JTS 127th Commencement Exercises April 29, 2021 Order of the Exercises סדר טקס הסיום

Alan Levine, Esq., Virtual Procession Chair, Board of Trustees, Presiding Invocation Rabbi David Eligberg

The National Anthems Eliana Kissner, Jacob Sandler Daniella Risman, Accompanied by Joyce Rosenzweig

Commencement Address Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor

Conferring of Honorary Degrees Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor

Conferring of Degrees in Course Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor Dr. Stephen Garfinkel, Acting Provost Gershon Kekst Graduate School Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates: Daniel Ross Goodman William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education Dr. Shira D. Epstein, Dean Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates: Eva Rebecca Bogomolny Albert A. List College of Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates: Ariel Elizabeth Inker H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music Cantor Nancy Abramson, Director The Rabbinical School Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins, Dean Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates: Shoshana Arielle Abramowitz

In Recognition Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor Music by Mike Cohen and the Kleztraphobix Closing Montage

1 Greetings from the Board Chair דברי ראש הועד

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Boards, let me extend a personal yishar ko’ah and mazal tov to our graduates, and to their families and friends, on this joyous occasion.

Though we cannot be together on campus, we could not be prouder of the talented and stellar group of rabbis, cantors, educators, scholars, and future lay leaders that JTS sends out today to serve our Jewish communities and the larger world.

As lay leaders of this great institution, we never lose sight of the overriding purpose of our commitment to The Jewish Theological Seminary: to do our part in the education and training of the next generation of Jewish leaders. JTS is the preeminent institution of Jewish higher education in North America, creating an environment that is, to quote our mission statement, “pluralist and authentic, traditional and egalitarian.” Today we celebrate the graduates who embody this vision and will carry it forward.

You are taking your next steps at a moment of formidable challenges in the world. Yet we firmly believe that your time at JTS has given you the education, the wisdom, and the resilience to meet those challenges and, indeed, to help others meet them.

It is our prayer that each of you makes your unique contribution to the Jewish communities wherever you serve, and that in doing so you bring great credit to the reputation that JTS has earned over the 135 years of its existence.

B’shalom,

Alan Levine, Esq. Chair, Board of Trustees, JTS

2 Greetings from the Chancellor דברי הנגידה

It is my great pleasure to congratulate our graduates, their friends and families, and their teachers on this joyful occasion. When our graduates began their studies at JTS, none of us could have imagined that their course of study would be completed virtually as a result of a historic global pandemic. Their achievements and this celebration thus take on additional import in light of the extraordinary efforts involved in reaching this milestone. Mazal tov!

At The Jewish Theological Seminary, our students immerse themselves in studying the texts, ideas, history, and literature of the Jewish people in a deep, substantive, and finely nuanced way. As leaders—rabbis, cantors, educators, communal professionals, scholars, and lay leaders—they will bring this precious tradition forward with passion, creativity, and expertise to nourish communities with a Judaism that can anchor us— intellectually, morally, religiously, and spiritually—in the contemporary world.

I believe we have done this well for those marking completion today. May the JTS learning and community that our students have experienced provide them with lifelong sustenance, and may we all benefit from the fruits of their labors. Thanks to our graduates, the future of the Jewish community—and our world—will burn brightly.

Shuly Rubin Schwartz Chancellor, JTS

3 Honorary Degrees תארי כבוד Ms. Geraldine Brooks Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Sponsored by Alan M. Klein, Esq. Dr. Marjorie Lehman

An award-winning journalist and novelist, your extraordinary contributions to literature and society have earned both popular and critical acclaim.

A graduate of the University of Sydney, you began your career at the Sydney Morning Herald, before winning the Greg Shackleton Australian News Correspondents Scholarship to attend ’s Graduate School of Journalism. For more than a decade you worked as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, founding the paper’s Australasian bureau and later serving as Middle East bureau chief and United Nations Correspondent, covering conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. With your husband, the late Tony Horwitz, you received the Overseas Press Club Award for your coverage of the first Gulf War.

You are the Times bestselling author of five novels, including the winner March. In two of your acclaimed works you focused your insightful gaze on the Jewish past. With People of the Book, you imagined the journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a rare illuminated manuscript, through centuries of exile and war, blending fact and fiction into a stirring testament to the people of many faiths who risked all to save this priceless work. And in The Sacred Chord, you breathed life into one of our tradition’s richest and most enigmatic figures, King David, with your adroit storytelling and keenly drawn detail.

You are also the author of three works of non-fiction, one of which, Nine Parts of Desire—in which you explored the lives of Muslim women in the Middle East in the wake of Islamic fundamentalism—has been translated into more than 25 languages. You were awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement and named an Officer in the Order of Australia.

Your explorations of the meaning of faith and religion, in ordinary life and in global crises and conflicts, in fiction and journalism, have helped us better understand the world we inhabit.

4 תארי כבוד HONORARY DEGREES

Lord Rothschild (Jacob) Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Sponsored by Daniel J. Beller, Esq. Dr. David C. Kraemer

The Fourth Baron Rothschild, you have combined a distinguished career in finance with a commitment to furthering your family’s mission of supporting and the wider Jewish community.

Deeply conscious of your Jewish roots, you are the visionary president and former chair of Yad Hanadiv, a Rothschild foundation dedicated to creating resources for advancing Israel as a healthy, vibrant, democratic society, committed to Jewish values and equal opportunity for the benefit of all its inhabitants.

Yad Hanadiv funded the building of Israel’s Knesset, dedicated in 1966, and later its Supreme Court, which you personally saw through to completion. Yad Hanadiv is currently involved in building the magnificent new National Library of Israel in , which will serve people of all faiths with links to Jewish communities worldwide. You have spent the past thirty years dedicated to this project of a library without borders, due to open in 2022.

During your tenure at Yad Hanadiv, you have also steered the foundation to focus on a wide range of activities in such areas as academic excellence, the environment, education, and the advancement of opportunity for Israel’s Arab community.

You have generously involved yourself in the needs of your home country, through your work with the Rothschild Foundation, which you chair, as well as your role as supporter and benefactor of key British arts institutions. You have spearheaded efforts to restore, preserve, and sustain sites of cultural heritage such as England’s National Gallery, Somerset House, Spencer House, and Waddesdon, a former Rothschild family estate that you have transformed into one of the most popular British National Trust properties.

Alongside your philanthropic work, your business acumen has served you well in your roles chairing RIT Capital Management, from which you stepped down in 2019, and Five Arrows Limited, a family investment company.

Your lifelong dedication to nurturing society and culture, both in Israel and Britain, will be felt for generations to come.

5 תארי כבוד HONORARY DEGREES

Professor Avigdor Shinan Doctor of Hebrew Letters, honoris causa

Sponsored by Ms. Mimi Alperin Dr. Burton L. Visotzky

Over the course of your stellar academic career, you have elucidated key themes in your principal fields of research not only to fellow scholars but to the entire Jewish people.

Born in Czechoslovakia to survivors of the Shoah, your family made when you were very young. A graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, you have remained there throughout your academic career, serving as professor of Hebrew Literature, department chair, chair of General Studies, and dean of students, before attaining emeritus status in 2014. Throughout your career, you remained one of Hebrew University’s most popular professors.

You frequently taught as visiting faculty at other institutions in Israel, Europe, and the United States— including for numerous periods at JTS. Since your first visit as a post-doctoral student in 1979, your relationship with JTS has served as a source of inspiration to your scholarship.

Your vital work encompasses Midrash, rabbinic interpretation of Scripture, exemplified in your critical edition of Exodus Rabbah; Jewish liturgy, exemplified in yourAvi Chai Siddur; and Targum, Aramaic translation of Scripture, exemplified by your monograph on the relationship of rabbinic lore and Aramaic translations. You published over thirty works as author or editor, and more than four-score articles, in Hebrew and English. You served as editor of Kiryat Sefer, the bibliographical quarterly of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem.

At the same time, your commitment to using your scholarship to help the Jewish people understand, respect, and cherish the beauty and depth of ancient Judaism has led you to deliver more than 4000 public lectures. You have brought your immense creativity to bear in popular works, including Pirkei Avot: A New Israeli Commentary, which featured on Israel’s bestseller list, and you have made vital contributions to the Jewish communal and educational worlds through continuing education seminars for teachers and as the academic advisor for the Avi Chai Foundation.

Your remarkable achievements have immeasurably enriched both Jewish learning and Jewish life.

6 Degrees in Course תארים

GERSHON KEKST GRADUATE SCHOOL בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים במדעי היהדות ע”ש גרשון קקסט

Doctor of Philosophy Daniel Ross Goodman

Master of Arts Shoshana Arielle Abramowitz Noam Ezra Kornsgold Stephanie Rifkinson–Mann Viktoria Bedo Deborah Frances Megdal Bryan Michael Rothman Collin Shore Edelstein Alaina Merin Abigail Shira Weber Benjamin Shoshan Freed Luciana Pajecki Lederman* Maya Eden Zinkow Margaret Hughes-Robinson Benjamin Savel Perlstein

* Degree awarded in October 2020

WILLIAM DAVIDSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JEWISH EDUCATION בית הספר ללימודים מתקדמים בחינוך יהודי ע”ש ויליאם דוידסון

Doctor of Education Yigal Israel Kotler

Master of Arts Eva Rebecca Bogomolny Alicia Maxwell Laynie Soloman Jenna Madelaine Ferman H. Phrederick Nosanwisch Jordyn Haylee Steifman Shelley J. Fogelson Raphael Simcha Ozarowski Julia Erin Ullman Branden Charles Johnson Jonathan Louis Posner

The students whose names are listed herein were candidates for the degrees indicated at the time the program was created. 7 תארים DEGREES IN COURSE

ALBERT A. LIST COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES בית המדרש ללימודי היהדות ע”ש אלברט ליסט

Bachelor of Arts Colman Henry Adams JP Sarah Hess JP Lillian Dell Pravda JP Joseph Benjamin Bober Baer JP Judah Rubin HoffmanJP Eliana Present JP Daniela Malca D. Bernstein JP Ariel Joshua Holzhauer JP Yael Kalin Rayport DD Benjamin Louis Bleefeld JP Ariel Elizabeth Inker JP H Shira Rabizadeh Resnick JP Camryn Hope Bolkin JP Brianna Laya Johnson JP Ilana Nicole Schwartz JP Rebecca Paula Dubovsky JP Aviva Beth Kamens JP H David Kenneth Stack JP Sarah Aliza Eligberg JP Noah Eli Lang JP Sophia Rose Visscher-Lubinizki DD Shira Joelle Farbman DD Gil Noah Rosenberg Levitan JP Hannah Victoria Wolf JP Anna Feldman JP Noam A. Lindenbaum JP Arielle Lauren Yacker JP Jonathan Daniel Feldman Greene JP Sarina Anne Maurice DD Eliana York JP Jonah Maxwell Fruchtman JP H Aaron Joshua Morrill JP Bar Halperin JP Yaffa Lia MuhlbaumJP Meredith Nicole Harris DD Rebecca Avins Pardue DD

DD: Double Degree Program with JP: Joint Program with Columbia University School of General Studies H: With Honors

H. L. MILLER CANTORIAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF JEWISH MUSIC בית המדרש לחזנים ע”ש ה. ל. מילר

Diploma of Hazzan** and Master of Sacred Music Mira Nicole Davis Daniella Shlomit Risman Eryka Elisa Velazquez Eliana Rachel Kissner Jacob Hillel Sandler

THE RABBINICAL SCHOOL בית המדרש לרבנים

Rabbi, Teacher, and Preacher** Shoshana Arielle Abramowitz Margaret Hughes-Robinson Jonathan Louis Posner Viktoria Bedo Noam Ezra Kornsgold Abigail Shira Weber Emily Diane Cobert Deborah Frances Megdal Maya Eden Zinkow Maria Curto Gayotto Hohl Blair E. Nosanwisch Collin Shore Edelstein Benjamin Savel Perlstein Benjamin Shoshan Freed Kevin Scott Peters

Students being ordained as rabbis either received an MA today from a different JTS school or earned one previously.

** The ordination of cantors and rabbis will take place at a ceremony to be held in May 2021.

The students whose names are listed herein were candidates for the degrees indicated at the time the program was created. 8

Prizes and Awards פרסים

THE RABBINICAL SCHOOL Cyrus Adler Prize—David Chapman Rabbi Ben Zion Bergman Talmud Award—Margo Hughes Robinson Bernard and Sydell Citron Scholastic Prize—Jonathan Posner Ismar Elbogen Fellowship Memorial Prize in Talmud—Deborah Megdal The Rabbi Max Gelb Memorial Prize in Talmud—Shimon Yaakov Laxer Philip Goldstein Award of the National Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs and The Men’s Club of Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.—Marcelle Hohl Rabbi Sidney Greenberg Homiletics Prize—Maya Zinkow Solomon and Rose S. Lasdon Prize—Kendell Pinkney The Rabbi William H. Lebeau Merit Award—Jonathan Adler Israel H. Levinthal Prize in Homiletics—Ben Freed Lillian M. Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology—Benjamin Perlstein Rabbi Jacob S. Minkin Prize in Jewish Philosophy—Jonathan Posner Rabbi Albert Pappenheim Prize in Professional Skills—Jessica Dell’Era The Kay and Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz Prize in Congregational Education—Kevin Peters Rabbi Joel Roth Prize—Noam Kornsgold Herman H. Rubenovitz and Mignon L. Rubenovitz Prize—Chaim Eliezer Edelstein David Scharps Memorial Prize in Talmud—Noam Kornsgold Stephen Henry Shefin Memorial Prize—Ilana Sandberg Rabbi Arnold Turetsky Prize in Homiletics—Blair Nosanwisch Eleanor and Meyer Visotzky Memorial Prize in Midrash—Margo Hughes Robinson Raymond Mark Wintrob Memorial Prize—Abi Weber Isaac H. Wolfson Memorial Award—Shani Abramowitz Joseph Zubow Memorial Prize in Codes—Viki Bedo

GERSHON KEKST GRADUATE SCHOOL Rabbi Joel S. and Sylvia M. Geffen Prize—Annabel Cohen Sidney Grossbard Memorial Award in Jewish History—Yaakov Lipsker Abraham S. Halkin Award in Jewish History—Bryan Rothman Charles and Ruth Samson Lefkowitz Award—Maya Zinkow

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פרסים PRIZES AND AWARDS

WILLIAM DAVIDSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JEWISH EDUCATION Chaim Davidson Prize—Phreddy Nosanwisch Rabbi Carl and Barbara Friedman Award—Jenna Ferman Carol Ingall Prize—Eva Bogomolny Lisa and James Schlesinger Prize—Branden Johnson

H. L. MILLER CANTORIAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF JEWISH MUSIC Anonymous Prize—Noah Rachels Cantors Assembly Alumni Award in Memory of Hazzan Max Wohlberg—Neal Taibel Cantors Assembly Bay Area Cantorial Association Scholarship Fund Award—Marilyn Okoshi Cantors Assembly Congregation Tifereth Israel/Hazzan Jack Chomsky Scholarship Award—Ingrid Barnet Cantors Assembly Foundation Hazzan Joseph and Rickie Gole Vocal Scholarship Fund—David Childs Cantors Assembly Foundation Hazzan Leon and Michal Lissek–B’nai Amoona Scholarship Fund—Rachel Black Cantors Assembly Foundation Hazzan Melvin Luterman Scholarship Fund—Gedalia Penner Robinson Cantors Assembly Foundation North Suburban Synagogue Beth El/Hazzan Larry Goller Endowment Fund—Max Silverstone Cantors Assembly Hazzan Alberto and Deborah Mizrahi Scholarship Award—David Childs Cantors Assembly Hazzan Elaine Shapiro Scholarship—Roseanne Benjamin Cantors Assembly Hazzan Richard M. and Mary L. Berlin Scholarship Fund Award—Noah Rachels Cantors Assembly Hazzan Sheldon and Nita Polay Levin Scholarship Award—Joshua Modiano Ehrlich Cantors Assembly Hoffman Family Foundation Award in Honor of Hazzan Charles Davidson—Jacob Sandler Cantors Assembly Oheb Beth Israel Scholarship—Daniella Risman Cantors Assembly Richard Briskin Cantor-in-Residence Award—Daniella Risman Arthur Einstein Memorial Prize in Composition—David Childs Max and Sol Feld Prize in Composition—Eliana Kissner Dr. Leonard E. Field and Beatrice E. Field Award—Daniella Risman Hazzan Michal Hammerman Memorial Prize—Eryka Velazquez Richard H. Holzer Memorial Prize in Judaica—Eliana Kissner Rabbi David C. Kogen Community Activities Award—Eryka Velazquez Hazzan David J. Leon Prize—Neal Taibel H. L. Miller Fellows—Rachel Black, Mira Nicole Davis, Joshua Modiano Ehrlich, Noah Rachels Amy B. Putterman Memorial Prize—Eryka Velazquez Rose S. Rovine Prize in Liturgical Music—Eliana Kissner Hazzan Israel Weiser Memorial Prize—Mira Nicole Davis Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Kol Ishah Award—Mira Nicole Davis

ALBERT A. LIST COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES Bina Appleman Memorial Education Award—Colman Henry Adams, Benjamin Louis Bleefeld Harry (Hillel) Appleman Memorial Education Award—Arielle Lauren Yacker Grace J. Calder Fund—Bar Halperin William A. Calder Family Fund Prize—Lillian Dell Pravda Professor Paul Chertoff Prize—Shira Rabizadeh Resnick 10 פרסים PRIZES AND AWARDS

Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for “The Spirit of the Search for Truth” in Memory of Dr. Moses Leo Gitelson— Ilana Nicole Schwartz, Eliana York Harry and Ernestine Goldstein Award—Sarah Hess, Eliana Present Max and Bess Goodman Memorial Prize—David Kenneth Stack Emanuel Halpern Memorial Award—Yaffa Lia Muhlbaum Minnie Weiss Halpern Memorial Education Award—Camryn Hope Bolkin Benjamin and Anna Jaffe Memorial Award—Yael Kalin Rayport Raphael and Sara Rifka Krasnow Memorial Educational Award—Jonathan Daniel Feldman Greene Irving and Mary Kremsdorf Memorial Award—Sarina Anne Maurice Louis and Mary Lefkowitz Memorial Award—Rebecca Paula Dubovsky Freda and David Leiter Student Aid Fund—Sophia Rose Visscher-Lubinizki, Hannah Victoria Wolf Sara Goldin Lewittes Award—Judah Rubin Hoffman William and Alexander May Memorial Educational Award—Noah Eli Lang Rosalyn Gooen Milians Educational Award—Rebecca Avins Pardue The 1976 Celebrating Classes Joshua Ovsay Memorial Award—Joseph Benjamin Bober Baer, Daniela Malca Bernstein Charles Steven Reinish Memorial Award—Sarah Aliza Eligberg Sarah Sameth Rudavsky Memorial Prize—Isabella Dayani Dr. Bernard Samson and Mrs. Sarah Bluma Samson Levinthal Memorial Award—Gil Noah Rosenberg Levitan Fanny Schneyer Education Award—Meredith Nicole Harris, Ariel Joshua Holzhauer Sarah Barcan Soffin Memorial Award—Aaron Joshua Morrill Helen P. Sussman Memorial Prize—Shira Joelle Farbman The Teachers Institute Class of 1917 Award—Ariel Elizabeth Inker The Teachers Institute Class of 1919 Award—Anna Feldman The Teachers Institute Class of 1920 Award—Jonah Maxwell Fruchtman Isak, Rosa, and Shifra Thau Memorial Award—Aviva Beth Kamens Marcus and Frances Krasnow Thau Award—Noam A. Lindenbaum Esther Sommerstein Zweig Education Award—Brianna Laya Johnson

ALL SCHOOLS Israel Davidson Memorial Prize—Rachel Weinstein Dr. Moses Einhorn Award—Sass Orol, Claire Shoyer Edward Feder Peace Prize—Talia Kaplan S. Gershon Feffer Memorial Prize—Alaina Merin Aaron Friedenwald Prize in Jewish Theology—Ira Daniel Tokayer Professor Louis Ginzberg Talmud Prize—Joshua Brunlehrman, Eliana Present Fannie and Robert Gordis Prize in Bible—Rachel Weinstein Alexander Kohut Memorial Prize—David Yedid The Edith Marks Prize in Semitics—Jonah Fruchtman Rabbi Joseph and Frances Miller Prize in Bible—Shaqed Tzabbar Robison Memorial Prize—Bryan Rothman Sarah and Morris Rosenberg Prize—Ira Daniel Tokayer Anna Grossman Sherman Award in Hebrew—Max Buchdahl, Daniel Golde, Lara Rodin

11 Certificate Programs תכניות תעודה

Certificate in Jewish Ethics and Social Justice The Certificate in Jewish Ethics and Social Justice is awarded by the Gershon Kekst Graduate School to practitioners and volunteers in the variety of fields of social justice and service. The program exposes students to rigorous Jewish thought and ancient and contemporary Jewish sources. It aims to offer robust Jewish education to Jews who are already engaged in justice and service work or aspire to be and want their work to be informed by Jewish learning. This certificate is offered with support from the JTS Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice.

2021 RECIPIENTS Stacey Elise Glazer Kadijah Toni-Lee Spence

Certificate in Pastoral Care and Counseling The Certificate in Pastoral Care and Counseling is awarded to people of all faiths who have completed a curriculum of Jewishly grounded academic learning, supervised clinical experience, professional skills development, religious and personal identity formation, and development of competencies in providing pastoral care to people of diverse backgrounds.

2021 RECIPIENTS Emily Diane Cobert Alaina Marie Merin

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 in cooperation with National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kiev. Students are enrolled in certificate and master’s programs in Jewish studies and go on to assume leadership positions in Ukrainian Jewish communities and in Jewish scholarship.

CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION, JULY 2021 National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, Ukraine Master’s Degree in Jewish Studies Anastasiya Chebotareva Yavgenya Kifenko Ksenya Yerofeeva Taras Hrytsiuk Maxim Panin Irina Isaeva Nataliya Potapchuk

Undergraduate Certificate in Jewish Studies Nataliya Budnik Anzhelika Lapenkova Anna Petrova Oleksiy Chkalov Taras Nagaynik Ludmila Tavrovskaya Svitlana Kopilova Anna Niszhelskaya Tetyana Kumeda Irina Palamarchuk 12 Board of Trustees חברי הועד

Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor Alan Levine, Chair Abby Joseph Cohen, Chair Emerita Gershon Kekst (z”l), Chair Emeritus Mimi Alperin, Vice Chair Daniel J. Beller, Vice Chair Jonathan M. Lopatin, Vice Chair Eric Rosen, Treasurer

Jonathan S. Aaron Robert Immerman Robert Pruzan, Jewish Museum Yale Asbell Harold B. Jacobsohn Robert S. Rifkind Talya Bock Floy Brown Kaminski Saul Sanders Lester Crown Jay Kasner Yoni Saposh Jeffrey Feig Alan M. Klein Emily Scharfman Matthew Furman Lynette Koppel Deborah Sosland-Edelman Marc Gary Alan Leifer Tom Sudow, Federation of Ned Gladstein, United Synagogue of David Lipp, Cantors Assembly Jewish Men’s Clubs Conservative Judaism Stephen J. Lovell Stewart Vogel, Rabbinical Assembly Debbi Kaner Goldich, Women’s League Aaron Malinsky Didi Wallerstein for Conservative Judaism Sharon Nelles Diane Wohl Ruth Hendel Aaron Priest Harold J. Wolfe

HONORARY MEMBERS CHAIRS OF THE ADVISORY BOARDS Stephen M. Axinn Henry Glanternik Joseph Ciechanover William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education David H. Feinberg Barry Lovell Ronald Lauder Religious Leadership Harvey L. Miller Joseph Rubin The JTS Library Gerald Rosenfeld H. Axel Schupf David P. Stone Jewish Studies

13 Honoring the Class of 1971 on Its 50th Anniversary לכבוד בוגרי 1971 בשנת ה50 לסיומם

For more than a century, The Jewish Theological Seminary has enhanced the world by training talented and committed individuals for religious, professional, and lay leadership.

Members of the class of 1971—rabbis, cantors, educators, and leaders in innumerable, diverse fields and disciplines—you have been worthy representatives of this historic institution, applying Torah and tradition to daily religious and family life, education, business, science, the arts, and community building. We applaud you, your efforts, and your achievements, especially as we mark this significant milestone. Mazal tov!

RABBINICAL DEPARTMENT

POSTGRADUATE DEPARTMENT

Doctor of Hebrew Literature Rabbi Bernard Glassman (z”l) Rabbi Gerald Green Rabbi Abraham Joseph Heckelman (z”l)

GRADUATE RABBINICAL SCHOOL

Rabbi, Teacher, and Preacher Harold Bell (z”l) Allan Kensky Aryeh Meir William Berman Reuben Landman Moshe Rothblum Baruch Bokser (z”l) Richard Marker Alan Turetz David Haber Elliott Marmon Harlan Wechsler

Master of Hebrew Literature Roy Abramovitz Kenneth Greene Richard Plavin Robert Binder Richard Hammerman Daniel Pressman Mark Bisman Menahem Herman Charles Primus Daniel Boyarin Howard Hersch David Resnick Moshe (Martin) Edelman Howard Hoffman Judah Romm Louis Engelstein (z”l) Alvan Kaunfer Bernard Rotman Chuck Feinberg Chanan (Kenneth) Klaristenfeld Martin Sandberg David Freedman Aaron Kriegel Steven Steindel Richard Friedman Alan Lavin Dennis Wolff Norman Goldman Howard Lifshitz Carl Wolkin Michael Greenbaum Paul Michael Meyerstein Alan Yuter

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TEACHERS INSTITUTE AND SEMINARY COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES

Doctor of Religious Education Shoshanna R. Schechter-Shaffin

Master of Religious Education Rachel Ararat Hasia (Kronberger) Richman Shlomit Yoran Carmela Berkovich Eliezer Turkel

Bachelor of Hebrew Literature Michaela Amir Stephen Freed Craig Schweon Toby Berger Holtz Shmuel Gorfinkel Judy Semel Rohn Bayla Bonder Irene Handler Daniel Shevitz Ira Book Allen Juda Susan Shevitz Geoff Botnick Ruth Kaplan Cheryl Sporn Gross Aviva Bruner Peress Jacob Levinger (z”l) Karen Tanzman Bila Cohen Harvey Meirovich Judith Touger Fox Sandy Thal Cohen Barry Openden Ellen Wainrober Gary Creditor Naomi Ostroff Charnov Zvi Ziegler Marlynn Dorff Frederick Rheingold Joel Epstein Mitchell Romirowsky

Teacher’s Diploma Mira Abraham Ruth Keidar Miriam Shub Ruth Brayer Eva Leitner Jacob Aharon Welts Shulamit Feldberg Shulamith Schwartzman Rait

CANTORS INSTITUTE AND SEMINARY COLLEGE OF JEWISH MUSIC

Bachelor of Sacred Music and Diploma of Hazzan David Katchen Marshall Portnoy David Tilman

15 The Tzaddikim Society The Jewish Theological Seminary gratefully acknowledges the esteemed members of the Tzaddikim Society. These individuals care deeply about the Jewish future and have chosen to leave a lasting legacy by including JTS in their estate plans.

Ruth Aach Sam Grodzin (z”l) Carol Noymer Kassel Abelson* Sheila Diamant Hecht* Arthur Oleisky Arthur Ainsberg Ruth and Stephen Hendel Tamar Chipkin Orvell Rita C. Altman Reba Herson Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter Stephanie and Stephen M. Axinn Eva Holzer Mark Padnos Linda and Edmund Baulsir Wendy Honigman Ronnie and David Parker Annette Berkowitz (z”l) Carol Ingall* Richard Plavin* Gilda Block Vivienne Felberman Ivry (z”l) Sandra and Morton (z”l) Porwick Frances and Hubert J. Brandt Beatriz and Harold B. Jacobsohn Harold Reisman Erica Goldman-Brodie and Joseph* Brodie Blossom and Arthur Jettelson Jack Riemer* Johanna Bromberg Karen* and Jonathan Kaplan Mordecai Rochlin (z”l) Alisa and Richard Cohen Robert S. Kaplan Robin Rogel-Goldstein Linda A. and Alan L. Cohen Lilly Kaufman* Judith Zarin and Gerald Rosenfeld Shirley and Richard Cohen Carol and Gershon (z”l) Kekst Ethel Rothenberg* (z”l) Moshe Corson* Judi and Barry* Kenter Mary and Saul Sanders Donald D. Crain* Helene and Howard Kenvin Lynne and Donald Sandler Helen Cytryn Jay Kleiman Lifsa* and Stanley Joshua* Schachter Arline Duker Betty Krakeur (z”l) Mildred Schwartz Betty Marx Dwin (z”l) Debra and Gerald Kramer Shuly Rubin Schwartz* and Eric Fishman Allison and Bruce Egert Arthur Lanski (z”l) Lori* and David C.* Seed Edith S. Eichenbaum (z”l) Ruth and Robert* Layman Raizi Janus Shoop and Alvin Shoop Athena Carpousis Ellner and Martin Ellner Irving Lehrman* (z”l) Marion* and William (z”l) Shulevitz Charlene and David Harris Engleberg Marcia and Alan J. Leifer Judith and Lewis Siegel Aleen and David Epstein Alan Levine Gloria and Sanford J. Spitzer Gideon Estes* Claire Levine Dianne and Tad Taube Henry Epstein Ellen Lewis Warren R. Tessler Marleen Forkas Sheldon Lewis* Malcolm Thomson* Barbara Fredericks Alan Barrie Lipkin (z”l) Annie Tucker* Deena* (Goldstein) and Michael Friedman Dedee and Stephen J. Lovell Stanley B. Tulin Charles Geller Susan Mandeltort Burton L. Visotzky* Alfred Ginsberg Judith and Irwin Margolis Phyllis Hofman Waldmann Jane and Ned Gladstein Eliot P. Marrus* Rita L. Wertlieb Dorothy Glantz Jael Lynn Meadow Lara and Todd Werwa Marilyn Goldberg David H. Metzger Sara Winter Phyllis and Lawrence Goldberg Israela and Michael* Meyerstein Bruce Wolf Rosalind Gray Yocheved Muffs Bonnie Zaben Cindy and Michael B.* Greenbaum Marylyn Metzger Nahl Barbara and Edward D. Zinbarg Muriel and Allan E. Greenblatt Millicent Nathan Anonymous (3) Laurel Gress Jan Nirenberg As of April 29, 2021 *JTS alumni If you prefer to be recognized in another manner, or if your name was omitted from this list, please contact Lucy Posner, Director of Planned Giving, at (212) 678-8865 or [email protected]. 16 THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

The Jewish Theological Seminary is a preeminent institution of Jewish higher education that integrates rigorous academic scholarship and teaching with a commitment to strengthening Jewish tradition, Jewish lives, and Jewish communities.

JTS articulates 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. Our vision joins faith with inquiry; the covenant of our ancestors with the creative insights of today; intense involvement in the society and State of Israel with devotion to the flowering of Judaism throughout the world; service to the Jewish community, as well as to all of the communities of which Jews are a part: our society, our country, and our world.

JTS serves North American Jewry by educating intellectual and spiritual leaders for Conservative Judaism and the vital religious center, training rabbis, cantors, scholars, educators, communal professionals, and lay activists who are inspired by our vision of Torah and dedicated to assisting in its realization.