Logvinov 

Rostislav Meshkov 

Kirill Pravedov 

Marina Soyfer 

Alisa Zilbershtein 

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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 S. Aaron 

Yale Asbell 

Daniel J. Beller 

Mark Berlin, 

Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs 

Bernice Cohen 

Lester Crown 

Alisa R. Doctoroff 

Gilah Dror, 

Rabbinical Assembly 

Joel L. Fleishman 

Martin E. Franklin 

Marc Gary 

Ned Gladstein 

Shepard Goldfein 

Harold B. Jacobsohn 

Robert Jossen 

Amos Kaminski 

Robert Kaplan 

Jonathan M. Lopatin 

Stephen J. Lovell 

Irma Milstein 

Steven Price 

Aaron Priest 

David Propis, 

Cantors Assembly 

Robert Pruzan, 

Jewish Museum 

Jehuda Reinharz 

Robert S. Rifkind 

Eric Rosen 

Saul Sanders 

Keith J. Shapiro 

Richard Skolnik, 

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 

Neil Sosland 

Rita Wertlieb, 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism 

Richard Winer 

Diane Wohl 

Harold J. Wolfe 

Honorary Members 

Stephen M. Axinn 

Joseph Ciechanover 

Jerome S. Katzin 

Joseph Kerzner 

Ronald Lauder 

Harvey L. Miller 

H. Axel Schupf 

Henry Voremberg 

Chairs of the Advisory Boards 

Dorothy Tapper Goldman 

The Library 

Rachelle L. Kaiserman 

Jewish Studies 

Floy Brown Kaminski 

Educational Leadership 

Randie Malinsky 

Religious Leadership 

Arthur Rosenbloom 

Jewish Studies 

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Annual and Designated Support 

5770–5771 / 2010–2011 

Partners 

$360,000 plus 

Anonymous (1) 

AVI CHAI Foundation 

Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen 

William M. Davidson (z”l) Foundation 

Jim Joseph Foundation 

Miriam and Jerome S. Katzin 

Carol and Gershon Kekst 

Jeanette and Joseph Neubauer 

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism 

Chancellor’s Minyan 

$100,000 plus 

Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation 

Gilda and Henry Block 

Booth Ferris Foundation 

Abby Joseph Cohen and David Cohen 

Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Family Foundation 

Crown Family Foundation 

Lester Crown 

Julie and Martin E. Franklin 

Jane and Ned Gladstein 

Julie and Joel Greenblatt 

Dr. Bernard Heller Foundation 

Ruth and Stephen Hendel 

Carol and Howard M. Holtzmann 

Beatriz and Harold B. Jacobsohn 

and Myriam Weinstein 

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan 

Family Foundation 

Robert S. Kaplan 

Barbara and Jack Kay 

Herbert Lippitz 

Dedee and Stephen J. Lovell 

Blanche and Philip Meisel 

Audrey and Stanley Merves 

Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation Fund #2 

Harvey L. Miller Supporting Foundation 

David and Inez Myers Foundation 

Arleen and Aaron M. Priest 

Richard Pzena 

Charles H. Revson Foundation 

Sheri and Paul Robbins 

Marjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen 

Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld 

Susan and Jack Rudin 

Charles and Lynn Schusterman 


M. Mac Schwebel 

Tikvah Fund 

UJA-Federation of New York 

Diane and Howard Wohl 

Carole and Harold Wolfe 

Pillars of JTS 

$50,000 plus 

Joan (z”l) and Robert H. Arnow 

Audrey and Yale I. Asbell 

Stephanie and Stephen M. Axinn 

Lynn and Daniel J. Beller 

Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation 

Goldie and David Blanksteen 

Covenant Foundation 

Charles Dimston 

Alisa* and Daniel Doctoroff 

Barbara and Irving H. Franklin 

Michelle and Marc Gary 

Ellen and Shepard Goldfein 

Mickey and Allan E. Greenblatt 

Eva Holzer 

* Alumni 

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Annual and designated giving 

Pillars of JTS (continued) 

$50,000 plus 

Adele and Mel Ilberman 

Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women 

Floy and Amos Kaminski 

Judy and Earle W. Kazis 

Joseph Kerzner 

Koret Foundation 

Amy and William Lipsey 

Susan and Martin Lipton 

Randie and Aaron Malinsky 

Nash Family Foundation 

Alison Newman and Alan Levine 

Jan and Charles Nirenberg 

Bernard W. Nussbaum 

Tina and Steven Price 

Arleen B. and Robert S. Rifkind 

Eric J. Rosen 

Mary and Saul Sanders 

Phyllis and Stanley J. Sanders 

Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation 

Marci and Keith Shapiro 

Shiffman Family Support Foundation 

Blanche and Neil N. Sosland 

Malcolm Thomson* 

Viterbi Family Foundation 

Elaine and James D. Wolfensohn 

Builders of JTS 

$36,000 plus 

Frances and Hubert J. Brandt 

CAMBR Foundation 

Harold Grinspoon Foundation 

Toby and Morton J. Gross 

Michelle Brilliant and Robert Hougie 

Amy and Peter A. Miller 

Rothschild Foundation Europe 

Marcia and Ronald Rubin 

Joan and Paul S. Schreiber 

Shirley and Harris Shapiro Charitable Trust 

Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation 

Joy and Bruce Soll 

Barbara and Edward D. Zinbarg 

Chairman’s Circle 

$25,000 plus 

Aberman Family 

Mimi and Barry J. Alperin 

Anonymous (1) 

Roslyn Barash 

David Berg Foundation 

Diane and Norman Bernstein 

Brenda Berry and Jonathan Lopatin* 

Blavatnik Foundation 

Carnegie Corporation of New York 

Marilyn and Stanley L. Cohen 

Ryna G. and Melvin S. (z”l) Cohen 

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 

Sandra and Stephen A. Cozen 

Joan and Ted Cutler 

Barbara and Eric Dobkin 

Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation 

Gita and Sam Ganz 

Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon 

Susan and Roger Hertog 

John B. Hess 

Robert A. Immerman 

Rachelle and Ronald L. Kaiserman 

Kristin and Michael Karp 

Rosalie Goldenberg Katz Fund 

Temma and Alfred D. Kingsley 

Lizbeth and George Krupp 

Lisa and Michael Leffell 

Beth and Gabriel Nechamkin 

Francine* and Marc Roston 

Marilyn and Barry Rubenstein 

Rudin Foundation Inc. 

Andrea and Kenneth Saffir 

Irene and Bernard Schwartz 

Lois and Leonard* A. Sharzer 

Margaret and Alan H. Silberman 

Jerry I. Speyer 

Esta Stecher 

Diane and Joseph Steinberg 

Alice and Thomas Tisch 

Riki and Stanley B. Tulin 

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* Alumni

annual and designated giving 

Chairman’s Circle (continued) 

$25,000 plus 

William Ungar 

Beate (z”l) and Henry Voremberg 

Amy and Fred Weiss 

Shoshanna and David A. (z”l) Wingate 

Bruce Wolf 

Elaine and William Wolff 

Ruth and Mel Wolzinger 

Helen and Sam Zell 

Chai Society 

$18,000 plus 

Oded Aboodi 

Hannah S. Cohn and Samuel A. Cohn 

Memorial Fund 

Judy and John Craig 

Elaine Sollar Eisen 

Betty Feinberg 

Dorothy Tapper Goldman 

Constance and Leonard Goodman 

Nina and Arnie Harris 

Rita Dee Hassenfeld 

Hess Energy Trading Company LLC 

Marilyn and Charles Honigsberg 

Lenore and Michael Hyatt 

Barbara and Mel M. Immergut 

Susan Isaacs and Elkan Abramowitz 

Roni and Robert Jossen 

Arlene and Seymour Katz 

Myra and Robert K. Kraft 

Susanna Lachs and Dean Adler 

Gerald Lazar 

Jonathan Lerner 

The Limited Brands 

Samuel P. Mandell Foundation 

Gary P. Naftalis 

Jenny Lebowitz and Roy Niederhoffer 

Michael Och 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison LLP 

Lawrence B. Pedowitz 

Rachel and Arthur Pottash 

Marion and William P. Shulevitz 

John S. Siffert 

Clarice and Robert H. (z”l) Smith 

Arnold Sollar 

Mark J. Stein 

Marilee and Samuel Susi 

Hal J. Upbin 

Bracha* and Martin Werber 

Marian and Irving A. Wiseman 

Seminary Society 

$10,000 plus 

Acts of Generosity 

AlixPartners (Denis O’Conner) 

Randi and Joseph Allerhand 

Bruce Angiolillo 

Sanford L. Batkin 

Richard I. Beattie 

Susan and Boaz Ben-Moshe 

Meryl and Gilbert Benaim 

Laurie Loevner and Steven Berger 

Meredith Berkman and Daniel Mintz 

Barbara and Edwin J. Berkowitz 

Berkshire Partners LLC 

Erica and Joseph* Brodie 

Joan B. and William J. Brodsky 

Morton L. Charlestein (z”l) 

Betty and Lewis (z”l) Cohen 

Samara and Adam S. Cohen 

Conference on Jewish Material Claims 

Against Germany 

Toby and Leon Cooperman 

Amy and Phillip Cushmaro 

Marion and Curt DeJonge 

Susan and Michael Dell 

Debra and Harris Devor 

Debra and Scott Edelman 

Susan and Julius Eisen 

Bonnie and Barry E. Epstein 

Ira Feinberg 

Robert B. Fiske 

Phyllis and Ab Flatt 

Jennifer and Stewart Flink 

Joseph F. and Clara Ford Foundation 

* Alumni 

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Annual and designated giving 

Seminary Society (continued) 

$10,000 plus 

Judith and Stanley Frankel 

Gwen Rudofsky and Martin Freedman 

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 

Sylvia and Seymour Fried 

Sissy and Theodore Geballe 

Betsy R. Gidwitz 

Carol Feinberg and Kenneth Gilman 

Karen and Henry J. Glanternik 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. 

Bennett Goldstein 

Morris Goodman 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

Amy and Richard Greenblatt 

Jeffrey Gural 

Phyllis Haas 

Pearl and Nathan Halegua 

Jane and Robert S. Harrison 

Hendel’s Shell Stations 

Jacob Herber* 

Herman Forbes Charitable Trust 

Janis and Samuel Holcman 

Wendy and Joseph Honigman 

Soledad and Robert J. Hurst 

Tobee and Leonard Kaplan 

Brad Karp 

Beatrice and Mitchell Karten 

Annette and Daniel Kasle 

Sue and Alan Kaufman 

Francine and Samuel Klagsbrun* 

Beth S. and Seth A. Klarman 

Stephen Klein, Miriam Klein (z”l) 

Lynette and Steve Koppel 

Marlene and Jonathan Leffell 

Lerman Family Foundation 

Adriane Leveen and Arnold M. Eisen 

Nancy and Paul G. Levy 

Ron and Jessica Liebowitz 

Lisa and Lewis J. Liman 

Phyllis and Norman B. Lipsett 

Ruth and Leonard Litwin 

Adele* and Sheldon Lobel 

Ellen Reinheimer and Barry Lovell 

George T. Lowy 

Leslie and Paul S. Magy 

Paula and Jerome W. Mandell 

Shelley and Bruce Menkowitz 

Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Foundation 

Susan and Robert Miller 

Pearl and Charles G. Moerdler 

Fay and Joseph Morris 

Maxine and Theodore Murnick 

Beth Goldberg Nash and Joshua Nash 

Dottie and Martin D. Payson 

Sophie Pearlstein 

Joy and Bob (z”l) Perla 

Rhoda Pomerantz 

Simon Portnoy 

Barbara and Frank M. Resnek 

Charles J. Rose 

Evelyn B. Kenvin and Arthur H. Rosenbloom 

Daryl and Steven Roth 

Toby and Michael Rozen 

Corinne B. Winston and Joseph Rubin 

Trudy and Sy Sadinoff 

Doris and Myron Saranga 

Rose and Alan Schecter 

Eleanor and Harry L. Schick 

Sidney Schonfeld (z”l) 

Wendy and Jeffrey E. Schwarz 

The Seinfeld Family Foundation 

Blanche and Romie Shapiro 

Steven T. Shapiro 

Erica and Gerrald B. Silverman 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

Susan and James Snider 

Henry Solan 

Paula and Barry Sonshine 

Gloria and Sanford J. Spitzer 

Tobi and David* M. Steinhardt 

Eva and Marc Stern 

Audrey Strauss 

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 

Howard Tanenbaum 

Fran and Sylvan Tobin 

Deborah and Kenneth Tuchman 

Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in 

Theology and Religion 

Wagner Family Foundation 

Joyce and Michael Wechsler 

Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg 

The Weissglass Family 

Elisha Wiesel 

Andi and Lawrence A. Wolfe 

Lawrence J. Zweifach 

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* Alumni

annual and designated giving 

Chancellor’s Council 

$6,000 plus 

Ruth Aach 

Mary and Jonathan Aaron 

Alperin-Hirsch Family Foundation 

Anonymous (2) 

Mrs. Irving Appelbaum 

Karen and Donald Ashkenase 

Lynne and Leonard Barrack 

Kathryn and Ira Bartfield 

Donna Sommer-Batkin and Stanley Batkin 

David B. Berger 

Evelyn Berger 

Sandra Berkowitz and Jeffrey Shender 

Robert Bildner 

Scott Binder 

Marilyn and Robert Birnhak 

Janice and Thomas E. Biron 

Tanya and Steven Bodzin 

Joyce and Michael J. Bohnen 

Fred Braemer 

Leah and Harry (z”l) Brochstein 

Lily and David Broner 

Stephanie and Charles Cahn 

Mary and Lewis B. Campbell 

Laya and Gary* Charlestein 

Gloria and Fred Cohen 

Jeannie and Mark Cohen 

Manny and Ruthy Cohen Foundation 

Greg D’Alba 

Gerard Daniel 

Laurie and James Davidowitz 

Toby and Lawrence (z”l) Deutsch 

Dubow Family Foundation 

Ruth and Stephen Durchslag 

Shelley and Steven Einhorn 

Beth and Michael Fascitelli 

Harriet and Norman Feinstein 

Cheryl and Steven Friedman 

Anita Gluck 

Gold Family Foundation 

Marilyn and Darryl T. Goldberg 

Phyllis and Lawrence Goldberg 

Wendy and Howard W. Goldstein 

Robert and Jodi Goodman 

Debbie and Melvin Gottlieb 

Michael Gould 

Rosalind and Mervin D. Gray 

Phyllis Greenman 

Sheba and Jack Gruber 

Wendy and Joshua* Heller 

Doreen Hermelin 

Annette and Stanley (z”l) Isaacson 

Lois and Barry Jacobs 

Marilyn and Patrick Jacques 

Javitch Foundation 

Eugene Joffe Family Philanthropic Fund 

Stuart Johnson 

Jujamcyn Theaters 

Rhonda and Richard Kahn 

Shelly and Michael Kassen 

Rebecca and David Kekst 

Rikki and Yale Kessler 

Candice and Carl S. Koerner 

Bryna and Vernon Kurtz 

Suzette and Harold S.* Kushner 

Connie Lazarus 

Marcia and Alan J. Leifer 

Jacques Levine 

Shirley Levinson 

Henia (z”l) and Marc N. Liebhaber 

Lucius N. Littauer Foundation 

Glenn Lowenstein 

Congresswoman Nita and Stephen Lowey 

Louise and Morton J. Macks 

Anita and Michael Malina 

Marial and George Manstein 

Beatrice Mayer 

Memorial Foundation ForJewish Culture 

Arthur I. and Sydelle F. Meyer 

Charitable Foundation 

Ellen and Ralph Miller 

Minkin Family 

Maruka Mirochnick 

Beverly and Joel S. Mishkin 

Jack Moersel 

Madeline and Lawrence Mohr 

David and Ruth Moskowitz Family 

Foundation 

Marcy and Alan Nadel 

Robin and Shimon Neustein 

Charles and Richard Oestreich Foundation 

Nancy and Morris W. Offit 

Sharon S. Pierce 

Ira Pittelman Productions 

Jewel and Allen Prince 

Marian and Milton Radutzky 

Rosalind M. Ratner 

Cyril and Dorothy, Joel and Jill Reitman 


Rita and Fred Richman 

Deborah and Harry Rosen 

Norma and Lester J. (z”l) Rosenberg 

Cindy and Seymour* Rosenbloom 

Elizabeth and Jack Rosenthal 

Gloria and Philip Rosenthal 

Jordan Roth 

Robin and Mark E. Rubenstein 

Lite and Arnold L. Sabin 

Janice and Jeffrey Sandelman / 

The Sandelman Foundation 

Lila Savada 

Marcalynn and Harvey Schechter 

Lisa and James L. Schlesinger 

Scott Schley 

Irene and William Schumer 

Sharon and James A. Schwarz 

Judy and Dennis Selinger 

Liz and Gregory S. Sembler 

Robert Shamansky 

Eunice and Jay B. Shapiro 

Maureen and Robert Shapiro 

Elaine and Sherwood Sharfe 

Anna L. Shereff 

Irene and Norman Sholk 

Rita and Alan* Silverstein 

William E. Simon Foundation 

Clare and Murray* Stadtmauer 

Jack Stein 

Michael Stein 

Ellen and Jay Steinberg 

Faye Steinberg 

Jane and James Stern 

Sara and David Stone 

Judy and Lawrence Tanenbaum 

Linda and David S. Taub 

Marjorie Tichnor 

Marissa and Jesse Treu 

Burton L. Visotzky* and Sandra Edelman 

Leonard M. Wasserman* 

Francine Lavin Weaver 

Lori and Steven Weisberg 

Patty and Matthew Weiss 

Selma and Daniel Weiss 

Rita L. and Barry Wertlieb 

Aileen Epstein Whitman 

Beth and Leonard Wilf 

Erika and Kenneth Witover 

Edwin and Shirley Woldar 


June and Leonard Yohay 

Anthony A. Yoseloff 

Marilyn Ziering 

Susan and Steven Zimmet 

* Alumni [as of May 4, 2011] 

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Friends of JTS Synagogues 

Friends of JTS is a national program bringing Conservative Jewish 

communities into meaningful relationships with The Jewish Theological 

Seminary. A synagogue’s partnership ensures our future. 

CANADA 

Ontario 

Hamilton 

Congregation Beth Jacob 

London 

Or Shalom Congregation 

Toronto 

Adath Israel Congregation 

Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am 

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue 

Beth Tzedec Congregation 

Quebec 

Montreal 

Shaare Zion Congregation 

UNITED STATES 

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 

Congregation Shaarei Kodesh 

Delray Beach 

Temple Emeth 

Greenacres 

Temple Beth Tikvah 

Hallandale 

The Hallandale Jewish Center 

Jacksonville 

The Jacksonville Jewish Center 

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Saint Petersburg 

Congregation Bnai Israel 

Sarasota 

Temple Beth Sholom 

Tampa 

Congregation Kol Ami 

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 

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 

Temple Beth El 

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 

Minnesota 

Minneapolis 


Missouri 

St. Louis 

Brith Sholom - Kneseth Israel 

Nebraska 

Lincoln 

Congregation Tifereth Israel 

Omaha 

Beth El Synagogue 

Nevada 

Las Vegas 


New Jersey 

Caldwell 

Congregation Agudath Israel 

Cherry Hill 


Closter 

Temple Emanu-el 

Cranford 

Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim 

East Windsor 

Beth El Synagogue

Friends of JTS synagogues 

Fair Lawn 

Fair Lawn Jewish Center / 

Congregation B’nai Israel 

Lakewood 

Congregation Ahavat Shalom 

Leonia 

Congregation Sons of Israel 

Livingston 

Temple Beth Shalom 

Metuchen 

Temple Neve Shalom 

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 

Commack 

The Commack Jewish Center 

Dix Hills 

Dix Hills Jewish Center 

Dobbs Ferry 

Greenburgh Hebrew 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 

Beth El Synagogue 

New York City 

Ansche Chesed 

Congregation Habonim 

Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish 

Centre 

Hillcrest Jewish Center 

Park Avenue Synagogue 

Temple Sholom 

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 

Ohev Tzedek-Shaarei Torah 

Congregation 

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 

Temple Emanuel 

Tennessee 

Nashville 

West End Synagogue 

Texas 

Bellaire 

Congregation Brith Shalom 

Houston 

Congregation Beth Yeshurun 

San Antonio 

Congregation Agudas Achim 

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. 

Anonymous (3) 

Ruth Aach 

Arthur Ainsberg 

Rita C. Altman 

Stephanie and Stephen M. Axinn 

Charlotte Baker 

Donna Sommer-Batkin and 

Stanley Batkin 

Sanford L. Batkin 

Linda and Edmund Baulsir 

Lowell Bensky 

Evelyn Berger 

Madeleine H. and Mandell L. Berman 

Haskell Bernat 

Helen Bernstein 

Carolyn and Marvin Birger 

Gilda and Henry Block 

Frances and Hubert J. Brandt 

Erica Goldman-Brodie and 

Joseph Brodie 

Johanna Bromberg 

Clarice Chaykin 

Bernice Cohen 

Faye and Sheldon S. Cohen 

Gloria B. Cohen 

Shirley and Richard Cohen 

Miriam Conroy 

Patricia Cotrille and 

J. Leonard Azneer (z”l) 

Muriel Dolinsky 

Edith Eichenbaum 

Athena Carpousis Ellner and 

Martin Ellner 

Charlene and David Harris Engleberg 

Aleen and David Epstein 

Henry Epstein 

Fink Foundation, Inc. 

Fernand Fisel 

Rita Friedman-Erenburg 

Marleen Forkas 

Barbara and Irving H. Franklin 

Sylvia and Seymour Fried 

Charles Geller 

Lester R. Geller 

Jane and Ned Gladstein 

Darryl and Marilyn Goldberg 

Barbara S. Goldfarb 

Mimi I. Goldfinger 

Rosalind and Mervin Gray 

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Cindy and Michael B. Greenbaum 

Mickey and Allan E. Greenblatt 

Roslyn and Sam Grodzin 

Alice Gross 

Gert and Herman Gross 

Phyllis Haas 

Gloria and Joseph Handler 

Rita Dee Hassenfeld 

Eva Holzer 

Wendy and Joseph Honigman 

Carol Ingall 

Rona and Lee H. Javitch 

Blossom and Arthur Jettelson 

Ethel Joffe 

Karen and Jonathan Kaplan 

Robert S. Kaplan 

Bertha Karavin (z”l) 

Evelyn Kasle 

Miriam and Jerome S. Katzin 

Carol and Geshon Kekst 

Helene and Howard Kenvin 

Reeva and Milton Kerker 

Betty Krakeur 

Myer S. Kripke 

Faye M. Laveson 

Ruth and Robert Layman 

Fred Levi 

Marie Levin 

Claire and Melvin J. Levine 

Norma and Alfred W. Levy 

Donald Lewin 

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 

Seymour Meltzer 

Joseph L. Mendelson 

David H. Metzger 

Jan and Harvey Miller 

Marion Mohl 

Fani and Michael A. Monson 

Audrey and Erwin Muscat 

Marylyn Metzger Nahl 

Millicent Nathan 

The Jerome J. and Elaine Nerenberg 

Charitable Gift Fund 

Jan and Charles Nirenberg 

Arthur Oleisky 

Ruth Oppenheim 

Tamar Chipkin Orvell 

Mark Padnos 

Cheryl Patt 

Sophie Pearlstein 

Sandra and Morton Porwick 

Helen Rauch 

Harold Reisman 

Mordecai Rochlin 

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 

Bessie Schneider (z”l) 

Cory and Stanley Schneider 

Sidney Schonfeld 

Daniel Schwab 

Lori and David C. Seed 

Morris Shane 

Max Shaye 

Murray Siegel (z”l) 

Sylvia Siegel 

Ramie J. Silbert 

Marsha and Marc A. Slotnick 

Sulamita and William Spiegel 

Gloria and Sanford J. Spitzer 

Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter 

Sherry Sukel 

Ben Teperberg 

Hedy and Warren R. Tessler 

Malcolm Thomson 

Riki and Stanley B. Tulin 

William Ungar 

Hal J. Upbin 

Burton L. Visotzky 

Joan C. Vogin 

Beate (z”l) and Henry Voremberg 

Harvey L. Weisberg 

Marilyn S. Werman 

Rita and Barry Wertlieb 

Bruce Wolf 

Bonnie Zaben 

Barbara and Edward D. Zinbarg 

Helen Zuckerbrod

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.


The Jewish Theological Seminary 

The Jewish Theological Seminary, one of the world’s leading centers of Jewish 

learning, integrates rigorous academic scholarship and teaching with a commitment to 

strengthening Jewish tradition, Jewish lives, and Jewish communities. 

JTS articulates and transmits a vision of Judaism that is learned and passionate, 

pluralist and authentic, traditional and egalitarian; one that is thoroughly grounded in 

Jewish texts, history, and practices, and fully engaged with the societies and cultures of 

the present. 

The leaders trained by JTS—rabbis, cantors, scholars, educators, communal 

professionals, and lay activists imbued with this vision and prepared to meet the 

challenges of the 21st century—serve Conservative Judaism, the vital religious center 

for North American Jewry, and our society as a whole. 

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