Cover: HUC-JIR students in action – First-year rabbinical student Thalia Halpert Rodis holding the Torah at the Kotel in Jerusalem during a Women of the Wall Rosh Hodesh service; third-year Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music student Laura Stein in the mountains near her High Holy Days student pulpit in Aspen, CO; and third-year rabbinical students Eric Rosenstein and Max Chaiken leading worship at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.

Andrew R. Berger, ChairmanH. Jerome Lerner, Vice ChairSue Neuman Hochberg,

SecretaryMark Biderman, TreasurerPatty BeckRabbi Peter Berg**Rabbi Richard A. BlockJames E. BowleyRabbi Marcus BursteinMartin CohenCary DavidsonRabbi Joshua Davidson**Isabel P. DunstRabbi Denise E. EgerRabbi David Ellenson,

Chancellor EmeritusIrwin EngelmanWarren R. “Chip”

Fagadau, M.D.Rabbi Steve FoxRabbi David J. GelfandJay H. GellerKenneth B. GilmanJohn GoldenGary GreenbergJoy GreenbergMark Gurvis**Michael HalpernDavid Harman, Ph.D.Robin HarveyKaren HoguetRabbi Richard Jacobs

Peter JosephRabbi Lewis KamrassRabbi Barry KoganBurton LehmanB.H. Levy, Jr.Gloria LipsonRabbi Alan Litwak**Michael LorgeBlair MarksAndi MilensDaryl Messinger**Marjorie MillerMichael D. Miller Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D.Kevin PennRabbi Amy PerlinJoan PinesRabbi David M. PosnerSteven R. PruzanStanley RabinStephen SacksCantor Sarah J. SagerRichard ScheinerElizabeth ScheuerJoan SeidelRabbi Barton ShallatBarbara ShearJohn M. SteinCarole SterlingLaurence TaricaBonnie TischMarcie ZelikowRabbi Irwin Zeplowitz

Central Region

Eastern Region

GOVERNORS EMERITILeona Aronoff-SadaccaLynette AustinMindy BernsJustin M. Brownstone**Marcia BurnamBruce C. CorwinRhea CoskeyRabbi Stanley DavidsCary Davidson, ChairHugo D. de CastroJay H. GellerRabbi Laura GellerDavid GellmanRochelle GinsburgBuff Brazy GivenDr. Bernie Goler

Michael HalpernJane HerzogSue Neuman HochbergJules KabatPeachy LevyDonald Loeb**Matthew LouchheimSuzanne MarksEdward Meltzer Jr.Michael MillerRichard PowellTerry PullanSteven R. PruzanHarold Reichwald,

Vice ChairJoan Seidel

Rabbi Zachary ShapiroArthur SlepianAlan ZeichickMarvin ZeidlerMarcie ZelikowMarshall S. ZollaHoward Bernstein,

EmeritusLeonard* and Roberta

Cohn, EmeritusMarian DeWitt, EmeritusHoward I. Friedman,

EmeritusAllan B. Goldman,

EmeritusBarbara Gronowski,

Emeritus*

Martin Kozberg, EmeritusMichael Nissenson,

EmeritusKenneth Ruby, EmeritusDonald Schwarz,

EmeritusRabbi Denise Eger,

Ex-OfficioRabbi Bruce Greenbaum,

Ex-OfficioRabbi Larry Goldmark,

Ex-OfficioRabbi Janet Offel,

Ex-OfficioMs. Laurie Sobelman,

Ex-Officio

Patty BeckDavid BerzMark BidermanNancy BlankMartin CohenIrwin EngelmanLaura Gordon FisherPhyllis FreedmanHoward GellisDennis R. GilbertKenneth GilmanAmy GoldbergerBetty Golomb

B. David Gorman, M.D.Joy G. GreenbergPaul GreenbergLouis GrossNorman GrossSteven GruberMarcy HarrisCathy HellerMargaret HellerRobert M. HellerMarissa HollanderAndrew JoskowMorris L. Kramer

Richard Krantz, Vice Chair

Laura KrugerSteven LefkowitzBurton LehmanLinda LeviElizabeth LevineJack LevittMarjorie Miller,

Co-ChairJohn PachterKevin Penn, Co-ChairSamuel Perelson

Phyllis Friedman PerkinsEllen Plum**Elizabeth RoswellRichard ScheinerRabbi Barton A. ShallatMitchell ShamesSamuel SimonBetsy StoneEllen SunnessBonnie TischGenevieve Geller WynerRabbi Irwin A. ZeplowitzAudrey Zucker

Rabbi Meir AzariIsrael Bartal, Ph.D.Dr. Maurit BeeriNava Ben-Zvi, Ph.D.Rabbi Stanley DavidsPaula Edelstein, IRAC

Aviva Halamish, Ph.D.David Harman, Ph.D.,

ChairRabbi Richard Hirsch,

WUPJAnat Hoffman, IRAC

Marcus HallsideRabbi Gilad Kariv, IMPJShai Pinto, WUPJLesley SachsRabbi Robert SamuelsStuart Schoffman

Reuven Marko, IMPJShimon ShetreetDavid Shulman, Ph.D.Hana Wirth-Nesher, Ph.D.

2014-2015 BOARD OF GOVERNORS

2014-2015 BOARDS OF OVERSEERS

Howard BernsteinRobert M. BlattGerard DanielDonald S. Day*Barbara FriedmanStanley GoldAllan GoldmanNorman GrossRobert HellerFrances Hess*Alan IselinSL Kopald, Jr.Fred Lane

Norma LevittStuart MatlinsClaire MillerAnthony MontagSamuel PerelsonKenneth RubyTheodore SchwartzJerome SomersDonald StoneJerry Tanenbaum, Jr.Jerome TellerPeter Weidhorn**William Weprin

Israel

Western Region

Lucille “Twink” CarothersKatherine F. ClaybonWarren R. “Chip”

Fagadau, M.D.Bonnie Denmark

FriedmanFoster S. Goldman, Jr.Alexander HarrisDaniel J. Hoffheimer

Douglas HoffmanKaren M. HoguetScott A. Joseph, M.D.Richard E. KannMona B. Kerstine,

TreasurerRobert O. MastSteve MuhlbaumScott O’Neal

Joseph B. PerelesJoan Pines, ChairJoseph PryzantJudy RosenStefanie SchneidlerEdward J. Septimus, M.D.Barbara ShearLawrence A. Sherman,

Vice Chair

Vivan SingerDebbi SorrentinoRichard L. Wasserman,

M.D., Ph.D., Vice ChairFlossie WeillAnn WengerMauri Willis**

* of blessed memory ** as of 2015-2016 fiscal year

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The Babylonian Talmud (Shevuot 39a)

captures a debate about the lines

between individual initiative and

communal responsibility. At the

conclusion of the page, a famous

aphorism emerges that shapes the

Jewish sense of community even

to this day: Kol Yisrael arevim

zeh ba-zeh, “The entire Jewish

community is obligated one

to another.”

Whether in Hebrew or English, the form of this statement is fascinating. There is an intentional blending of the plural and singular, the individual

and the communal, implying that no single member of our community can ever truly be separated from any other. The text further suggests,

through its use of the root arev, two potential interpretations. First, that each member of our community literally has an obligation — an

actionable legal obligation that must be satisfi ed — to support the other members of the community. Another interpretation reads arevut

as the quality of being combined with others, so that even our individual identities can never be complete in the absence of our neighbors.

Throughout this President’s Report, you will see moving evidence of the extraordinary ways that HUC-JIR melds the individual with the

community. As the leading force in Jewish higher education today, we cherish the individuality of each of our students. At the same time,

we integrate our students into meaningful collective learning experiences, mixing together their skills and capacities.

We help our students become the leaders of tomorrow who will build sacred community for others. We act on our responsibility to the world

around us with innovation and commitment, integrity and concern. In these pages, you will see some of the many ways we accept and fulfi ll

our sense of obligation to the entire Jewish community.

Each and every one of the wonderful contributions from members of the HUC-JIR family recorded in this publication has also fulfi lled this

ancient responsibility. For this expression of support for our mission, we are grateful from the bottom of our hearts.

With appreciation,

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., PresidentMarch 2016 / Adar Il 5776

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Rabbi Panken with the 2015 Rabbinical Class of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

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CO N D E N S E D S TAT E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L P O S I T I O N

SUMMARY FINANCIAL FIGURES

June 30 2015 2014 2013

Total Assets $299,901,807 $293,788,277 $262,909,389

Total Liabilities 60,189,180 55.421,470 55,996,783

Total Net Assets 239,712,627 238,366,807 206,912,606

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $299,901,807 $293,788,277 $262,909,389

JULY 1, 2014 - TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLYJUNE 30, 2015 UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL

Total Operating Revenue, Gains and Other Support $43,818,105 $ (2,563,932 ) $5,758,258 $47,012,431

Total Operating Expenses (41,081,412 ) - - (41,081,412 )

Net Operating Revenue (Expense) 2,736,693 (2,563,932 ) 5,758,258 5,931,019

Nonoperating Revenue (Expense) (4,056,467 ) (144,561 ) (384,171 ) (4,585,199 )

Change in Net Assets (1,319,774 ) (2,708,493 ) 5,374,087 1,345,820

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 50,030,421 67,848,744 120,487,642 238,366,807

Net Assets, End of Year $48,710,647 $65,140,251 $125,861,729 $239,712,627

n Fund Raising 43.4%

n MUM Dues 18.9%

n Investment Income 16.1%

n Tuition & Fees (Gross) 12.7%

n Contracted Services 5.0%

n Other 3.9%

n Instruction 34.6%

n Academic Support 17. 1%

n Institutional Support 15.5%

n Maintenance 10.8%

n Stipends & Scholarships 10.3%

n Institutional Advancement 7.4%

n Depreciation 4.3%

CO N D E N S E D S TAT E M E N T O F AC T I V I T I E S

HUC-JIR REVENUES 2014-15 HUC-JIR EXPENSES 2014-15

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My heartfelt thanks to each of you for your generous support of our mission: preparing leaders for the Reform Movement, the Jewish people, and the

larger world.

Andrew R. Berger, Chair, Board of Governors

Michele and Martin CohenCongregations of the Union for

Reform JudaismThe Damial FoundationThe Jewish Foundation of

CincinnatiJim Joseph FoundationJack N. and Lilyan Mandel

Fund, the Joseph C. and Florence Mandel Fund, and the Morton L. and Barbara Mandel Fund

Joan Pines, The Phillip and Joan Pines Charitable Foundation

Marcie and Howard Zelikow

Jewish Communal Fund, New York, NY

Rabbi Amy R., N ‘82, and Gary L. Perlin

Steven R. Pruzan and Janet Abrams

The Erwin Rautenberg Foundation

AnonymousBurton BelzerRobert Lloyd Corkin Charitable

Foundation, Herbert I. Corkin*Crown Family PhilantropiesEstate of Mirrell Davis Rebecca Davis* TrustFidelity Charitable Gift FundDonald and Janie FriendSuzanne and John A. GoldenJoyce & Irving Goldman

Family Foundation, Dorian S. Goldman and Marvin Israelow

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, CA

Elizabeth Scheuer and Peter Joseph

Rabbi Jacob R. Marcus*, C ‘20 Trust

Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation

Erica and Kevin PennEthel and Harry Reckson

Foundation, Michael Spritzer, Trustee

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Ruby, Ruby Family Foundation

Barbara and Herbert S. ShearAndrea and Moshe Silagi

and Karen Silagi and Jeffrey Freedman

Sara Crown StarWilliams Mullen Clark DobbinsWomen of Reform Judaism

AnonymousLeona Aronoff SadaccaBeth Isaac SynagogueSol and Arlene Bronstein

FoundationCongregation Emanu-El of the

City of New York, Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson, N ‘97

Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Richard and Jane EskindEstate of William FriedlanderBarbara and Stephen FriedmanJoan and Howard GellisDrs. Patricia H. Gibbs and

Richard D. GibbsEugene and Emily Grant Family

FoundationJoy and Alan GreenbergElizabeth and Steven B. GruberSue and Larry HochbergEstate of David H. HunterMr. Frederick J. Isaac and Ms.

Robin ReinerJewish Community Foundation

of Los AngelesJewish Federation of

Metropolitan ChicagoMr. and Mrs. Gary LauderJeanne and Jonathan S. Lavine,

Crimson Lion Foundation

2014-2015 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS◊

* of blessed memory

◊ Gifts and new pledges to the College-Institute for the period of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015

Michele and Martin Cohen

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ($1,000,000+)

Jewish Communal Fund,

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($500,000+)

Steven R. Pruzan and Janet

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($250,000+)

Anonymous

PROVOST’S CIRCLE ($100,000+)

DEAN’S CIRCLE ($50,000+)

The Mimsye and Leon May Foundation, Leon May

Marjorie and Morgan MillerPhyllis Friedman Perkins and

Brad PerkinsThe Rapaport Shallat

Foundation, Rabbi Barton A., N ‘66 and Jane Shallat

Estate of Anne Lisa RotenbergMarcia and Richard ScheinerTheodore L. SchwartzEstate of Kurt SimonSinai Reform Temple, Bayshore,

NYShirley T. Tartak FoundationUJA-Federation of New YorkThe Wexner FoundationCorale B. Workum* TrustRuth Ziegler

AnonymousAhmanson FoundationDr. Robert L.* and Gloria

L. AustinMarvin G. BarishRobin E. Harvey and Bruce O.

BaumgartnerPatty and Louis Beck, Beck

Family FoundationDr. Georgette Bennett & Dr.

Leonard Polonsky PhilanthropyAndrew and Linda BergerMark and Wendy BidermanNancy and Robert S. BlankElaine and Robert M. BlattLewis Brunswick & Rebecca

Matoff Foundation, Inc., Brad Shapiro

Beth BurnamBruce BurnamThe LKC Foundation, Lucille K.

CarothersLloyd E. and Mrs. Margit CotsenEdna Rosenfi eld Bekenstein*

Trust

Lisa and Stephen EisensteinThe Eisen-Wald FoundationMr. and Mrs. Irwin EngelmanLois H. England and Richard

England*Mrs. Annette EskindDr. Warren “Chip” and Evey

FagadauJay H. Geller and Lowell

GallagherDennis R. and Nancy GilbertKenneth B. Gilman and Carol

FeinbergRita Sue and Alan GoldBetty B. GolombGary L. and Linda GreenbergLewis Greenwood FoundationBarbara and Norman GrossMr. Michael and Dr. Nancy

HalpernEstate of Sigmund HellerMargaret and Martin HellerHillside Memorial Park and

Mortuary, Los Angeles, CAKaren and David HoguetJewish Community Foundation,

Oakland, CAAlice & Julius Kantor Charitable

Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seidel

Koret FoundationJoanne and Richard A. KrantzBrenda and Burton LehmanMr. and Mrs. B.H. Levy, Jr.Mark* and Peachy LevyGloria and Alvin* LipsonLouchheim Foundation, Mr. and

Mrs. William S. Louchheim, Jr.Macy’s, Inc.Michael and Miriam MillerNational Philanthropic TrustDr. Raquel H. NewmanMr. and Mrs. Stanley RabinMarie L. and Mark J. SchwartzMr. and Mrs. John M. SteinNorma and Don StonePamela and Laurence Tarica

DOR CHADASH - AN ENDOWED FUND FOR THE NEW GENERATION

This fund, whose annual income will be directed to the fi nancial aid budget, will help to meet the scholarship needs of our students for generations to come.

Joan and Howard Gellis

Grossman Family – Jo Anne G. Pearlman, Nancy Grossman, James GrossmanIn memory of Marilyn and Mike Grossman Michael Spritzer, Blaire Goldstein, Jeffrey Spritzer; In memory of Marjorie Spritzer

Anonymous

BENEFACTORS ($25,000+)

4 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

The Joan and Phillip Pines School of Graduate Studies (PSGS), named with a transformational gift from Joan Pines and her family through the Phillip and Joan Pines Charitable Foundation, was dedicated at the Cincinnati campus on October 26,

2015. Founded in 1947 by Rabbi Nelson Glueck, Ph.D., as an institution of higher learning for students of all faiths, it has conferred more than 500 M.A., D.H.L., and Ph.D. degrees over the past six decades. The Pines’ endowment gift will strengthen the creation and wide dissemination of knowledge about Jews and Judaism both within and beyond the bounds of the American Jewish community. It will also further the academic study of Judaism in the context of religious studies among students of all faiths in a pluralistic learning environment that models and shapes interpersonal and interfaith relationships. Joan Pines, HUC-JIR Governor and Chair of the Central Region Board of Overseers, stated, “I truly believe that the future of liberal Judaism, in this country and beyond, lies in the hands of HUC-JIR and, by extension, in our hands. This is one of the most important reasons for all of us to support this amazing institution, which will continue to be here, with our help, for many future generations.”

g Read more at huc.edu/report/pines

AnonymousThe Angell FoundationMr. and Mrs. Howard BanchikMr. and Mrs. Leslie E. BiderCentral Synagogue, New York,

NY, Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl, N ’01/99, Cantor Morris Glazman, N ’05, Rabbi Maurice A. Salth, N ’05, Cantor Julia R. Cadrain, N ’12, Rabbi Ariel S. Lorge, C ’13

Chubb & SonColumbus Jewish Federation, OHRabbi Stephen I. Kahn, N ’95,

Congregation Beth Israel, Scottsdale, AZ

Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA – Rabbis Jonathan & Beth Singer, C ’89, Rabbi Sydney Mintz, N ’97, Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, L ’07, Rabbi Ryan

Bauer, L ’07, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, C ’69, Cantor Roslyn Barak, N ’86, Rabbi Stephen Pearce, N ’72

Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY - Rabbi Robert Levine, E.D., N ’77

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Corwin, Corwin Family Foundation

Gerard DanielMr. Cary Davidson and Mr.

Andrew OgilvieMr. and Mrs. Richard Davison,

Richard and Rosalee C. Davison Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Hugo D. De CastroMr. and Mrs. Jerald Doochin,

Doochin Family Charitable Foundation

Judge and Mrs. Daniel EisensteinMr. and Mrs. Robert D. EisensteinMr. Steven FainbargMrs. Edna U. FalkShirley and David Toomim

Family FoundationFifth Third Bank

Anna R. FischMrs. Hilda Forchheimer,

Rudolph* and Hilda U. Forchheimer Foundation, Inc.,

Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust

Rabbi Erica Gerson, N ’07, and Mark Gerson, Gerson Family Foundation

Shelly Shor GersonRochelle and Dr. Eli GinsburgIlene and Stanley P. Gold,

Jennifer Gold, and Charles GoldAmy S. GoldbergerMr. and Mrs. Allan B. GoldmanDr. and Mrs. Bernie R. GolerJayne Lipman and Robert P.

GoodmanEllen and Paul S. GreenbergDiane and Marc GreenwaldLouis GrossIrma and Irwin GrossmanHarris Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. King HarrisMarcy R. Harris and John B.

Harris

Dr. Bernard Heller FoundationCathy and Lloyd HellerDrs. Uri D., C/L ‘70/73, and

Myna Herscher Frances A. Hess*Marissa HollanderHouston Jewish Community

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Howard G.*

Jacobs, Howard G. and Samita B. Jacobs Foundation

Jewish Federation of Orange County, Irvine, CA

Jewish Family and Children’s Services, San Francisco

Drs. Patricia and Scott JosephJane F. KarlinKatz, Teller, Brant & Hild Fund

of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Ms. Susan R. KatzMona and Dr. Richard S.

KerstineCarole and Robert KoppleMorris L. Kramer, Esq.Lake Road Foundation

Frederic S. Lane and Jeanie Pollack

Steven and Clarissa LefkowitzMimi and H. Jerome Lerner,

Lerner Family FoundationElizabeth J. LevineRegina and Rabbi Robert N.

Levine, D.D., N ‘77Sandra and Jack B. LevittEstate of Sherry Levy-ReinerMr. and Mrs. Donald Loeb, Loeb

Family Charitable FoundationRabbi Steven S. Mason, N

‘78/96 and Patrice G. Mason, N ‘77

Mrs. Rhoda Mayerson, Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Martin MessingerMorton H. Meyerson, The David

Nathan Meyerson FoundationMount Sinai Memorial Parks and

Mortuaries, Los Angeles, CA

WISE CIRCLE ($10,000+)

beyond, lies in the hands of HUC-JIR and,

of the most important reasons for all of

which will continue to be here, with our

report/pines

JOAN AND PHILLIP PINES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES DEDICATED

Joan Pines (front, third from left) with her family.

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Rabbi Arthur P., D.D. C ‘81, and Leslie A. Nemitoff

The New York Community TrustNorth Shore Congregation

Israel, Glencoe, ILMr. and Mrs. Morris W. Offi tPerry S. OretzkyIlene and John S. PachterRabbi Aaron D. Panken, N ’91

and Lisa MessingerRuth and Samuel PerelsonDebbie, Rick, Ashley, and

Jeremy PowellGloria and Joseph PryzantMr. and Mrs. Harold ReichwaldRabbi Fred Reiner, C ‘73Dr. Miriam J. RolandEstate of Rita RosenMargery RosenbergElizabeth B. and Arthur RoswellWendy and Neil J. SandlerAbraham Shapiro Charity Fund,

Bram ShapiroEstate of Rabbi Lawrence

Siegel, C ’61

Judge and Mrs. Abraham D. Sofaer

Phyllis Sorkin*Ms. Nan SpellerEllen and Bob SunnessMr. Thaddeus N. Taube, Taube

Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture

Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, TXTemple B’nai Shalom, Fairfax

Station, VAUBS Financial Services Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E.

VichnessDolores Neustadt, Wal-Dot

FoundationMr. and Mrs. William

WassermanMrs. Ann R. WengerAlice and Harris K.* WestonMr. and Mrs. Ed WulfeGenevieve G. and Justin

L. WynerAudrey Y. Zucker

AnonymousValerie and Steven W. AbrahamsThe Arzak FoundationMs. Lynette AustinPhylis and Michael BambergerRandi Borow-Berdon and

Andrew W. BerdonMr. Leonard H. Berenfi eldMr. Kenneth and Mrs. Mindy

BernsHoward M. Bernstein and

Bunny M. WasserSherry and David R. BerzElisa Spungen Bildner and

Robert L. BildnerThe Aaron and Marie Blackman

FoundationRabbi Jonathan E. Blake, C ‘00Mrs. Marilynn K. BraudeMr. and Mrs. Benjamin BreslauerThe Brodsky FoundationMr. and Mrs. Mark J. Brookner

Marcia BurnamRabbi Steven D. Burton, N ‘02Canadian Council for Reform

JudaismChemed CorporationAnonymous Fund of The Greater

Cincinnati FoundationRabbi Paul J. Citrin, C ‘73Kathy and Dr. Louis ClaybonThe Community Synagogue,

Port Washington, NYCongregation Rodeph Shalom,

Philadelphia, PACongregation Shaarai ShomayimCongregation Shalom,

Milwaukee, WIMs. Bonnie Corwin FullerMrs. Rhea Coskey and Mr. Hal

L.* CoskeyMr. William Cress and Ms.

Felice ShapiroThe Joseph Dave FoundationMrs. Bonnie Denmark Friedman

and Mr. Gary H. FriedmanMrs. Constance Dunitz

Isabel P. DunstAnne and Mark A. EllmanErnst & Young FoundationJoyce and Richard T. Farmer,

The Farmer Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Steven B. FinkConstance Forchheimer HellerPhyllis H. FreedmanRabbi David J. Gelfand, C ‘76Mr. Harris A. GilbertThe Gimprich Family

Foundation, Inc.Buff Brazy GivenRabbi Neal D. Gold, N ‘97Goldman Sachs Philanthropy

FundAlexander Goldstein, Sr. &

Willie Mae Goldstein Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Joel GordonSandra and B. David GormanMr. and Mrs. Joshua L. GreerTamara Lustgarten Gropper,

L ‘94 and Rabbi Daniel Gropper, N/L ‘98/96

PATRONS ($5,000+)

ZELIKOW SCHOOL OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT DEDICATED

Thanks to a transformational gift from Marcie and Howard Zelikow, the Zelikow School of Jewish

Nonprofi t Management held its naming and dedication on February 8, 2015 at HUC-JIR’s Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles. The fi rst Jewish communal service graduate program to be established in America forty-eight years

ago, the Zelikow School continues to be the premier graduate school preparing nonprofi t professionals today for

leadership careers in the Jewish community. With this gift, it is now poised to broaden its impact, both geographically

and across the range of Jewish professional fi elds. Marcie Zelikow, HUC-JIR Governor, stated, “We are in the business of

Jewish leadership that will create vision for the future while maintaining the Jewish values and tradition that we cherish,

proactive leadership that will keep us in the forefront of innovative approaches and solutions and ignite our communities’

evolution. That’s why this school is so important to the future of HUC-JIR and the future of all of Jewish institutions. It can become

a national and international center of excellence for Jewish leadership capable of dealing with whatever the world presents.”

g Read more at huc.edu/report/zelikow

ago, the Zelikow School continues to be the premier graduate school preparing nonprofi t professionals today for

leadership careers in the Jewish community. With this gift, it is now poised to broaden its impact, both geographically

and across the range of Jewish professional fi elds. Marcie Zelikow, HUC-JIR Governor, stated, “We are in the business of

Jewish leadership that will create vision for the future while maintaining the Jewish values and tradition that we cherish,

proactive leadership that will keep us in the forefront of innovative approaches and solutions and ignite our communities’

evolution. That’s why this school is so important to the future of HUC-JIR and the future of all of Jewish institutions. It can become

a national and international center of excellence for Jewish leadership capable of dealing with whatever the world presents.”

g Read more at

* of blessed memory

6 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

and Jonathan L. Singer, D.D., C ‘89

Mrs. Vivian Singer and Dr. David A. Singer

The Skirball FoundationToby and Robert J. SklarewMr. Arthur P. SlepianSociety for Classical Reform

JudaismSamuel and Helene Soref

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Charles H.

Spielman, Spielman Family Foundation

Amy and Robert StavisDr. Eve Kurtin Steinberg and Dr.

Michael L. Steinberg

Abraham’s radical monotheistic beliefs led him to smash the idols in his father’s shop, thereby changing the course of human history. Inspired by Abraham’s bold action, twenty students from East

Coast universities, including Harvard, Brandeis, Penn, and UVA, are HUC-JIR’s inaugural Smashing Idols Fellows. This new program is conceived and directed by fi fth-year rabbinical students Elle Muhlbaum and Benjamin Ross. A three-day retreat at HUC-JIR/New York on March 24-27, 2016 kicks off the yearlong Fellowship.

“This is a unique opportunity for dynamic, young Jewish leaders to network, workshop their ideas, learn best practices, and go back to their colleges inspired and empowered to energize progressive Jewish life on campus,” says Muhlbaum. Ross adds, “The Fellows will emerge with strengthened leadership skills and collaborative strategies to pilot a new initiative on their campus in 2016-2017, with resources from the Fellowship and support from their Smashing Idols peers.”

g Read more at huc.edu/smashing-idols

Joy and Richard HandelmanGeorge L.* and Anne P.

Heldman Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Amy and Robert M. HellerDr. Eric and Mrs. Jane HerzogDaniel J. Hoffheimer Rebecca and Douglas Hoffman Isaac Mayer Wise TempleMr. and Mrs. Paul J. IsaacSusan K. Freedman and Rabbi

Richard J. Jacobs, N ‘82Jewish Federation of Cincinnati,

OHJewish Federation of Greater

PittsburghThe Jewish Foundation of

Nashville, TN

Mrs. Heloise Werthan KuhnMr. and Mrs. Aaron LeibovicLinda Levi and John Levi*Estate of Anne E. and Ret. Lt.

Col. Willard L. LevinMr. and Mrs. Burton S. LevinsonLipman Brothers LLCMr. Robert LipmanRabbi Harold S. Loss, C ‘71Helene and Millard MackSuzanne and Walter N.*

Marks, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. MastEmily S.* and Rabbi Bernard H.

Mehlman, C ‘63/73Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meltzer, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Gene I. Mesh

Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Linda and Seth P. PlattusEstate of W. Gunther PlautRabbi David M., C ’73, and

Sylvia PosnerDebra and Steven PrinceAndrea and Terry PullanReed & Davidson, LLPMs. Ruth E. RobinsonRabbi Warren Jack Romberg,

N ‘01Judy and David Rosen Ms. Stefanie Schneidler and

Mr. Jeffrey RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Donald L. Schwarz

Temple Israel, West Bloomfi eld, MI, Harold S. Loss, C ’71, Rabbis Paul M. Yedwab, N ’86, Joshua L. Bennett, C ’94

Temple Israel, Boston, MAMs. Beth Roberts and Mr.

Natan VaismanVerizon FoundationVictory Wholesale GrocersTina D. and Richard L.

Wasserman, M.D., Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. WeilMs. Flossie Weill and

Mr. Barry ParkerWestchester Reform Temple,

Scarsdale, NYRabbi David A. Whiman, C ‘79

* of blessed memory

Coast universities, including Harvard, Brandeis, Penn, and UVA, are HUC-JIR’s inaugural Smashing Idols Fellows. This new program is conceived and directed by fi fth-year rabbinical students Elle Muhlbaum and Benjamin Ross. A three-day retreat at HUC-JIR/New York on March 24-27, 2016 kicks off the yearlong Fellowship.

“This is a unique opportunity for dynamic, young Jewish leaders to network, workshop their ideas, learn best practices, and go back to their colleges inspired and empowered to energize progressive Jewish life on campus,” says Muhlbaum. Ross adds, “The Fellows will emerge with strengthened leadership skills and collaborative strategies to pilot a new initiative on their campus in 2016-2017, with resources from the Fellowship and support from their Smashing Idols peers.”

g Read more at

Collaborative Leadership to Strengthen Collaborative Leadership to Strengthen Collaborative Leadership to Strengthen Progressive Jewish Life on CampusProgressive Jewish Life on CampusProgressive Jewish Life on Campus

Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County

Joel and Bernice Gordon Family Foundation

Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett

Mr. and Mrs. Jules L. KabatRenee and Rabbi Lewis

Kamrass, C ‘85Mr. and Mrs. Stanley KandelLynne and Robert KanterMr. and Mrs. James KlauMr. and Mrs. Mark KleinmanLaura and Lewis Kruger

Metropolitan Theatres Corporation

James A. MillerMr. and Mrs. Steve MuhlbaumMr. Dennis MurlandThe Negaunee FoundationNorth Shore Synagogue,

Syosset, NYDouglas Oliver and Sherry BrousMr. and Mrs. Scott S. O’NealMr. Andrew ParghRabbi Jack P. Paskoff, N ‘88Rabbi Mark A. Peilen, C ‘80Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Pereles

Dov L. Seidman and Maria Parad Seidman

Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. SeptimusMitchell H. Shames and Jane

StilesJane and Richard ShapiroRabbi Ronald M. Shapiro, C ‘74Rabbi Zachary R. Shapiro, C ‘97Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. ShepardThe Robert Sillins Family

Foundation, Inc., Mr. Benjamin R. Sillins

Susan M. and Samuel A. SimonRabbis Beth J. Singer, C ‘89

Mr. and Mrs. Jay SterlingSarah May Stern and Mark

RosenblattMr. and Mrs. Walter P. SternMr. Michael K. Stone and Dr.

Elizabeth S. StoneRabbi Andrew F. Straus, C ‘87Ms. Linda SusmanMrs. Elizabeth G. Tannenbaum

and Mr. Carl DreifussTawani FoundationTemple Isaiah of Contra Costa

County, Lafayette, CA

Rabbi Michael A. White, D.D., N ‘89

Dr. Steven and Dr. Michelle Windmueller

Lee R. Wunsch, L ‘76Xavier UniversityMr. and Mrs. Alan L. ZeichickMr. and Mrs. Marvin ZeidlerRabbi Irwin A. Zeplowitz, C ‘84Mark A. and Peggy ZilbermannMr. Marshall S. Zolla

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A LEADERSHIP MODEL IN THE STYLE OF MOSES

Fourth-year rabbinical student Lindsey Danziger is one of 34 HUC-JIR rabbinical

students who have made the Jewish community of Cincinnati their classroom by serving two dozen institutions as Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Fellows. She shares her vision for leadership, developed through her service learning at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati and at Rockdale Temple, where she is mentored by Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran ’93.

“Rabbi Isaac Luria, a 16th-century mystic, gave us the concept of tzimtzum – contraction. Leaders with true vision know that it is about inspiring their communities and then stepping back, creating a holy window — room for others to lead.

When Moses found himself a fugitive from Pharoh’s kingdom, he was given the opportunity to try his hand at shepherding, only to discover that he was a natural. A shepherd does not lead from the front of the pack, but rather, from within or even from behind.

Tractate Menachot of the Babylonian Talmud gives us a later tale of Moses, who sits patiently by God’s side while God writes out every letter of the Torah by hand. Moses notices that some letters are decorated with elaborate crowns and acknowledges that he will never understand what these crowns signify. Suddenly, he time travels to the fi rst century of the Common Era and fi nds himself in a rabbinic house of study where the great sage Rabbi Akiva explains the meaning of the crowns, saying, “this is a tradition given to Moses at Sinai.” Moses’ legacy is just as it should be — not exactly how he left it, not in his own words, or even how he could ever have imagined it turning out. Rather, others collaborated and took the opportunity to create all of Jewish thought and civilization from the foundation Moses gave them.

The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Fellowship provides a leadership model in Moses’ style. We are blessed to work with leaders who give us the support of Torah’s letters but leave us the freedom to interpret the crowns for ourselves. May we continue providing those we lead with a holy window, the space to fi nd their own voices, while inspiring and supporting them in the quest to fi ll it with something amazing.”

g Read more Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Fellows’

refl ections at huc.edu/report/ssl

ourth-year rabbinical student Lindsey Danziger is one of 34 HUC-JIR rabbinical

community of Cincinnati their classroom by serving two dozen institutions as Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Fellows. She shares her vision for leadership, developed through

Federation of Cincinnati and at Rockdale Temple, where she is mentored by Rabbi

“Rabbi Isaac Luria, a 16th-century mystic, gave

Rabbi Bruce E. Kahn, C ‘74Rabbi Jennifer Tisdale Kaluzny,

C ‘04Rabbi Jan D. Katzew, Ph.D., C ‘83

and Cantor Alane S. Katzew, N ‘81

KPMG LLPThe Kroger Company FoundationRabbi Jennifer M. Lader, C ‘12Levin Family FoundationAllen LevinRabbi Daniel E. Levin, N ‘96Louis LevinDavid & Jeanette Lipson TrustMr. Roger LowRabbi Steven S. Lowenstein,

C ‘95Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig, C ‘86Professor and Mrs. Lowell G.

McCoyTracy McMullenNancy and David MichaelsMilken Family FoundationOhio National Financial ServicesBernard M. PlumMr. Frank PonderRabbi James Prosnit, N ‘81Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. RandolphRodef Shalom Congregation,

Pittsburgh, PAMr. Richard Rosman and Mrs.

Fran Morris-RosmanRabbi Douglas B. Sagal, N ‘90Rabbi Judith Schindler Wallach,

N ‘95Nancie and Steven SchnurMrs. Roberta H. SchwartzRabbi Amy M. Schwartzman, N

‘90Rabbi Ronald M. Segal, C ‘96Betsy ShapiroLawrence A. ShermanMr. and Mrs. John E. ShoreRabbi Scott L. Shpeen, C ‘84Jean P. SomanDebbi and Ralph SorrentinoRabbi Jessica Spitalnic

Brockman, N ‘99Rabbis Nancy A. Kasten, N/L

‘90/89 and David E. Stern, D.D., N/L ‘89/88

The Temple, Atlanta, GATemple Beth El, Boca Raton, FLTemple Beth-El, Charlotte, NCTemple Emanu-El, Westfi eld, NJTemple Shir Tikva, Wayland, MAUniversity of CincinnatiUSI Insurance ServicesMr. Lewis WallenskyRabbi Daniel A. Weiner, C ‘91Rabbi Gregory Weisman, L

‘13/11Western & Southern Financial

GroupRabbi Paul M. Yedwab, N ‘86Moyshe Zilber TrustAnonymous Rabbi Joshua M. Aaronson, N ‘90

AnonymousAK Steel CorporationAnshe Chesed Fairmount Temple,

Beachwood, OHCantor Roslyn J. Barak, N ‘86Rabbi Joshua Lynn Bennett, C ‘94Rabbi Peter Scott Berg, N ‘98Bet Shalom Congregation,

Minnetonka, MNRabbi Aaron Benjamin Bisno,

C ‘96BKD LLPDr. Toni Dollinger Block and

Rabbi Barry H. Block, N ‘91Boston FoundationGail and Steve BrandCambridge Charitable

FoundationRabbi Norman M. Cohen, D.D.,

C ‘77Congregation Beth Israel,

Houston, TXCongregation B’nai Jehoshua

Beth Elohim, Glenview, ILCongregation Sukkat Shalom,

Wilmette, ILMarian and Donald* DeWitt

Family TrustMr. Michael and Mrs. Laurel

McCoy Di Prima Rose W. Drucker*Rabbis David H. Ellenson, N ‘77

and Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, N ‘83

The Ellison GroupFernand Fisel Charitable FundLaura Gordon FisherThe Foundation For Jewish

Philanthropies of San AntonioRabbi Karen L. Fox, N ‘78Rabbi Ronne Friedman, C ‘75Gallagher SKSEthel and Sam Garber

FoundationBonnie and Peter GatofDr. Michael L. GelbBarbara and Dr. Charles GlueckRabbi Edwin C. Goldberg, D.D.,

C ‘89/94 and Melanie J. Cole Goldberg, L ‘87

Mr. and Mrs. Abner D. GoldstineRabbi Sam N. Gordon, C ‘80Mr. and Mrs. I. Scott GottdienerGrant Thornton LLPMr. and Mrs. Julian M.

GreenebaumRabbi Micah D. Greenstein, C ‘91Alexander A. Harris and Carollina

SongSusan and William D. HessMarilyn and Joseph W. HirschhornRabbi Marla R. Hornsten, N ‘00Jewish Endowment FoundationJewish Federation of Greater

Dallas, TX

Anonymous

SPONSORS ($3,000+)

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Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. AbelCantor Jill E. Abramson, N ‘02Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. AdashekNancy and John AldermanMr. and Mrs. Aaron M. AlhadeffRabbi Robert A. Alper, D.Min.,

C ‘72Mr. and Mrs. Stuart AlperinIlene and Edward M. AlpertAmcha For Tsedakah, Inc.American International Group,

Inc.Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple,

New Brunswick, NJMs. Susan E. ArnoldMr. and Mrs. Barry J. AronoffMr. and Mrs. David AstroveB. Reuben AuspitzMr. and Mrs. Jeff BaltonGabrielle BambergerMax & Anna Baran, Ben &

Sarah Baran & Milton Baran Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

C. Francis BarrettRabbi Lewis M. Barth, C ‘70/64Mr. and Mrs. Richard BassukL. Robert Batterman and Lorna

K. BlakeDr. Joan G. and Rabbi Leonard

I.* Beerman, C ‘49, Estate of Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman

Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. BelinkoffRabbi Alexis D. Berk, C ‘00Beth and Alan BerkeleyRabbi Andrea R. Berlin, C ‘98Mr. James E. BerlinerRabbi Haskell M. Bernat, N ‘61Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. BernsThe Bernstein Family

FoundationMs. Marty BetagoleMr. and Mrs. Robert BetagoleBeth El Hebrew Congregation of

Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VABeth Emet, The Free

Synagogue, Evanston, ILMr. Victor W. BethgeMr. and Mrs. Peter M. BlochRabbi P. Irving Bloom, C ‘56Ellen and William A. BlumsteinRabbi Steven M. Bob, C ‘77Ms. Diana G. BrackmanMr. and Mrs. Steve BramBarry BrauseRabbi Deborah Sue Kaiz Bravo,

C ‘98Rabbi Charles K. Briskin, N ‘01Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. BroidoRabbi Lester B. Bronstein, N

‘87 and Cantor Benjie Ellen

Schiller, N ‘87Mr. Justin M. BrownstoneMrs. Gail BuchalterRabbi Marcus L. Burstein,

N ‘99/04Dr. and Mrs. Sidney N. BusisRabbi Lee Bycel, N ‘79California Community

Foundation, Los Angeles, CAMr. Bret CallerMr. Richard Caplan and Ms.

Leslie CohanJeri and Andrew CasdenCedars-Sinai Medical CenterRabbi Kenneth M. Chasen, C ‘98Rabbi Marianne Chernow, L ‘03Rabbis Karen Schram Citrin,

L ‘03/01 and Micah Citrin, L ‘05/03

Andrew S. Clayman and Nancy Menkes Clayman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert CohenMs. Cheryl CohenRabbi Daniel Marc Cohen,

N ‘93/01Mr. Michael L. Cohen and

Dr. Laurie Warshal CohenDrs. Morissa and Mitchell

B. CohenBarry and Debra Cohn, L ‘85Rabbi Hillel Cohn, C ‘63Roberta and Leonard A.* CohnMs. Penelope R. ColeJane and John C. ColmanThe Community Foundation,

Riverside, CACommunity Synagogue, Rye, NYCongregation Bet Haverim,

Davis, CACongregation Beth El, Anniston,

ALCongregation Beth Or, Maple

Glen, PACongregation Beth Yam, Hilton

Head Island, SCCongregation B’nai Jeshurun,

Short Hills, NJCongregation Emanu El

Sisterhood, Houston, TXCongregation Emanu El,

Houston, TXCongregation Etz Chaim,

Lombard, ILCongregation Kol Ami, White

Plains, NYCongregation Micah,

Brentwood, TNCongregation Rodef Sholom,

San Rafael, CACongregation Shomrei TorahRonnel and Melissa Conn, L ‘07Cantor Melanie S. Cooperman,

N ‘11Rabbis Sigma Faye Coran, C

‘93 and Matthew Kraus, C ’91Dr. Michael A. Corben and Ms.

Linda Covette

CRAFTING JEWISH LIFE IN A COMPLEX RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE

SAVE THE DATE: November 13-14, 2016

at HUC-JIR/New York

An exciting gathering of scholars of diverse religions, political

philosophy, law, the visual arts, music, technology, and more,

will convene for this fi rst symposium of its kind. Dr. Alyssa Gray, Emily

S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair in Rabbinics and Professor

of Codes and Responsa Literature (left), is faculty co-chair with

Rabbi David Aaron, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of

Interpretation and Director of Scholarly Publications (right). She

explains, “HUC-JIR will lead the way in advancing Jewish thinking

about creating and sustaining a revitalized and vibrant progressive

Jewish culture. Our goal is to bring artists and scholars before our

audience of Jewish clergy, educators, scholars, communal leaders,

and students to help us explore two dimensions of crafting Jewish

life in a complex religious landscape. The fi rst is the increasing

strength, demographics, and passion of fundamentalist religion

around the world today, and the challenge for progressive

Judaism of how to nurture and channel our own very real

and different religious passion so that we may form durable

communities that will create and sustain new forms of religious

engagement. This will lead directly into the second aspect of

the theme: exploring with our visiting artists and scholars of

the arts, technology, and traditional halakhah (Jewish law) how

we might employ these modalities in creating an increasingly

vibrant progressive Jewish culture.”

g Read more at huc.edu/symposium-one

Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. AbelCantor Jill E. Abramson, N ‘02Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. AdashekNancy and John AldermanMr. and Mrs. Aaron M. AlhadeffRabbi Robert A. Alper, D.Min.,

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart AlperinIlene and Edward M. AlpertAmcha For Tsedakah, Inc.American International Group,

Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple,

SYMPOSIUM ONE:

8 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

ASSOCIATES ($1,000+)

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Corporex Companies, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. William P. Butler

Cantor Lori A. Corrsin, N ‘92Rabbi Rachel B. Cowan, D.D.,

N ‘89Rabbi Harry K. Danziger, C ‘64Mr. Bernard L. DaveApril and Harry B. DavidowRabbi Stanley M. Davids, C ‘65Gail and Rabbi Jerome K.

Davidson, C ‘58, Davidson Sterenfeld Family Foundation

Cantor Mia Fram Davidson, N ‘07

Mrs. Sallie E. Davis BethgeDayton Foundation Depository,

Inc.Philip and Alyce de ToledoRabbi Michelle Pearlman, N ‘05

and Dr. Andrew DenkerRabbi Bruce S. Diamond, C ‘78Judith and Barry DichterRabbi Marc L. Disick, N ‘86Mr. Jeff Donfeld and Mrs.

Noelle DonfeldMs. Beth DotanMr. and Mrs. David B. EdelsonRabbi Denise L. Eger, N ‘88Rabbi Amy B. Ehrlich and

Dr. Joseph J. Fins, N ‘88Cantors Roy B. Einhorn, N ‘83

and Jodi L. Sufrin, N ‘83Gene and Neddie Mae Elkus

Family FoundationDavid and Kari Ellis Family

Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Rabbi Kenneth A. Emert, N ‘77Alan S. Engel, D.D., L ’72Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ErnsteenJeffrey and Donna Eskind

Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Leroy Fadem,

Fadem Family FoundationRabbi Morley T. Feinstein, C/L

‘81/78/80Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, N ‘85Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold FelsenthalSuzette and Michael A. FisherRobert Fligel and Rachel SchererFort Wayne, IN Jewish FederationThe Foundation for Jewish

PhilanthropiesDr. Nili S. and Robert FoxRabbi David M. Frank, N ‘83Mr. and Mrs. Larry FrankelMrs. Lisa R. Frankel, Nat’l. ‘14Mr. and Mrs. Howard I. FriedmanMark E. and Sharon Friedman,

L ‘82Rabbi Stacy L. Friedman, N ‘93Rabbi Dara B. Frimmer, N ‘06Dr. and Mrs. Leonard M. FromerJoan B. FurmanDr. and Mrs. B. A. GarrisonJoseph & Anna Gartner

* of blessed memory

HUC-JIR AT THE URJ BIENNIAL

Our faculty, students, alumni, Governors, and

Overseers were among the 5,000 leaders

of our Reform Movement participating in this

milestone gathering in Orlando, FL. Our faculty

taught over 40 extraordinary, inspiring sessions that

focused on the theme of “Transforming Texts” and

attracted over 1,500 learners. Our exhibit area was

a popular destination with its displays featuring our

recruitment initiatives, our groundbreaking College

Commons livestreaming programs for synagogues,

and our Jerusalem campus as a destination for Reform

congregational visitors.

g See Rabbi Aaron Panken’s plenary address

and the video about HUC-JIR’s global impact at

huc.edu/report/panken

FoundationMr. David R. Gellman and Mr.

Salo RawetGenerations FundRabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz, N ‘97

and Lauren RutkinRabbi James A. Gibson, C ‘83Dr. Abraham Gilner*Mr. and Mrs. Stephen GirskyMr. and Mrs. Herbert GlaserRabbi Simeon I. Glaser, D.D.,

C ‘89Debra and Charles GlassmanRabbi James S. Glazier, C ‘79Rabbi Gary A. Glickstein, C ‘74Mr. Michael GoldbergerNancy GoldsteinScott G. GolinkinMr. and Mrs. William GoodglickDr. George M. Goodwin, L ‘85Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J.

GoosmannMr. and Mrs. Alan H. GordonMs. Madelaine S. GordonMr. and Mrs. Osias G. GorenRabbi Roberto D. Graetz, C ‘72Greater Miami Jewish

Federation, Inc., FLIris and Frederick S. GreenMr. Arthur N. GreenbergDr. and Mrs. James M. GreenbergSamuel and Lesha GreengusMrs. Barbara Gronowski*Dara Broxmeyer-Gruenberg

and Jon GruenbergMr. and Mrs. Richard GuntherRabbi Eric S. Gurvis, N ‘83Mark D. Gurvis, L ‘84Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. HabibRabbi Cantor Jon R. Haddon,

N ‘80/72Rabbi Stephen A. Hart, C ‘86Vicki and Ronald HaubenKim and Gary Heiman, Kim

& Gary Heiman Family Foundation

Mark Heiman, The Mark Heiman Family Foundation

Wendy Saunders and James G. Heldman

Patti and Fred HeldmanRabbi Ammiel Hirsch, D.D., N ‘89Mr. and Mrs. Jon HoffheimerMr. Sanford Holo and Ms. Ellen

AprillDr. Selma R. Holo and

Mr. Fred CrotonHoly Blossom Temple, Toronto,

OntarioMr. Leo HoutsIBM International FoundationMs. Susan Ingmire and Ms.

Lynn HaileyJessica Marie Ingram, N/L

‘10/09Rabbi Brett R. Isserow, C ‘91

and Rabbi Jinny Roth Isserow, C ‘91

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10 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York1010

GOLDEN HANASSI FELLOWS LINK ISRAEL AND NORTH AMERICAN REFORM CONGREGATIONS

Launched three years ago by Suzanne and John Golden, Governor and former Co-Chair of the Board of Governors Israel Committee, this innovative program places HUC-JIR’s

Israeli rabbinical students and recently ordained Israeli rabbis in North American Reform congregations for a mentored residency. The tenth Golden Hanassi Fellow to date, David Benjamin, is serving at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, CA, hosted by Rabbi Zoë Klein ’98.

A former career offi cer in the IDF legal division and active reservist who immigrated to Israel from South Africa 27 years ago, Benjamin says, “Israelis can learn much from the level of organization and professionalism that characterize American Jewish institutions. Reform Judaism in North America is on the ideological and cultural cutting edge in thought, liturgy, music, and ritual.”

“Benjamin was exposed to a community abuzz with activity, with hundreds of people of all ages choosing to participate in Jewish programs and gatherings,” describes Rabbi Klein. “He saw what unapologetic, proud, happy, vibrant, bold Reform Judaism looks like. I think his rabbinate was strengthened by being encouraged to dream big. We as a community became invested in Benjamin and his work and want to be there to support and encourage him. The Golden Hanassi Program creates a vibrant team of lifelong supporters for these Israeli rabbinical students as they pioneer the future of Reform Judaism in Israel.”

Rabbi Howard L. Jaffe, N ‘83Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. JakesJewish Community Board of

Akron, OHJewish Community Foundation,

San Diego, CAJewish Community Foundation

of Milwaukee, WIJewish Federation of Columbus,

GAThe Jewish Federation of

Greater Los Angeles, CADr. and Mrs. Richard A. JolsonMr. Todd M. Joseph, N ’75 and

Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, N ‘75Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. KabrinsMr. and Mrs. Fred KanterRabbi Kenneth A. Kanter, C ‘80Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. KanterKaplan Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Arnold H. KaplanGilla Kaplan, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Seth KaplanJuli and Daniel KarsonMr. and Mrs. Aaron B. KatzMr. and Mrs. Hal KaufmanJoseph Kaufman and Janet

KorinsMr. and Mrs. Roy D. KaufmanMr. and Mrs. Joshua KaufmannRabbi Karyn D. Kedar, C ‘85Dr. Deborah Kerdeman, L ‘81Harry and Sarah Kirschner

Memorial TrustMr. and Mrs. Jerry E. KleinMr. Eric Chaim KlineRabbi Peter S. Knobel, Ph.D.,

C ‘69Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. KolesarMr. and Mrs. S L Kopald, Jr.Saranne and J. Livingston

KosbergRabbi Howard A. Kosovske, C ‘67Ms. Miriam B. KotkowskiMr. and Mrs. Martin L. KozbergMs. Heidi KreizingerLeo J. and Roslyn L. Krupp

Family FoundationRabbi Harold L. Kudan, C ‘59Rabbi and Mrs. William I. Kuhn,

C ‘94Dr. and Mrs. Roy KulickEllie and Mark LainerLisa Langer, L ‘94, and

Dan Siegel Nan and Andy M. LangowitzJane Garvey and John LanierRabbi Sari R. Laufer, L ‘06Mr. Ronald L. LeibowAmy and Craig LemleLeo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles,

CAMr. Paul LesznerMrs. Andrea Lerner LevensonSam Levin Foundation

* of blessed memory

Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York10

Golden Hanassi Fellow and Israeli rabbinical student David Benjamin in a shiur (class) on “Holding On and Letting Go,” led by Rabbi Zoë Klein ’98 for Temple Isaiah’s “Baby Boomers” group at a fl ying trapeze school in Los Angeles.

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Faye and Alvin Z. Meisel, Meisel Family Foundation, Inc.

Merck Partnership for GivingNancy Meyer and Marc N. WeissRabbi Rachel S. Mikva, Ph.D.,

C ‘90Rabbi Shira I. Milgrom, N ‘86Rabbi Bennett F. Miller, C ‘74Mr. and Mrs. Steven MillerWilliam and Stephie MillerRabbi Ronald Millstein, N ‘62Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. MindelMr. and Mrs. Joel R. MogyDr. Douglas Mossman and Dr.

Kathleen J. HartMr. and Mrs. Andrew MurlandMr. Herb Nadel and Ms.

Jeannine SeftonRabbi Mara S. Nathan, N ‘00Mr. P. Sherrill Neff

Mr. Richard PassinkMr. and Mrs. John E. Pepper, Jr.Pioneer Natural ResourcesMr. and Mrs. Melvin PlutskyRabbi Gary E. Pokras, N ‘99Posner Foundation of PittsburghMr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. PowellDavid Price and Valerie HotchkissRabbi Deborah R. Prinz, C ‘78Reinhard PrinzDebra and Jeff RadovMrs. Regine W. RansohoffRaymond Zimmerman Family

FoundationReform Congregation Keneseth

Israel, Elkins Park, PAPaula and Daniel ReingoldRabbi and Mrs. Joel E.

Rembaum

Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks, C ‘84Susan and Elihu Rose

Foundation, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Rose

Dianne and J. David RosenbergMs. Leona Z. RosenbergRabbi Joseph R. Rosenbloom,

C ‘54/57Mr. and Mrs. Eric RosenfeldMr. and Mrs. Larry D.

RosensteinRabbi Emily B. Rosenzweig,

L ‘06/04Robert Stuart Rosow*Nina and Ivan RossMr. and Mrs. Merle Don

RothmanStephen and Helene SacksRabbi Richard B. Safran, N ‘60Cantor Sarah J. Sager, N ‘78

Cantor Sergei Schwartz, N ‘00Mr. Michael Schwartzman

and Dr. Lisa K. WeissThe Seattle FoundationMr. and Mrs. Scott D. SeigelRabbi Judy B. Shanks, N ‘84Dr. Susan and Mr. Dennis

ShapiroShir Ami - Bucks County Jewish

Congregation, Newton, PAEvely Laser ShlenskyHenry W. SiegelMr. and Mrs. John SimTerry and Paul SingerRabbi Joel Sisenwine, N ‘95Anonymous Fund of The Greater

Cincinnati FoundationMr. and Mrs. Irvin SmallSmith Steel BuildingsMr. and Mrs. David B. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. LevinHyman Levine Family FoundationRonnie LevineMr. David R. Levy, L ‘87Carol R. Rosofsky and Robert

B. LiftonRabbi John A. Linder, C ‘03Toby and Seymour LiptonRabbi Greg E. Litcofsky, N ‘07Dr. Marshall LittmanRabbi Alan E. Litwak, N ‘96Estate of Ervin B. LondonRabbi Andrea Coustan London,

N ‘96Mr. Phillip C. Long and Mrs. M.

Whitney R. LongMr. and Mrs. Michael M. LorgeMr. and Mrs. Mark LouchheimMatthew LouchheimChildren of Judy Lucas

CONTINUED LEARNING FOR THE ALUMNI COMMUNITY

This new initiative, launched in the Spring of 2015, offers HUC-JIR alumni a

broad range of opportunities for continuing education through live webinars, in-person

events, and access to archived recordings of programs. The sessions are taught by faculty, and ancillary materials are available for alumni to use in teaching, a sermon, or a meeting. Several hundred alumni from throughout North America and around the globe have participated in 24 sessions over two semesters.

g Learn more at huc.edu/alumnilearn

Rabbi David A. Lyon, C ‘90Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr.

Edward B. SilbersteinRabbi Mark Joel Mahler, D.D.,

N ‘78Main Line Reform Temple Beth

Elohim, Wynnewood, PARabbi Laurence P. Malinger,

C ‘93Dr. Carl Mankowitz, N ‘11The James L. Mann Living

Revocable TrustMr. and Mrs. Jeff MargolisMr. and Mrs. Edward G. MarksRabbi Gregory S. Marx, C ‘84Karen and Alexander MauskopMr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mayo

New York Jewish FederationMr. and Mrs. Michael E.

NissensonDr. and Mrs. Frank NiverRabbi Robert A. Nosanchuk,

N/L ‘01/94Oak Park Temple, Oak Park, ILRabbi Janet Irene Offel, N ‘97Oklahoma City Community

FoundationRabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, Ph.D., C

‘81/85Ira M. Olsan TrustRabbi Robert J. Orkand, C ‘73Peter and Beverly PankenMr. and Mrs. Morris Passer

Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Rabbi Laurie Neuman Rice, N ‘01 and Rabbi Philip C. Rice, N ‘01

Richard Consulting Corp.Mr. Dudley C. RichterMr. and Mrs. David Rivkin,

The Judith and David Rivkin Foundation

Carol W. RobertsMr. J. Scott RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Edward B. RobinRegina RogersMrs. Susan RogersMr. and Mrs. Fred Rollman

Mrs. Debra and Mr. Naty Saidoff

Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim SalesLouise Adler SampsonKathi and Alvin SarterMr. and Mrs. Dominick M.

SasserRabbis Dennis and Sandy

SassoMr. and Mrs. Irving SchechterDr. Joan G. ScheuerAbby and Dr. David B. SchwartzCantor Elena Schwartz, N ‘02/06Mr. and Mrs. Mark N. SchwartzMarvin and Betsy Schwartz

Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, OH

Rabbi Ronald B. Sobel, C ‘62Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. SokolMs. Robyn SokolSolomon Family Foundation,

Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. SomersMr. and Mrs. Howard SontagJocelyn and Scott SontagMarcia Cohn Spiegel, L ‘79Mr. and Mrs. Morton L. SpitzRabbi Benjamin Spratt

events, and access to archived recordings of programs. The sessions are taught by faculty, and ancillary materials are available for alumni to use in teaching, a sermon, or a meeting. Several hundred alumni from throughout North America and around the globe have participated in 24 sessions over two semesters.

g

12 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

Dr. Mitchell Stein and Ms. Barbara Pollard

Mr. and Mrs. Michael SteinbergStephen S. Wise Temple, Los

Angeles, CAStephen Wise Free Synagogue,

New York, NYMrs. Barbara E. SternSusan and Jeffrey SternMr. and Mrs. Howard StringerMr. and Mrs. Wilbert SukenikRabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.,

C ‘87/80Mr. B. J. Tanenbaum, Jr.Harri V. Taranto and Sylvia J.

LavietesSuzanne and Jerome S. TellerMr. and Mrs. Steven TellerTemple Bat Yahm, Newport

Beach, CATemple Beth El, San Pedro, CATemple Beth Elohim, Wellesley,

MATemple Beth Rishon, Wyckoff, NJ

Temple Chai, Long Grove, ILTemple De Hirsch Sinai,

Seattle, WATemple Emanu-El, Livingston, NJTemple Emanuel, Pittsburgh, PATemple Emanu-El, Dallas, TXTemple Isaiah, Lexington, MATemple Israel, Minneapolis, MNTemple Israel, Columbus, OHTemple Israel, Memphis, TNTemple Judea, Tarzana, CATemple Micah, Washington, DCTemple Rodeph Torah,

Marlboro, NJTemple Shaaray Tefi la, New

York, NYTemple Shalom, Chevy Chase,

MDTemple Shalom, Dallas, TXTemple Sharey Tefi lo-Israel,

South Orange, NJTemple Sholom of ChicagoTemple Sinai of Atlanta, GA

Temple Sinai of North Dade, North Miami Beach, FL

Temple Sinai, Roslyn, NYTemple Sinai, Washington, DCTemple Solel, Paradise Valley,

AZTemple Solel, Cardiff-by-the-

Sea, CAMr. and Mrs. Marc TepperKevin Thurm and Suzanne B.

SeidenTouro Synagogue, New Orleans,

LATowne Properties Ltd., Neil K.

Bortz and Marvin RosenbergUBS Financial Services Inc.UBS National Philanthropic

TrustJulie A. Vanek, RJE, L ‘88Vanguard Charitable

Endowment ProgramMr. and Mrs. Bruce VarnerViking Partners LLC

Philanthropic FundRabbi Roy A. Walter, C ‘70

Dr. John H. Walton, C ‘81Jennifer and Steven D. WarnerRabbi Donald A. Weber, N ‘81Mr. Peter J. Weidhorn, Weidhorn

Family Foundation Inc.Richard A. WeilandMr. and Mrs. Bill WeinbergRabbi Joshua R. Weinberg, J ‘13Mr. and Mrs. Sanford WeinerMs. Sherry Weinman and Mr.

Michael M. UmanskyDonald J. & Helene S.

WeinstockMrs. Malgorzata S. Weiss, L ‘06Rabbi Max W. Weiss, C ‘97Ms. Natalie Wessblum WeisteinJane and Stuart WeitzmanWells Fargo Community

Support CampaignMr. and Mrs. Howard WengerMr. and Mrs. Bernard Werthan,

Jr., Betty and Bernard Werthan Foundation

David F. and Sara K. Weston Fund

Martha Wolfe White, L ‘81Mr. and Mrs. Roger WidmannRabbi Jeffrey S. Wildstein, C ‘01Mr. and Mrs. Joe I. WilliamsRabbi Gregory A. Wolfe, D.D.,

N/L ‘89/88Women’s Auxiliary of

Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York

Rabbi David S. Woznica, N ‘90Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. YentisRabbi Mary Lande Zamore, N ‘97Rabbi Deborah E. Zecher, N ‘82Rabbi Benjamin J. Zeidman,

C ‘10Florence* and Rabbi Isaiah

Zeldin, C ‘46Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel, N ‘79Ms. Marilyn ZieringMr. and Mrs. Raymond

ZimmermanRabbi Misha E. Zinkow, N ‘85Corinne and Neil Zola

PESACH PROJECT IN THE FSU

Every Passover, in partnership with

the World Union for Progressive

Judaism, our rabbinical, cantorial,

and education students participate in

a service trip to Belarus, Russia, and

Crimea. In pairs or small groups with a

translator, they lead Passover seders

and educational programs while learning

the history and experiencing the

renaissance of Jewish life in the Former

Soviet Union.

Second-year rabbinical student Tobias Divack Moss recalls, “We stopped at the 10 km mark outside of Crimea’s capital

city at the memorial site of mass shootings conducted by the Nazis against the Jews. The community leader Kira

Grublyte told us the story of the new monument and the young trees that lined the walkway – everything has been

constructed, planted, maintained, and protected by the individual members of the Jewish community.”

g Read more at huc.edu/report/pesach

* of blessed memory

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AnonymousCantor Barry Abelson, N ‘78Rabbi Joel Nathan Abraham,

N ‘98Marla Eglash Abraham, L ‘85Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. AbramsonRabbi David Adelson, N ‘99Dr. Joan Albin and Mr. Tom BirdMrs. Honey Amado, Maurice

Amado FoundationAmerican Investment Shopping

CenterAmerican Jewish Committee-

Los Angeles Regional Offi ceRose and Richard AmoilsKaren and Edward AppelbomeMs. Anne S. Arenstein and

Rabbi Richard Sarason, Ph.D., C ’74

Rabbi Justus N. Baird, N ‘07Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. BakerRabbi Carole B. Balin, N ‘91Congregation B’nai Jeshurun,

Franklin Lakes, NJRabbi Morris Barzilai, D.D.,

N ‘89 and Lisa Lieberman Barzilai, L ‘87

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bearman, Jr.Mr. Larry Behrendt and Ms.

Stephanie HammerRabbi Martin P. Beifi eld, Jr., C ‘75Mr. and Mrs. Avi Ben BassatCantor Suzanne E. Bernstein,

N ‘86Rabbi Amy B. Bigman, C ‘92Rabbi Bradley N. Bleefeld, C ‘75Rabbi Brad L. Bloom, C ‘84Mr. and Mrs. Paul BloomMrs. Marjorie Boas-LevinsMrs. Leona Lee BohmRabbi Jan M. Brahms, C ‘76Brener Family FoundationRabbi Anne Levine Brener, L

‘08/83Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. BrowerCongregation Beth Tzedec,

Calgary, AlbertaCantor Susan Caro, N ‘93Mr. Robert and Dr. Miriam CaslowMr. Paul CastroCedar VillageCentral Reform Congregation,

St. Louis, MO

Central Synagogue of Nassau County, Rockville Centre, NY

Chicago Sinai CongregationMrs. Rita ChotinerRabbi Michael T. CohenRabbi Paul F. Cohen, D.Min.,

C ‘90Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur M. CohenMr. and Mrs. Richard J. CohnTheodore CohnThe Community Foundation of

Middle TennesseeCongregation Beth Ahabah,

Richmond, VACongregation Beth Am, Los

Altos Hills, CACongregation Beth Shalom, The

Woodlands, TXCongregation Beth-El Zedeck,

Indianapolis, INCongregation Beth-El, Fort

Worth, TXCongregation B’nai Tikvah,

Walnut Creek, CACongregation B’nai Tzedek,

Fountain Valley, CACongregation Emanu El,

Redlands, CACongregation Gates of Prayer,

Metairie, LA

Rabbi Shoshanah H. Conover, N ‘04

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. CorbyDr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. CosgroveRabbi Andrea Jennifer

Cosnowsky, C ‘04Betty and Stuart CottonRabbi Darcie Locke Crystal,

N ‘02Edward and Sharon Cushman,

L ‘79Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. CutlerRabbi William Cutter, Ph.D.,

C ‘65 and Mrs. Georgianne Cutter

Rabbi Richard A. Davis, DHL, C/N ‘72/11

Rabbi Lucy H.F. Dinner, C ‘88Professor Rivka Dori, L ‘76Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus,

N ‘79Ms. Ruth W. DunnEast End Temple, New York, NYRabbi Stephen J. Einstein, C/L

‘71/95Rabbi Michael B. Eisenstat,

C ‘67Rabbi Dennis J. Eisner, N/L

‘98/96Ms. Anne Elman

The Steven and Laurie Eskind Family Foundation

Ezra-Habonim, The Niles Township Jewish Congregation

Mindy and Joseph FacendaMr. and Mrs. Warren C. FalbergRabbi Daniel J. Feder, C ‘94Rabbi Daniel Joshua Fellman,

C ‘05Lori FennerFifth Third BancorpRabbi Allison Dorie Fischman,

L ‘15/12Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. FisherFlorida International University

Foundation, Inc.Ms. Judith R. FormanBetty and Robert Frank

Charitable FoundationMrs. Pamela S. Frankel-Stein

and Mr. Jonathan A. SteinFreeman Family FoundationGil and Lynn Friedlander Family

Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Kristin and Gary FriedmanRabbi Michael S. Friedman,

N ‘04

Over 1,500 precious works of Jewish ceremonial art

and fi ne art from the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National

Jewish Museum have been acquired by HUC-JIR through

a partnership with B’nai B’rith International and with the

support of the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati. As these

works are carefully catalogued, they will be presented

to the public in small changing exhibitions. Ultimately,

they will be displayed in galleries designated as the B’nai

B’rith Collection. “The acquisition of this historic

collection creates unprecedented opportunities for

community engagement on local, regional, national, and

international platforms. Integrating this collection and

making it accessible through digital technology will be

a priority, as the Skirball positions itself as a center of

Jewish art and culture,” noted Skirball Museum Director

Abby Schwartz (at left).

g Read more at huc.edu/report/klutznick

B’NAI B’RITH KLUTZNICK COLLECTION AT THE SKIRBALL MUSEUM IN CINCINNATI

SUSTAINING MEMBERS ($500+)

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14 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

Ms. Penny Friedman-Meyer and Mr. Ronald A. Meyer

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert GelfandRabbi Laura J. Geller, N ‘76,

and Mr. Richard A. SiegelMrs. Deliaan Gettler, Gettler

Family FoundationRabbi Scott L. Glass, N ‘76Sunny and Bradley GoldbergRabbi Jay B. Goldburg, C ‘63Rabbi Paul J. Golomb, N ‘75Rabbi Stephen Wise Goodman,

C ‘78Greater Houston Community

FoundationLinda and Ned GreenbergRabbi Gary Greenebaum, C/L

‘78/77Rabbi Bennett H. Greenspon,

C ‘77Ted and Catherine GreenwoodRabbi Nicole M. Greninger, N ‘08Mr. and Mrs. Bruce GribensRabbi Marc A. Gruber, N ‘81Mr. and Mrs. Philip GutinRabbi Leslie Yale Gutterman,

C ‘70

Louis and Beth GuttmanRabbi Debra R. Hachen, N ‘80Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim,

C ‘88Mr. and Mrs. David HarrisMr. Ruben HarrisThe Healing PlaceRabbi Jonathan L. Hecht, Ph.D.,

N ‘87Rabbis Kimberly Herzog Cohen,

N ‘11Rabbi Deborah A. Hirsch, C/N

‘82/97Mr. and Mrs. James HorwichMr. Brent HunterJackson Jewish Welfare Fund, Inc.The Jewish Center of the

Hamptons, East Hampton, NYJewish Community Federation

of Louisville, Inc.Jewish Family Service of Los

AngelesMs. Mary L. JonesRabbi Samuel K. Joseph, RJE,

C ‘76Rabbi Yoel H. Kahn, Ph.D., N ‘85

Danny Russell, C ‘85Rabbi Yaron Kapitulnik, N ‘10Rabbi Ronald W. Kaplan, C/N

‘80/95Rabbi Samuel E. Karff, C ‘56/61Rabbi Stephen A. Karol, D.D.,

C ‘77Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M.

KaufmanJo A. KayDr. Steve KayCantor Todd Alex Kipnis, N ‘07Dr. and Mrs. Howard S. KirshnerMr. and Mrs. Cal KlausnerMr. and Mrs. David KleinmanMr. and Mrs. Michael KneeMr. and Mrs. Mark E. KnueRabbi Sandford R. Kopnick,

C ‘90Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. KossMr. and Mrs. Lee KraftMr. and Mrs. Michael H. KrakowerMr. and Mrs. Paul G. KrasnowMs. Jennifer Lane LandoltLarchmont Temple, Larchmont,

NY

Mr. David A. Lash and Ms. Beth A. Becker

Richard and Ruth Lavine Family Foundation

Ms. Janet LavineRabbi Eric Jay Lazar, N ‘01Mr. Stanley LehmanMr. William J. Leugers, Jr.Ms. Nancy A. LeutheuserRabbi Mark Howard Levin, DHL,

C/N ‘76/01Andrew and Sara LevineMr. David O. Levine and Ms.

Sherrie ZachariusMr. and Mrs. Jon H. LevineCantor Martin D. Levson, N ‘91Ms. Barbara Grossman LevyMr. and Mrs. Herbert L. LevyMr. and Mrs. Ralph Z. Levy, Jr.Rabbi Seth M. Limmer, N ‘00/09Rolin Philanthropic Fund of the

Columbus Jewish FoundationRabbi Robert H. Loewy, N ‘77Myra MannheimerCantor Andrea Markowicz, N ‘13

The Carl Marks Foundation Inc.Ms. Blair C. MarksMr. Melvin E. MarmerRabbi Jeffrey A. Marx, RJE, N/L

‘83/81Mr. Andrew May and Ms. Nancy

BrownLauren and Richard E. MaybaumMr. David L. McCoyRabbi Paul J. Menitoff, C ‘70Rabbi David A. Mersky, C ‘70Rabbi Laura H. Metzger, N ‘94Dr. Richard I. Michelman and

Dr. Karen MeyerRabbi Mark J. Miller, L ‘07Mitch’s on El PaseoRabbi Susan Heneson

Moskowitz, C ‘91Mr. and Mrs. John M. NannesNational Association of Retired

Reform Rabbis (NAORRR)Mr. and Mrs. Bob NavarreMr. and Mrs. Erik G. NelsonNetwork for GoodNorthwestern Mutual Life

Foundation

GROSS ATRIUM DEDICATED AT HUC-JIR/NEW YORK

The newly dedicated, light-filled Barbara and Norman Gross Atrium provides an elegant welcome and enhanced security for HUC-JIR/New York’s community of students, faculty, and visitors. Associated with HUC-JIR for over forty years, Governor

Emeritus and attorney Norman Gross has served on the Board of Governors, working closely with five of its presidents. He was a key participant in the real estate acquisition, planning, and construction of the New York campus, dedicated in 1979, and provided significant guidance with the creation of the Brookdale Center and Croll Center for Jewish Learning and Culture at the campus. Barbara Gross is a long-standing member of the HUC-JIR Museum’s Advisory Committee. Barbara and Norman Gross said, “We are extremely happy to share this occasion today with our children and grandchildren to demonstrate how precious HUC-JIR is to us and how important this institution is in ensuring that future generations will be blessed with the

opportunity to live fulfilling Jewish lives.” g Read more at huc.edu/report/gross

Barbara and Norman Gross (center) and their family.

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shankman

Aliza ShapiroDr. and Mrs. Martin C. ShargelMs. Esther ShelbyJohn M. ShepherdRabbi Mark L. Shook, C ‘72Mr. Freeman A. ShoreRichard SiegelTemple Shaari Emeth,

Manapan, NJ, N ‘79Sinai Temple, Springfi eld, MAVeronica and William SlaterMr. and Mrs. Richard SnyderMs. Janet W. SolingerMs. Elizabeth SquadronEve and James StarkmanMrs. Dena S. Stein, N ‘11/10Rabbi Steven J. Steinberg, C

‘73Estate of Louise B. SternMs. Sybil W. StollerRabbi David E. Straus, C ‘83Rabbi Michael S. Stroh, N ‘65Rabbi Edward J. Sukol, C ‘87Estate of Frank N. SundheimRabbi Susan A. Talve, C ‘81Rabbi Donald A. Tam, D.D., C ‘73Mr. Steven R. TanenbaumRabbi Joshua S. Taub, C ‘85Ms. Deborah Tehrani, L ‘08The Temple - Tifereth Israel,

Beachwood, OHTemple Beth David, Westwood,

MATemple Beth El of Northern

Westchester, Chappaqua, NYTemple Beth Torah, Melville, NYTemple Beth Zion, Amherst, NY Temple Beth-El, Providence, RITemple Emanuel, Beverly Hills,

CATemple Har Shalom, Warren, NJTemple Israel of Hollywood, Los

Angeles, CATemple Israel, New York, NYTemple Israel, Westport, CTTemple Jeremiah, Northfi eld, ILTemple Oheb Shalom,

Baltimore, MDTemple Shaari Emeth,

Manalapan, NJTemple Sholom, Cincinnati, OHTemple Sinai, Rochester, NYTemple Society of Concord,

Syracuse, NYRabbi Miriam Pauline

Terlinchamp, L ‘10The Shul, Pepper Pike, OHRabbi Karen R. Thomashow,

C ‘07Mrs. Elverne M. TiptonDavid L. Turner, Ph.D., C ‘09/00UOTS Abigail 3Mr. Victor Viner

Rabbi Howard Voss-Altman, C ‘99Priscilla and James A. WarnerRabbi Bruce S. Warshal, C ‘69Mr. and Mrs. Barton WassermannRabbi Jeffrey Weill, N ‘07Dr. Raymond L. WeisbergDr. Yaffa Weisman and Tina HirtRabbi Greg D. Weitzman, N ‘15Linda and James Wimmer,

Allentown, PAMr. and Mrs. Peter L. WinikRabbi Evon Joshua Yakar, C ‘07Ms. Diane YasgurRabbi David N. Young, N ‘06Rabbi Brian H. Zimmerman,

N ‘93Rabbi Sheldon and Judith

Zimmerman, N ‘70Stacey and Mark ZolandRabbi Gershon Zylberman, L ‘05

The ASA Family TrustMs. Diane Roseman Baer and

Mr. Jean-Loup BaerMs. Gail BainMrs. Clay BarrMr. Hal Barron and Ms.

Katherine KobayashiRabbi Laura A. Baum, C ‘08Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. BaumanMs. Melissa S. Bell, L ‘09Mrs. Lois BenjaminMr. Peter B. Bensinger

and Ms. Heidi WagmanMrs. Pauline BergRabbi Donald R. Berlin, D.D.,

C ‘65Rabbi Stephanie L. Bernstein

and Henry S. Winokur, N ‘09Beth Hillel Temple, Kenosha, WIBeth Israel CongregationRabbi Richard J. Birnholz, N ‘71Mr. Robert BlackmoreDaniel S. Blain, Ph.D., L ‘89

AnonymousMarjorie and Dr. David H.

Aaron, C ‘83Ms. Naomi Abelson, L ‘07Ms Michelle Abraham, L ‘96Rabbi Ruth Valere Adar, L ‘08Dr. and Mrs. Ronald B.

AddlestoneMr. and Mrs. Stephen E. AdlerRabbi Richard D. Agler, N ‘78Cantor Joanna M. Alexander,

N ‘08American IsraeliteMr. and Mrs. Samuel D. AndersonGillian R. ApfelAlan and Judith Appelbaum,

N ‘98Merri Lovinger Arian and

Rabbi Ramie Arian, N ‘76

Mr. Richard NortonNova Hebrew CongregationMartha NussbaumMr. and Mrs. Tom H. OhrenPaula K. OppenheimRabbi Shaul Osadchey, N ‘77Michael Ostroff, L ‘78Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R.

PalatchiRabbi Andrew M. Paley, N ‘95Rabbi Shimon Paskow, N ‘59Peninsula Temple Sholom,

Burlingame, CAMs. Carole M. PesnerCantor Betsy S. Peters-Epstein,

N/D.D., ‘89/14Mr. and Mrs. James PinesMr. and Mrs. Steve H. PriceProgressive Temple Beth

Ahavath Sholom. Brooklyn, NYThe Reverend C. Corydon

Randall, C ‘69Mr. Edwin RaskinCynthia F. Reich, L ‘84Lynn and Michael ReichgottRabbi David L. Reiner, C ‘09Mr. and Mrs. Craig ReinhartMr. and Mrs. Marvin RichMs. Amanda Richardson, L ‘97Mr. Steven S. RivenRabbi Daniel A. Roberts, C ‘69Alan S. Ronkin, L ‘91Rabbi Jonathan S. Roos, C ‘02Rabbi Brigitte S. Rosenberg,

C ‘01Mr. and Mrs. William L.

RosenbergRabbi John L. Rosove, D.D., N ‘79Rabbi Julie L. Roth and Rabbi

Justus N. Baird, N ‘07Edith and Richard RothMs. Carol R. RubinDr. David H. Rubin and Ms. Tine

H. KrygerThe Santa Monica Synagogue,

Santa Monica, CARabbi Sara Y. Sapadin, N ‘07Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, C ‘74,

and Mrs. Anne S. Arenstein Mr. Benjamin S. Sax and Mrs.

Hollis Rafkin-SaxCantor Tracey Scher, N ‘03Mrs. Ann L. SchlossDr. and Mrs. Paul R. SchottlandMr. David I. SchulmanMr. Herman J. SchultzDaniel A. Schwartz, C ‘08Ms. Jodi J. SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Milton S. SchwartzDr. Nina SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Michael SearsMr. Richard Seibold and Ms.

Sandra RubinMr. and Mrs. David SelfonPhyllis Sewell

HUC-JIR’s Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health in Los Angeles partnered

with Cedars-Sinai for the second biennial Festival of Learning. “Over

3,000 participants gathered for 100 free events – lectures, workshops, and

experiential classes – led by health professionals, clergy, and teachers from

across the Jewish community to examine our traditions and their impact on

well-being,” said Joel Kushner, Psy.D., Kalsman Institute Director. Programs

helped participants develop spiritual practices, physical activities, and practical

tools to support health within a foundation of Jewish values, demonstrating

that “Judaism is a powerful resource that provides both hope and wellness

to people in all stages of their lives,” said Jonathan Schreiber, Cedars-Sinai’s

Director of Community Engagement. g Read more at kalsman.huc.edu

FRIENDS ($250+)

Barbara and Norman Gross (center) and their family.

* of blessed memory

16 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

Alan and Joy Greenberg, HUC-JIR Govenor (1) chaired a festive evening

of appreciation and celebration in New York on May 5, 2015 honoring the

major benefactors to the “Campaign: Assuring Your Jewish Future” –

Edward R. Ackerman Family; Leona Aronoff-Sadacca, Western Region

Overseer; Michele and Martin Cohen, HUC-JIR Governor; Friedman Family

Foundation; Dorian, Katja, and Lloyd Goldman for

the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation;

Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati; Jack,* Joseph,*

and Morton Mandel; HUC-JIR Governor Joan and

Phillip* Pines; Eastern Region Overseer Elizabeth

and Arthur Roswell (2); The Skirball Foundation;

HUC-JIR Governor Bonnie and Daniel Tisch; UJA-

Federation of New York; and HUC-JIR Governor

Marcie and Howard Zelikow.

“A Celebration of Jewish Leadership”

gala in Los Angeles on May 19, 2015

honored distiguished benefactors of

HUC-JIR. (From left) Dr. Joshua Holo,

Dean; Western Region Overseer Leona

Aronoff-Sadacca; Dvora Joseph Davey,

representing the Jim Joseph

Foundation; Western Region Overseer

Marcia Burnam; HUC-JIR Governor

Emeritus and Western Region

Overseer Kenneth and Wendy Ruby.

Andrew R. Berger (fourth from left), Chair of the HUC-JIR Board of Governors, was honored at the 31st Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner, “Celebrating Harmony and Rhythm,” held on October 26, 2014. (From left) Jennifer and John Stein, HUC-JIR Governor, Dinner Co-Chairs; Linda and Andrew Berger; Joan Pines, HUC-JIR Governor and Chair of the Central Region Board of Overseers; Rabbi Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D., Dean; and Lisa Messinger and Rabbi Aaron Panken.

FESTIVE TRIBUTE DINNERS SUPPORT HUC-JIR

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Rabbi Richard A. Block, C ‘82Mr. Michael J. Blum and Ms.

Abigail RoseB’nai Yehuda Beth Shalom,

Homewood, ILMs. Kimberly Bodemer, Nat’l. ‘15Rabbi Ana Benay Bonnheim,

C ‘08Mr. and Mrs. John S. BordenRabbi Andrew I. Bossov, N ‘92Cantor Rosalie M. Boxt, N ‘01Mr. Adrian Breitfeld, L ‘07Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. BrennerRear Admiral Herbert M. BridgeRabbi Marcelo R. Bronstein,

D.D., N ‘89Rabbi Jeffrey C. Brown, C ‘05Ms. Susan BrownMs. Denise BrundageMr. and Mrs. David BucknerDr. C. Hassell Bullock, C ‘70Mr. and Mrs. Edward BurgerRabbi John L. Bush, C ‘98Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana, N ‘94Mr. and Mrs. David CarterMr. and Mrs. Jonathan ChaikenMr. and Mrs. Barry D. CitrinMr. Jordan CohenMr. and Mrs. Steven CohenMr. and Mrs. Joel C. ColemanCongregation Beth AmiCongregation Beth Emeth,

Wilmington, DECongregation Beth ShalomCongregation Beth Torah,

Overland Park, KSCongregation B’nai Jeshurun,

New York, NYCongregation Emanuel, Denver,

COCongregation of Liberal Judaism,

Orlando, FLCongregation Schaarai Zedek,

Tampa, FLCongregation Sherith Israel,

San Francisco, CACongregation Shir Ha-Ma’AlotMr. Daniel Cornfi eldRabbi Laurie Coskey, C ‘85Mr. and Mrs. Barton Z. CowanCantor Dr. Laura T. Croen, N ‘88Cuni, Rust and StrenkRabbi Jerome P. David, D.D.,

C ‘74Rabbi Sion A. David, C ‘66Dr. and Mrs. Stephen DicksteinDr. and Mrs. Yale DoberneMr. and Mrs. Jim S. EdelmanDr. and Mrs. Philip EdlinRabbi Matthew J. Eisenberg,

C ‘91Rabbi Eric L. Eisenkramer, N ‘03Arnold EismanMr. Marc EkstrandErnestine S. Elster, Ph.D.Ms. Margie M. Elster-Baum

Mr. Paul Erdheim and Ms. Roberta Blitz

Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey M. FarbRabbi Dena A. Feingold, C ‘82Ms. Bernice FeldRabbi Steven M. Fink, D.Min.,

D.D., N ‘79Mr. and Mrs. James L. FishelLynn D. Flanzbaum, L ‘05Rabbi Steven E. Foster, C ‘70Erica S. and Martin FrederickRabbi D. Jay Freedman, C ‘94Ms. Anita B. FriedmanMiriam Carolyn Friedman, L ‘06Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman, N ‘81Cantor Jennifer L. Frost, N ‘99Rabbi Robert T. Gan, C ‘67Rabbi Everett Gendler, The

Gendler Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. A. Joel GluckRabbi Edward A. Goldman, C

‘74/69Mrs. Rosa Ewing Goldman and

Dr. Harold S. GoldmanRabbi Howard J. Goldsmith, N ‘07Rabbi Jennifer Ossakow

Goldsmith, N ‘07Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy GoldsmithRabbi Andrea Michelle

Goldstein, C ‘98Rabbi Joshua Goldstein, N ‘75Rabbi Keren Gorban, L ‘12Rabbi Andrew J. Gordon, N ‘08Madeleine H. GordonGreater Cincinnati Board of

RabbisRabbi Bruce D. Greenbaum,

C/L ‘87/86Rabbi Frederick Greene, N ‘01The Grossman Family -

JoAnne G. Pearlman, Nancy Grossman, James Grossman, Marilyn and Mike Grossman Foundation

Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow, N ‘03Rabbi Jonathan Scott Hanish,

L ‘08Har Sinai Congregation, Owings

Mills, MDRoslyn HarkavyRabbi Sheldon J. Harr, D.D.,

C ‘73Dr. David J. HarrisDr. Dana HermanMr. Marc HerschRabbi Amy Beth Hertz, C ‘08Mr. Lee Hess and Ms. Irene

LevineMr. and Mrs. William HoebHUC-JIR Alumni LeadershipRabbi Peter E. Hyman, C ‘80Dr. Robert L. IngbergInteract For ChangeMr. and Mrs. Howard L. JacobsRabbi Paul J. Jacobson, C ‘06Rabbi Jonathan S. Jaffe, L ‘07

WHERE IS GOD IN REFORM JUDAISM?

A new Digital Seminar, designed to spark discussions and

learning in the synagogue classroom, explores Biblical,

Rabbinical, Medieval, and Modern approaches to this question. This

four-part video series features half-hour conversations with HUC-JIR

scholars Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ph.D.; Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi,

Ph.D.; Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.; Rabbi Joshua Garroway, Ph.D.;

Dr. Kristin Garroway; Dr. Sharon Gillerman; Dr. Joshua Holo; Rabbi

Richard Levy; and Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D. Follow-up videos about

Reform Judaism and annotated transcripts of the video material are

also provided, offering enrolled synagogues with opportunities for

deeper conversation and educational programming for adults and

adolescents, or for professional development. “By providing digital

content to synagogue learners, the College Commons connects the

dots between HUC-JIR’s thought leadership of Reform Judaism and

the congregations worldwide who live it,” explains Joshua Holo,

Ph.D., Dean of the Jack H. Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.

g Synagogues can register for the Digital Seminar at

huc.edu/report/digital-seminar

17 * of blessed memory

18 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York * of blessed memory

The Jewish Reconstructionist Society of the North Shore

Mr. Fox JohnstonRabbi Bruce J. Kadden, C ‘81Kane Street Synagogue, New

York, NYMr. and Mrs. Edward M. KaplanMs. and Mr. Wendy Weinstein

KarpRabbi Alan J. Katz, N ‘76Ms. Amy J. Katz and Dr. Robert

CohenMr. and Mrs. Gerard W. KayeRabbi Ralph P. Kingsley, N ‘60Rabbi Daniel A. Kirzane, N

‘14/12Rabbi Elliott A. Kleinman, RJE,

C ‘92Rabbi Asher Michaels

Gottesfeld Knight, C ‘07Rabbi Barry S. Kogan, C ‘71Mr. and Mrs. Gerald S. KolbertMr. and Mrs. Marshall F. KramerMs. and Rabbi Alicia Kraus, L ‘08Dr. Leonard S. Kravitz, C ‘57/54Rabbi Dr. Robert L. Kravitz, D.D.,

C ‘74Joan F. Krimston, L ‘89Mr. and Mrs. Gus D. Kuhn, IIIMr. and Mrs. Luis LainerMr and Mrs. Gregory E. LandMr. and Mrs. Jeff LandmanRabbi Ann Elizabeth Landowne,

M.D., N ‘11/09

Rabbi Micah Lapidus, C ‘08Lawrence E. Steinberg

FoundationPeter LevinRabbi Jason R. Levine, C ‘13Ms. Frieda LevitzRabbi and Mrs. Richard N. Levy,

C ‘64Drs. Jane F. Lewis and

Lawrence A. LewisDr. and Mrs. Arthur LieberRabbi Norman S. Lipson, C ‘72Rabbi Janet B. Liss, C/N ‘88/04Mr. Jonathan LittmanLonghill PartnersAlice and Aron LutwakDr. Bernard LyttonMs. Julia N. Malkin, L ‘11Robert MandelRabbi Deborah Pipe Mangan,

N ‘91Rabbi Devorah Michelle

Marcus, L ‘08Rabbi Janet R. Marder, N ‘79Cantor Rogerio Marx, N ‘97/95Rabbi Simeon J. Maslin, C ‘57Stuart and Antoinette Matlins/

Jewish Lights PublishingMr. and Mrs. Howard MayersMs. Susan B. McCoyRabbi Ralph D. Mecklenburger,

C ‘72Dr. and Mrs. Barry MeiselMs. Barbara Merson, Nat’l. ‘13

Rabbi David J. Meyer, C ‘86Andi Milens, L ‘95Rabbi Stanley R. Miles, D.D.,

C ‘75Rabbi Mordecai Miller, C ‘74Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm MilstenRabbi Steven Heneson

Moskowitz, C ‘91Mr. and Mrs. Daniel MossDr. and Mrs. Robert MostovoyMount Zion Temple, St. Paul, MNRabbi Randi Musnitsky, C/N

‘83/10Dr. and Mrs. David MutchnikMaxine MyersRabbi Scott Myron Nagel, C ‘04Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. NelsonRabbi Geri Newburge, C ‘03Captain and Mrs. Charles

NiedermanNorth Country Reform Temple,

Glen Cove, NYMr. Walter OhlmannTemple Shaari Emeth,

Manapan, NJ, N ‘96Rabbi Rex D. Perlmeter, N ‘85Rabbi James H. Perman, N ‘67Rabbi Hara Elizabeth Person,

N ‘98Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. PerwienDr. Daniel PiggMr. and Mrs. Steven D. PollakMrs. Priscilla PollerRabbi Jonathan Prosnit, N ‘11

Mr. and Mrs. Dean RadetskyMrs. Sarah N. Raful Whinston,

L ‘05Rabbi Sanford Ragins, C ‘62Rabbi Lawrence W. Raphael,

C ‘74Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport, C ‘84Mr. and Mrs. Joe RavitchReform Cantors of ChicagoRabbi Yonatan Regev, L ‘14

and Rabbi Lara Leigh Pullan Regev, L ’15/13

Ms. Vicki Reikes Fox, L ‘78 and Rabbi Stephen A. Fox, C ’80

Rabbi Debra J. Robbins, C ‘91Rabbi Janet Roberts, N ‘05Rabbi Nicole Kauffman

Roberts, C ‘12Larry S. Robins, L ‘90Donald and Sylvia Robinson

Family FoundationRabbi Yair Dan Robinson, C ‘03Rockdale Temple, Cincinnati, OHMr. Michael Rogoff and Mrs.

Susan Koch RogoffDaniel M. Rothblatt, L ‘86Cantor Bruce L. RubenRabbi David N. Saperstein, N ‘73Ellen S. Satkin, L ‘84Mr. and Mrs. Adam B. SattlerRabbi Cantor Jeffrey S. Saxe,

N ‘05/03

Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, Scarsdale, NY

Dr. and Mrs. James SchiffMr. and Mrs. Lee SchimbergMr. and Mrs. Raymond SchneiderRabbi Neal H. Schuster, L

‘03/01 and Mrs. Tamara L. Schuster, L ‘92/92

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Schwab, IIRabbi Adrienne Pollock Scott,

C ‘04Rabbi Kenneth I. Segel, C ‘70Mr. and Mrs. Joshua SeptimusRabbi Isaac Daniel Serotta,

N/L ‘88/85Rabbi Dena H. Shaffer, C ‘10JoAnn R. ShankRabbi Howard Shapiro, C ‘68Mr. and Mrs. Leonard ShapiroRabbi Mark S. and Hanna

Shapiro, C ‘60Rabbi Richard J. Shapiro, N ‘81Rabbi Benjamin Aaron Sharff,

C ‘04Rabbi Randy Ellen Sheinberg,

N ‘00Cantor Steven S. Sher, N ‘80Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. SherrillSteven Shifman and Julie

Cohen ShifmanDr. Sally Shott and Andrew ShottDr. Andrew Shpall

SCHOLARSHIPS SUSTAIN STUDENTS’ STUDIES

Eastern Region Overseer Morris Kramer (left) says, “I feel strongly that it is very important to provide adequate fi nancial support to

our students through the scholarship program so that they can devote a maximum effort to their studies and professional development, without

the fi nancial burden of tuition expenses. I have been particularly happy to provide four years of scholarship support to Emma Goldin Lutz (right),

knowing how much time and effort she has put into her training to be an ordained cantor. Her outstanding senior recital was cogent evidence of the

positive results of a student’s total immersion in her work and training.”

“I will forever be grateful for the Morris Kramer Scholarship for the past four years at HUC-JIR,” states fi fth-year cantorial student Emma Goldin Lutz. “Mr. Kramer is one of my biggest cheerleaders and has attended every practicum

and recital during these years. His generosity has allowed me to focus deeply on my studies, which will enable me to bring so much more to my career as a congregational cantor.”

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Mrs. Sonia Siegel Vexler and Mr. Paul Vexler

Mr. and Mrs. Martin SimonPaula Simon, L ‘79Sinai Congregation, Neponsit, NYMr. and Mrs. Jerold M. SipersteinMr. and Mrs. Albert SkolnikRabbi Eric R. Slaton, C ‘85Mrs. Rachel Slaton, L ‘11Rabbi Marjorie Slome, N ‘87Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. SmallRabbi Allan L. Smith, N ‘67Mr. and Mrs. David Lee SmithDr. and Mrs. Gary SmithMr. Ze’ev Smith-Drori and Mrs.

Carolynne Smith-DroriMr. and Mrs. Burt SobelmanRabbi Howard F. Sommer, N

‘77/98Claudia Birch and Allan SpetterRabbi David A. Spey, N ‘03Frank J. SpielbergRabbi Adam V. Stock Spilker,

N ‘97Rabbi David Spinrad, C ‘13Mrs. Gal A. SpinradRabbi Donald M. Splansky, C/N

‘81/68Rabbi Samuel M. Stahl, C

‘67/75Rabbi Joshua Z. Stanton, N ‘13Mr. and Mrs. Jacob K. SteinLawrence E. SteinbergMr. David Steine, Jr.Rabbi Peter SteomMs. Leah SternbergMr. and Mrs. Richard SteuerRabbi Jeffrey B. Stiffman, Ph.D.,

C ‘65Rabbi A. Brian Stoller, C ‘08Stanley S. StoneMr. and Mrs. Tom StratfordRabbi Mark D. Strauss-Cohn,

C ‘98

Mr. and Mrs. William B. StrubbeMr. Barry and Dr. Lainie

SugarmanLenore SussmanJudge Leslie Swain and Mr.

Bert DeixlerRabbi Barbara A. Symons, N ‘94Mr. and Mrs. David SzaboDr. and Mrs. Alan M. TarshisRabbi Jared Simon TelRav, N ‘07Temple Bat Yam of Ft.

Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FLTemple Beth Am, Framingham,

MATemple Beth-El, Jersey City, NJTemple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJTemple B’nai Shalom, East

Brunswick, NJTemple Chaverim of Long

Island, Plainview, NYTemple Dor-Dorim, Weston, FLTemple Emanu-El Beth Sholom,

MontrealTemple Emanuel, Kensington, MDTemple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJTemple Emanuel, Winston-

Salem, NCTemple Emanu-El, Marblehead,

MATemple Emanu-El, San Diego, CATemple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CATemple Israel of New Rochelle,

NYTemple Israel of North

Westchester, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Temple Israel, West Palm Beach, FL

Temple Judea, Manhasset, NYTemple Judea of Palm Beach

County, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El, Plantation, FL

Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA

Temple Shalom, Louisville, KYTemple Shearith Israel,

Ridgefi eld, CTTemple Tikvah, New Hyde

Park, NYThoma and Sytton Eyecare

Professionals, LLCRabbi David B. Thomas, N ‘98Mr. W. E. Blair Tillett

and Ms. Judy LawrenceMr. David TillmanRabbi Michael Torop, C ‘90U.S. BankThe Valley Temple, Cincinnati, OHMr. Stanley VickersMs. Caroline Idinopulos VigranDale and Peter WangMs. Ellyne WarsawMr. and Mrs. Irwin L. WarsawMr. and Mrs. Robert A. WarsawMr. and Mrs. David WebbRabbi Gerald I. Weider, C ‘73Rabbi Michael A. Weinberg, C ‘80Drs. Nolan and Susan WeinbergRabbi Martin S. Weiner, C ‘64Mrs. Ophra WeisbergRabbi Baht Yameem Weiss, N ‘06Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. WerboffRabbi Josh L. Whinston, L ‘09/07Mrs. Royale WigginDolores WilkenfeldMs. Mauri J. WillisMr. and Mrs. David A. WolfRabbi Leo R. Wolkow, N ‘62Woodlands Community Temple,

White Plains, NYReverend Charles WoodworthMr. and Mrs. Leslie WurtzelRabbi Mara E. Young, N ‘11Rabbi Henry A. Zoob, C ‘67

WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM (WRJ)

is the single largest cumulative organizational donor to HUC-JIR since 1913. WRJ provides

annual scholarship aid to North American rabbinical, cantorial, and education students

studying in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York, scholarships for Israel Rabbinical

Program students in Jerusalem, cantorial prizes to Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music

students, subsidies for students to participate in HUC-JIR’s Pesach Project in the Former

Soviet Union, and prizes to exceptional faculty members. “WRJ has been committed to

nurturing congregations and ensuring a robust future for Reform Judaism for more than

a century, and our proud support of HUC-JIR through our YES Fund remains the central,

foundational element of this commitment,” says Blair C. Marks, WRJ President.

ENDOWING STUDENT SUPPORT“We endowed a rabbinical scholarship because it is our belief that if we are to continue to have a vibrant Reform Jewish presence in the future for our children and grandchildren, it is critical to educate the next generation of leaders. No institution is more vital to that future than HUC-JIR,” explains HUC-JIR Governor Steven R. Pruzan and Dr. Janet Abrams.

Professor Abraham Aaroni*Dr. Ira and Linda* AbrahamsonAyala Z. Abramov*Honorable Arlin M. AdamsRosalie K. Adolf*Mr. and Mrs. James R.

AlexanderRabbi Morton M. Applebaum*Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. AtkinGloria L. AustinEvelyn Averick*Mr. and Mrs. Harry AxelrodRabbi Henry BambergerWinifred L. Barrows*Dr. Eliot J. Baskin, D.Min.Rabbi Morton A. Bauman* and

Elsbeth June Bauman*Rabbi Dr. Herbert M. BaumgardMr.* and Mrs. Max BavermanEstate of Rabbi Leonard I.

BeermanAndrew and Linda BergerSelma* and Allen H.* BerkmanRabbi Donald R. BerlinHerbert C.* and Eileen* BernardRabbi Haskell M. Bernat, D. MinHoward M. Bernstein and

Bunny M. WasserRabbi Stephanie L. Bernstein

and Mr. Henry S. WinokurEvelyn Stieber Bernstein*Rabbi Morrison David Bial*Leon Bible*Rabbi Irwin M. Blank*, Ed.D.Mrs. Jean F. BlochRabbi Irving Block*Estate of Frances BlumenthalRabbi Ralph H.* & Leonore

May Elizabeth Blumenthal*James Boasberg*Mrs. Charles Brand

Mr. and Mrs. Steve A. BrandAbraham S.* and Marilynn

K. BraudeRabbi Reeve Robert BrennerEstate of Rabbi Balfour

BricknerSally F. Broido*Henri L. Bromberg, Jr.*Charles BrunnerLena Cantor*Cyrilla G. Carmel*Cecil W. Herrman* EstateJocelyn F. ChaitRabbi Jerome Cohen*Cyril M.* and Rosalee CohenRabbi Dr. Hillel CohnLeonard and Roberta CohnMarcus Cohn*Mr. and Mrs. Willard L.

Cohodas, IICohodas FamilyMrs. Harriet Coleman*Rabbi Julian and Susan CookBette and Alan CotzinMr. and Mrs. Barton Z. CowanMarilyn Rivkin CrossleyRabbi William Cutter, Ph.D.Barton P. Cohen*Mirrell Davis* EstateRebecca Davis* TrustRabbi Norman H. Diamond*Mr. Hyman Dosick* and Mrs.

Roberta Dosick*Rabbi Ellen Weinberg DreyfusRose W. Drucker*Estate of Lillian Lee DurshtEdna Rosenfi eld Bekenstein*

TrustGustav A.* and Mamie W.*

EfryomsonRabbi H. Bruce EhrmannRabbi Denise J. Eger

Rabbi Stephen and Robin Einstein

William B. Eiseman, Jr.*Rabbi Michael B. EisenstatRabbis Jacqueline Koch

Ellenson and David EllensonAlan S. EngelRosalyn and Irwin EngelmanMrs. Lois H. England and Mr.

Richard England*Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ErnsteenElizabeth H. FarquharMrs. Ruth Claire Feibel*Dr. and Mrs. M. R. FeinbergRabbi Morley T. FeinsteinNatalie Feld*Iris S. Fetterman KleinRabbi William H. Fineshriber*

and Ruth FineshriberLouisa E. Fish*Cantor Dr. Edward R. Fogel*Louis Fox*Dr. Eric L. FriedlandWilliam A.* and Sue FriedlanderBonnie Denmark Friedman and

Gary FriedmanHoward I. FriedmanAlbert H. Friedman*Martin* and Sadie* GangRabbi Laura J. Geller and

Richard SiegelMrs. Marion Gendell and Mr.

Gerald S. Gendell*Rabbi Marianne L. Gevirtz*Bette H. Gillman-Rosenbaum*Estate of Anita GilnerSara C. Ginsburg*James Glassman*Rabbi Donald and Judith

GluckmanDr. Helen I. Glueck*Rabbi Connie A. Golden

Linda and Foster Goldman, Jr.Dr. Hyman and Deena GoldmanMrs. Therese* and Mr. Robert

Goldman*Rabbi Bernard B. Goldsmith*Stuart GoldsteinDr. Roberta Louis Goodman,

RJERabbi Abram V. Goodman*George M. Goodwin, Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. GordonEstate of Jack GottliebRabbi* and Mrs.* Alfred

GottschalkFelice M. Grad* TrustRabbi Daniel and Tamara

GropperRabbi Micah and Sheril

GreensteinNorman and Barbara GrossRabbi Joshua and Maxine

Rudin HabermanRabbi David S. Hachen*Ruth L. Hare*Daniel A. Harris, Ph.D.George L.* and Anne P.

HeldmanJames G. Heldman and

Wendy SaundersEstate of Mark J. HellerRabbi Loraine C. HellerMrs. Patricia A. Heller and Mr.

Joseph B. Heller*Rabbi Erwin* and Agnes

HermanGus W. Herrman*Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. HerschRenda Hertz and Rabbi Richard

C. Hertz*Frances A. Hess*Sigmund Hiller*Ms. Suzanne R. Hirsch

Estate of Ruth Hirschberg*Daniel J. HoffheimerDianne L. and Rabbi Sydney L.

HoffmanRabbi Benjamin Hoffseyer*Louis J.* and Mary E. Horowitz*David H. Hunter*Alan V. IselinRabbi Dr. Steven Jacobs and

Dr. Louanne JacobsRabbi* and Mrs. David

JacobsonGeorge Jaffi n*Rebecca Kadin*William KahnRabbi Ken and Toni KanterRabbi and Mrs. Samuel E. KarffRabbi Henry and Cantor Gail

Posner KarpEstate of Wallace KatzRabbi Jan D. Katzew and

Cantor Alane S. KatzewBasil L. KaufmanDr. Clementine L. KaufmanHarold* and Golda* Kaufman

Charitable TrustAudrey Skirball Kenis* and

Charles R. Kenis*Dr. Richard and Mona KerstineKurt Keizer*Marshall KievSadie Klau*Abraham J. Klausner*Rabbi Bertram Klausner* &

Helen-Rose Klausner*Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. KleinWalter J. KleinVivian S. & Harold J. Klein TrustRabbi Gerald J. Klein*Rabbi Minard Klein*

The 1875 Society recognizes and honors friends of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

who inform us that they have included the College-Institute or have left a gift in their will, estate plan,

or other deferred gift arrangement. Named to commemorate the year HUC-JIR was founded, the

1875 Society acknowledges these generous individuals who have chosen to leave a legacy to

ensure a thriving future for Reform Judaism and the Jewish people.

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1875 SOCIETY: PRESERVING YOUR LEGACY -SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE

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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Kopald, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius KoppelmanPamela and John KohnRobin KosbergMartin L. KozbergRabbi Robert and Helen KravitzRabbi Charles A. and Dr. Terry

KroloffAda Kruger*Rabbi Harold L. and Phyllis

KudanJill KuhlmanBarbara Kuhn*Jack W. Kuhn*Dr. George and Mrs. Ruby KuntzJack Langsam*Charles Y. Lazarus*Gladys Lazarus*Mr. and Mrs. H. Jerome LernerRabbi Leigh D. LernerAnne E.* and Ret. Lt. Col.

Willard L.* LevinMoses* and Mary* Levinstein

TrustRabbi Kalman L. Levitan*Sandra and Jack LevittDavid M. Levitt*Edward Levy*Estate of Paul D. LiebermanLaurie F. LiebermanMaurice J. Lieberthal TrustEstate of Shirley LiebowitzRebecca Lister* Revocable

TrustDavid & Jeanette Lipson TrustEstate of Ervin B. LondonMarion B. Lovejoy*Ralph and Fran LowensteinDr. Sharon LowensteinHelene and Millard MackRabbi Mark Joel MahlerRabbi Jerome R. Malino*Rabbi Jacob Rader Marcus*Janet R. Marks*Rabbi Steven S. and Patrice G.

MasonStuart M. MatlinsMrs. Rhoda MayersonTracy McMullenRabbi Ralph D. MecklenburgerEmily S.* and Rabbi Bernard H.

MehlmanFaye and Alvin “Bunny” MeiselMr. Melvin* and Elaine MeriansSidney Meyers*Estate of Orla H. Mielziner*Claire Glass Miller and

Seymour Miller*Helen* and Isadore E.*

MillstoneAnthony MontagStephen D. MosesMeyer W. Nathans*Leon Neuman*Mr. Donald H. Newman* and

Mrs. Rita E. Newman*

Piri E.* and Jaye S.* NiefeldJoan Nordman Revocable TrustHedy* and Gerald* OlivenIra M. Olsan TrustJohn S. and Ilene C. PachterAllan PanitchRabbi Aaron Panken and Lisa

MessingerRabbi Martin M. Perley*Rabbi Amy R. and Gary L. PerlinEstate of Gladys PfauRabbi Ely E. Pilchik*Elizabeth S. Plaut*Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut*Rabbi Albert Plotkin*Rabbi Allen H. PodetJames PollakRabbi Sally J. PriesandEmanuel Prince*Reinhard PrinzDale H. RabinerLoretta and Gary* H. RabinerBernard* and Audre RapoportRabbi Fred N. Reiner and

Sherry Levy-Reiner*Rabbi Herbert* and Esther

RoseMr.* and Mrs.* Stanley B. RoseEstate of Rita RosenMrs. Stanley W. Rosenbaum*Estate of Harry RosenbergEstate of Irmgard Rosenberger*Estate of Leah RosenbluthDr. Franz Rosenthal*Robert S. Rosow*Estate of Lenore C. RossEstate of Anne Lisa RotenbergMr. and Mrs. Daniel M.

RothblattCharles Rothschild, Jr. *Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. RubyRabbi Selig SalkowitzRabbi Murray Saltzman*Rabbi Norbert M. SamuelsonRabbi and Mrs. Herman E.

SchaalmanThe Dorothy Schagrin TrustRabbi Elihu* and Dorothy*

SchagrinRichard and Marcia ScheinerJoan and Richard* ScheuerRabbi Milton I. Schlager*Rabbi Leonard A. SchoolmanMelvin L.* and Zelma J.

SchulmanWilliam M.* and Frances*

SchusterEstate of Dr. Benjamin SchusterFrederick and Peri SchuylerEstate of Sally Floyd SchwartzRabbi Arthur L. SchwartzTheodore L. and Debra L.*

SchwartzRabbi Frederick C.* and Mrs.

Roberta SchwartzRabbi Sylvan* and Sylvia*

Schwartzman

Murray Seasongood*Rabbi Max SelingerRabbi Robert M. SeltzerRabbi Barton A. and Jane

ShallatLawrence* and Betsy ShapiroRabbi Mark and Hanna ShapiroRabbi Alan R. ShermanLenore T. Sherwin*Rabbi John M. Sherwood*Rocco and Marion* SicilianoEstate of Rabbi Lawrence

SiegelDorothy SilvermanSusan M. and Samuel A. SimonKurt Simon*Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. SittenfeldGrace Skirball*Mr.* and Mrs. John SladeElise S. SmallAmelia W. Solinger*Edgar Sonder*Estate of Herman SparRabbi Wendy Spears & Eitan

Ginsburg Michael SpritzerMarjorie Spritzer*Dr. S. Sigmund StahlRabbi Mark N. StaitmanMs. Joan L. Stark*Estate of Jon StedmanMoise S. Steeg, Jr.Rabbi Sherman SteinRabbi Dr. Paul M.* and Trudy

SteinbergRabbi Richard SteinbergRabbi Richard F. SteinbrinkStuart H. Steinbrink*Peggy SteineRaymon S. StermanMr. and Mrs. Robert D. SternEstate of Rabbi Jack Stern Jr.Rabbis David Stern and Nancy

KastenDr. Thomas N.* and Harriet W.

SternRabbi Malcolm H.* and Louise

B.* SternRabbi Richard S. Sternberger*Norma and Don StoneMr.* and Mrs.* J. Jacques

StoneRabbi Michael S. StrohRabbi Frank N. Sundheim*Honorable Theodore* and

Selma P. TannenwaldShirley* and Paul* TartakRabbi Samuel* and Bess

Teitelbaum*Jerome and Suzanne TellerCharles H. Tobias*, Jr.Rabbi Leonard B. Troupp*, D.D.Harlow G. UngerDr. Carl VossJane West Walsh, Ed.D.Linda and Rabbi Roy A. WalterHenrietta S. Weil*

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“We have included a significant donation

to HUC-JIR through our estate planning. We

believe that by ensuring the vitality of HUC-

JIR, we will be providing for the needs of

our children, our grandchildren, and clearly

beyond to our larger community,” say Wendy

and Kenneth Ruby, Western Region Overseer,

Governor Emeritus, and Past President of

Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles.

GENEROSITY THAT EXTENDS BEYOND A LIFETIME

Marcia* and Richard A. WeilandDr. Werner Weinberg*Estate of Harvey WeinerMr.* and Mrs.* Sol S. WeinerRabbi David and Susan WeisDr. Raymond L. WeisbergHilda L. Weltman*Harris* and Alice WestonRabbi David H. Wice*David Wild*Mauri J. WillisIda S.* and Howard M.* WilkoffOtti Y.*, Fred W.*, and Dr.

Steven F. WindmuellerEdell Nelson Wingers*Rabbi Leonard Winograd*

Rabbi Alton M. Winters and Mrs. Jacqueline Winters

Rabbi Alfred* and Miriam* WolfRabbi Arnold J. Wolf*Corale B. Workum TrustRabbi David E. WucherMr. and Mrs. Justin WynerRabbi Stanley YedwabMr. and Ms. Bernard YoungAlice R. Zacharius*Rabbi Michael R. ZedekAlan and Carole ZeichickMarcie and Howard ZelikowMoyshe Zilber TrustLester* and Paulette* ZiffrenMr. and Mrs. George J.

Zuckman*

* of blessed memory

22 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

$36,000+Rabbi David H. Ellenson, N ’77Rabbi Robert N. Levine, N ’77Cantor Mikhail Manevich, N ’82Rabbi Steven S. Mason, N ’78and Patrice G. Mason, N ’77Rabbi Amy R. Perlin, N ’82Rabbi Mark N. Staitman, C ’75Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, N ’70

$25,000+Cantor Dr. Robert P. Abelson, DFSSM ’57Cantor Dana S. Anesi, DFSSM ’80Rabbi Bradley N. Bleefeld, C ’75Rabbi Denise L. Eger, N ’88Cantor Roy Einhorn, DFSSM ’83Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, N ’83

Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein, C ’81Rabbi John S. Friedman, C ’76Rabbi Ronne Friedman, C ’75Rabbi Alan D. Fuchs, C ’63 and Carol B. Fuchs

Rabbi David J. Gelfand, C ’76Rabbi Paul J. Golomb, N ’75Rabbi Samuel N. Gordon, C ’80Rabbi Eric Gurvis, N ’83Rabbi Eli Herscher, C ’75Rabbi Howard Jaffe, N ’83Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff, C ’60Rabbi Jack A. Luxemburg, C ’76Cantor Sheldon F. Merel, DFSSM ’52Rabbi Bennett F. Miller, C ’74Rabbi Mark S. Miller, C ’74Cantor Martha Novick, DFSSM ’83Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, C ’81Rabbi Aaron Mark Petuchowski, N ’83

Rabbi Scott L. Shpeen, C ’84Rabbi Jonathan A. Stein, C ’75Rabbi Deborah E. Zecher, N ’82Rabbi Irwin A. Zeplowitz, C ’84

$10,000+Rabbi Martin P. Beifield, Jr., C ’75Rabbi Donald R. Berlin, C ’65Rabbi Barry H. Block, N ’91Rabbi Bruce S. Block, C ’69Rabbi Neal I. Borovitz, C ’75Rabbi Gerald S. Brieger, N ’72Rabbi Steven A. Chester, C ’71Rabbi Julian I. Cook, C ’72 Rabbi Jerome P. David, C ’74Cantor Ellen Dreskin, N ’86Rabbi Michael B. Eisenstat, C ’67Rabbi Allen I. Freehling, C ’67Rabbi Laura J. Geller, N ’76Rabbi Arnold Gluck, N ’83Rabbi Mark N. Goldman, C ’67Dr. Roberta Louis Goodman, RJE, MAJE ’81

Rabbi Donald M. Goor, N ’87 and Cantor Evan S. Kent, DFSSM ’88**

Rabbi Peter H. Grumbacher, C ’72Rabbi Leslie Yale Gutterman, C ’70Rabbi Sheldon J. Harr, C ’73Rabbi David M. Horowitz, C ’69Rabbi Alan J. Katz, N ’76Rabbi Ralph D. Mecklenburger, C ’72Rabbi James L. Mirel, C ’74Rabbi Michael A. Oppenheimer, C ’67Rabbi Norman R. Patz, N ’65Rabbi James Prosnit, N ’81Rabbi Kenneth D. Roseman, C ’66Rabbi Charles P. Sherman, C ’69Rabbi Merle E. Singer, C ’66Cantor Debra Stein, N ’86Rabbi David E. Straus, C ’83Rabbi Barry Tabachnikoff*, C ’68Rabbi Susan A. Talve, C ’81Rabbi Cary D. Yales*, C ’67

$5,000+Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer, N ’72Rabbi Lester B. Bronstein and Cantor Benjie Schiller, N ’87

Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen, N ’93Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander, C ’75Rabbi Peter S. Knobel, C ’69Rabbi Shira Milgrom, N ’86Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport, C ’84Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks, C ’84Rabbi Harry L. Rosenfeld, C ’81Cantor Judith Kahan Rowland, DFSSM ’81**

Rabbi Howard Shapiro, C ’68Rabbi Mark L. Shook, C ’72Cantor Jodi Sufrin, DFSSM ’83Rabbi Gerry H. Walter, C ’74Joy B. Wasserman, MAJE ’81Thomas K. Weiner, N ’84Peretz Wolf-Prusan, C ’90

$1,000+Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music Class of ’89

Rabbi Joshua M. Aaronson, N ’90Cantor Vicki L. Axe, DFSSM ’83Rabbi Aryeh Azriel, C ’83Rabbi Jeffrey L. Ballon, N ’70Rabbi Robert B. Barr, C ’81Rabbi Murray J. Berger, Ph.D., C ’63Rabbi Abner L. Bergman*, N ’61Cantor Sheri E. Blum, DFSSM ’82Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn, C ’74Edward L. Cushman, MAJCS/MSW ’79Rabbi Richard A. Davis, C ’72Marci B. Dickman, MAJE ’82Rabbi Kenneth E. Ehrlich, C ’74Cantor Lawrence B. Ehrlich*, DFSSM ’52

Rabbi Dena A. Feingold, C ’82Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach, N ’89Rabbi Thomas J. Friedmann, C ’80Rabbi Ronald D. Gerson, C ’74Rabbi Marianne Luijken Gevirtz*, C ’96Rabbi Scott L. Glass, N ’76Dale A Glasser, MAJCS/MSW ’85Sheryl Goldman, MAJCS ’82Cantor David M. Goldstein, N ’87Rabbi Solomon T. Greenberg, C ’66

Mark D. Gurvis, MAJCS/MSW ’84Cantor Regina Heit, DFSSM ’81**Cantor Gail Hirschefang, DFSSM ’81**Cantor Alane Katzew, DFSSM ’81**Dr. Deborah Kerdeman, MAJE ’81Rabbi Richard L. Klein, N ’74Rabbi Douglas J. Kohn, C ’87Rabbi Robert L. Kravitz, C ’74Rabbi Lawrence S. Kushner, C ’69Rabbi Leigh D. Lerner, C ’72Nancy Prager Levin, MAJE ’81Cantor Lisa L. Levine, N ’89 Rabbi Ellen Jay Lewis, C ’80Rabbi Mark G. Loeb, N ’75Rabbi Jeffrey A. Marx, MAJE ’81Rabbi Ronald S. Mass, N ’83Rabbi Carole L. Meyers*, N ’83Deborah Balaban Mendales*, MAJCS ’82

Rabbi Jonathan A. Miller, N ’82Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, DFSSM ’75Rabbi Mark J. Panoff, C ’73Rabbi James H. Perman, N ’67Rabbi Lester Polonsky, N ’78Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz, C ’78Cantor Sam Radwine, DFSSM ’81**Rabbi Ferenc Raj, Berlin ’67Rabbi Michael M. Remson, N ’73Rabbi Donald B. Rossoff, RJE, C ’81Rabbi John L. Rosove, N ’79Rabbi James L. Sagarin, C ’79Lori B. Sagarin, RJE, MAJE ’84Rabbi Edward L. Schecter, N ’72Rabbi Stanley T. Schickler, RJE, C ’85, MAJE ’82

Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz, N ’72Rabbi Mayer W. Selekman, N ’67Cantor Wayne S. Siet, DFSSM ’79Rabbi Donald M. Splansky, N ’68Rabbi George M. Stern, N ’74Cantor Ellen Stettner, DFSSM ’81**Cantor Ellen Sussman, DFSSM ’83Julie A. Vanek, RJE, MAJE/MAJCS ’88Rabbi Donald A. Weber, N ’81Rabbi Douglas D. Weber, N ’82Rabbi Irvin M. Wise, C ’79Martha Wolfe White, MAJE ’81Rabbi Ira S. Youdovin, N ’68Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel, N ’79

L’DOR VADOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe L’Dor VaDor Scholarship Fund, an endowment, honors HUC-JIR alumni in perpetuity for their years of dedicated service to the Jewish People. Initiated by our rabbinical alumni, their congregations, families, and friends, this fund has grown to celebrate the distinguished achievements of our cantorial, education, and Jewish nonprofit management alumni.

* of blessed memory ** given as a joint gift

Names in bold type represent the newest funds established within the 2014-2015 academic year. These funds are cumulative, with contributions still being received for the honorees’ named funds. We are grateful to continue to receive gifts made to these funds in the name of our honorees.

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Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ph.D., Rabbi David Ellenson Professor of Jewish Religious Thought and Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Feminist Studies, co-authored with Robin Podolsky “Sexuality, Autonomy, and Community in the Writings of Eugene Borowitz,” Journal of Jewish Ethics, 1 Winter 2015.

Hagit Arieli-Chai, Hebrew Language Coordinator, lectured on three modes of communications and the variety of technological tools that can be incorporated to teach and assess students’ performance at the National Association of Professors of Hebrew Conference at the University of Memphis.

Isa Aron, Ph.D., Professor of Jewish Education and co-director of the B’nai Mitzvah Revolution, published “Revolutionizing Bar/Bat Mitzvah” in the CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Fall 2015.

Rabbi Carole B. Balin, Ph.D., Professor of History, and Wendy Zierler, Ph.D., Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies, published To Tread on New Ground: Selected Writings of Hava Shapiro (Wayne State University Press).

Sarah Bunin Benor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, published “How Synagogues Became Shuls: The Boomerang Effect in Yiddish-Influenced English, 1895-2010” in Janne Bondi Johannessen and Joseph Salmons, eds., Germanic Heritage Languages in North America (Amsterdam: John Benjamins).

Dr. Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, and Michelle Terret, published “Exploring Synagogue Vitality” for The Jewish Leadership Council, London, UK, 2015.

Cantor Richard Cohn, Director, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred

Music, served on the faculty of the Clergy Leadership Program of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, focusing his work primarily in the area of communal

prayer.

Michael J. Cook, Ph.D., Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies, delivered the published 13th Annual May Smith

Lecture in Post-Holocaust Christian/Jewish Dialogue at Florida Atlanta University in Boca Raton, on “50 Years Since ‘Freed’ of Deicide (1965-2015): Mixed Attitudes toward Vatican II by Jews Today” (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, forthcoming).

Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson, Instructor in Rabbinical Leadership and Social Responsibility and Homiletics, was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, for his ongoing work on behalf of social justice and human rights.

Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., Chancellor Emeritus, was appointed Director of the

Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.

Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D., was appointed Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and

History at the Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.

Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ph.D., was appointed the Regenstein Professor of Medieval Jewish and Islamic Studies at the Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.

Rabbi Joshua D. Garroway, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Early Christianity and the Second Commonwealth, presented “Paul: Within Judaism, Without Law” at the Lautenschlaeger Colloquium on “Law and Lawlessness in Early Judaism and Christianity” at Mansfield College, Oxford.

Sharon Gillerman, Ph.D., was appointed the Kutz Professor of Jewish History at the Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.

Lisa D. Grant, Ph.D., Professor of Jewish Education, and Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D., Parallel Associate Professor of Jewish Education, published “Like a Distant Cousin: Bi-Cultural Negotiation as

Key Perspective in Understanding the Evolving Relationship of Future Reform Rabbis with

Israel and the Jewish People” in Journal of Jewish Education, 81:1 (2015).

Alyssa Gray, Ph.D., Emily S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair

in Rabbinics, was promoted to Professor of Codes and Responsa

Literature at HUC-JIR/ New York.

Rabbi Jo Hirschmann, BCC, CPE Coordinator, was certified as an Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) Associate Supervisor.

Leah Hochman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Director of the Louchheim School for Judaic Studies, presented three sessions on Jewish-Christian relations at Kirchentag, the biennial meeting of German Protestant churches, in Stuttgart, Germany, including a session devoted to an interfaith conversation between HUC-JIR rabbinical and education students and Germans of diverse faiths.

Joshua Holo, Ph.D., Dean, Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles, published a review of Jessica Goldberg’s “Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean: The Geniza Merchants and Their Business World” on h-net.org.

Faculty|Administration Highlights

CANTOR RICHARD COHN WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE DEBBIE FRIEDMAN

SCHOOL OF SACRED MUSIC. HUC.EDU/REPORT/COHN

DR. LESLEY LITMAN WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE EXECUTIVE M.A. PROGRAM

IN JEWISH EDUCATION. HUC.EDU/REPORT/LITMAN

ERIK LUDWIG WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ZELIKOW SCHOOL

OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT.

HUC.EDU/REPORT/LUDWIG

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Rabbi Shirley Idelson, Ph.D., Dean, HUC-JIR/New York, participated on a panel “Tikkun Olam: Jewish and Contemplative Practices to Repair the World” at the conference of the Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

Dganit Jenshil was appointed Director of Community Relations, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem.

Rabbi Samuel K. Joseph, Ph.D., Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Education and Leadership Development, and Dr. Betsy Stone published “Kids Today: A Brief Psychosocial Overview” in CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Fall 2015.

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D., Director of Service Learning, presented at the annual conference of the Network for Research in Jewish Education on “Innovation in a Legacy Institution: The Jewish Foundation Fellows Project.”

Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Dean, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem, participated in The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities panel on “The Tolerant Aspect in Judaism to the Other and Ways to Its Advancement.”

Sharon Faye Koren, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medieval Jewish Culture and Dr. Norman J. Cohen Chair for an Emerging Jewish Scholar, was granted tenure at HUC-JIR/New York.

Susan G. Kulick, J.D., was appointed National Director of Gift Planning.

Adriane Leveen, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Lead Judaica Specialist in the Jim Joseph Education Initiatives, responded to Robert Alter’s presentation of “Translating Biblical Poetry: Ancient Hebrew Verse and the Constraints of English” at the NIDA School of Translation Studies Research Symposium.

David Levine, Ph.D., was appointed the Israel and Ida G. Bettan Chair in Rabbinics at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem.

Rabbi Michael Marmur, Ph.D., Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost, published “Traditional Exemplars in a Time of Crisis” in Michael A. Meyer & David N. Myers, eds., Between Jewish Tradition and Modernity - Rethinking an Old Opposition, Essays in Honor of David Ellenson (Detroit: Wayne State University Press).

Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Liturgy and Midrash, was granted tenure at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem and presented “Use of the Discarded Past to Create the Future: Renewal and Incorporation of the Old Eretz-Israel Rite in Contemporary Prayer Books” at the Oxford Summer Institute in Modern and Contemporary Judaism on “State and Spirit: The Impact of Sovereignty on Judaism.”

Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, Lecturer in Midrash and Homiletics, and Dr. Gabriel E. Padawer published “Selections from Arnold B. Ehrlich’s Die Psalmen (The Psalms): An English Translation from the Original German and a New Introduction” in CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter 2015.

Michael A. Meyer, Ph.D., Adolph S. Ochs Professor Emeritus of Jewish History, published “New Waters in an Old Vessel: A History of Mikveh in Modern Judaism,” in Michael A. Meyer and David N. Myers, eds., Between Jewish Tradition and Modernity: Rethinking an Old Opposition, Essays in Honor of David Ellenson (Detroit: Wayne State University Press).

Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D., Parallel Associate Professor of Jewish Education, and Rabbi Michael Marmur, Ph.D., Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost, published “Plurality, Identity and Community in Pluralistic Jewish Education” in Gillis, Muszkat-Barkan and Pomson, eds., Speaking in the Plural: The Challenge of Pluralism for Jewish Education, (Jerusalem: Magnes).

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., published “A Talmudist Manifesto,” discussing the important roles that Talmud has to play in the Reform Jewish community and that Reform Judaism has to play in the development of Talmudic studies, in CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Summer 2014.

Bruce A. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Jewish Communal Service,

published “The Geography of Jewish Intermarriage in Five U.S. Urban Areas” in Stan Brunn, ed., The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places,

Identities, Practices and Politics (Springer).

Rabbi Marc Rosenstein, Ph.D., Director Emeritus of the Israel Rabbinical Program, published “The Role of the Rabbi in a

Democratic Jewish State,” in CrossCurrents 65:1, March 2015.

Evie Rotstein, Ed.D., Director, New York School of Education, served as Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation B’nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT in honor of the twentieth anniversary of educator Ira Wise, and spoke on “Authentic Leadership in Jewish Education.”

Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, Ph.D., Director of the Pines School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought, was appointed the Deutsch Family Professor of Rabbinics and Liturgy, and published “The Past

as Paradigm: Enactments of the Exodus Motif in Jewish Liturgy,” in Pamela Barmesh

and W. David Nelson, eds., Exodus in Jewish Experience: Echoes and

Reverberations (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books).

Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller, Professor of Cantorial Arts, composed

“Unetaneh Tokef/ Let Us Give Ourselves Over” for two cantors, congregation, and piano, a commission from The Temple, Congregation Ohabai Sholom of Nashville, TN, and Cantor Tracy Fishbein that was premiered during Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur services at The Temple.

Rabbi David Sperling, Ph.D., was appointed the Julian Morgenstern Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Literature at HUC-JIR/New York.

Phyllis Volan was appointed Director of Development, Central Region.

RABBI OFEK MEIR WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF

THE ISRAEL RABBINICAL PROGRAM. HUC.EDU/REPORT/MEIR

RABBI RICHARD S. SARASON, PH.D., WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR

OF THE PINES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES.

HUC.EDU/REPORT/SARASON

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IN MEMORIAM THE HUC-JIR COMMUNITY REMEMBERS THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY, WHOSE LEGACIES OF SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING,

MENTORSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP ENDURE AS A BLESSING, AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WHO SERVED HUC-JIR WITH DEVOTION.

Frances A. Hess, Governor Emerita

Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz, Distinguished University Professor and Sigmund Falk Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought

Professor Gerald Bubis, Founding Director of the School of Jewish Communal Service (now Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofi t Management) and Alfred Gottschalk

Professor Emeritus of Jewish Communal Studies

Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D., Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice, published “What’s So Special about Halakhic Reasoning? Cigarette Smoking, Jewish Law, and Rabbinical Decision Making,” in Walter Jacob, ed., Addiction and Its Consequences in Jewish Law (Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Press).

Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D., Director of the Rabbinical Program at the Skirball Campus, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles, was promoted to Professor of Rabbinics, and served as a Visiting Fellow in the Summer Collaboratory at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Bible, delivered “Biblical Metaphors of God as ‘Self’ and ‘Other’” as part of a session on “Metaphoric Othering in Prophetic Literature” at the Society of Biblical Literature.

Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, Instructor in Liturgy and Homiletics, was inaugurated as the fi rst Jewish President of the Academy of Homiletics.

Lillian M. Wohl, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Musicology, published “So We Don’t Lose Memory: Jewish Musical Performance After the AMIA Bombing” in Natasha Zaretsky and Annette Levine, eds., Landscapes of Memory and Impunity: The Aftermath of the AMIA Bombing in Jewish Argentina (Leiden: Brill).

Wendy Zierler, Ph.D., was appointed the Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies at HUC-JIR/New York.

American Jewish History: A Primary Source Reader Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., and Marc Dollinger, Ph.D.,EditorsBrandeis, 2014

Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu Our Father, Our KingRabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ph.D. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2015

,kcaRabbi Haim O. Rechnitzer, Ph.D.Carmel, 2015

So Is LifeCantor Ellen Dreskin, Cantor Rosalie Boxt, Josh Nelson, and Dan Nichols 2015

American Jewish Archives Journal, Volume 66, No. 1 & 2Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., EditorThe Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 2014

NGSBA Archaeology, Volume 3David Ilan, Ph.D., Editor-In-ChiefThe Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, 2015

The Jews in Christian Europe: A Source Book, 315-1791Jacob Rader Marcus and Marc SapersteinHUC Press, 2015

Hebrew Union College Annual 84-85 (2013-2014)Edward A. Goldman and Richard S. Sarason, EditorsHUC Press, 2015

Devotion & Commandment: The Faith of Abraham in the Hasidic Imagination [re-issue]Arthur GreenHUC Press, 2015

Faculty & HUC-JIR Books|Music

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ph.D.

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26 Key: Campuses where alumni studied C = Cincinnati J = Jerusalem L = Los Angeles N = New York

Rear Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer (left), President’s Malaria Initiative Coordinator, was awarded the 2015 Roger E. Joseph Prize at Ordination in New York on May 3, 2015, by Rabbi Panken with members of the Joseph family (from left) Sarah Leopold, Ellen Joseph, Linda Karshan, Roxane Leopold, and Roger Karshan. Under his leadership, worldwide malaria deaths have dropped 40 percent, saving over 400,000 lives.

Graduation|Ordination Highlights

Rabbinical Class of 2015 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

2015 Rabbinical and Cantorial Class of HUC-JIR/New York

Rhea Hirsch School of Education

Class of 2015

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The Dr. Bernard Heller Prize in Arts, Letters, the Humanities, and Religion was established twenty-fi ve years ago in memory of a great rabbi, 1920 graduate of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati, and member of the HUC-JIR faculty in New York by the Co-Trustees of the Dr. Bernard Heller Foundation. The 2015 ceremony marked the fi nal time that the Heller Prize was presented annually to an organization or individual whose work, writing, or research refl ects signifi cant contributions in these areas. Ruth O. Freedlander (right), Co-Trustee, presented the 2015 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize to Menachem Z. Rosensaft (left), Founding Chairman, International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, and Senior Vice President, American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants: “Menachem Rosensaft has devoted his life to advancing Holocaust commemoration and education, bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, promoting the Israeli peace process, and fi ghting racism and bigotry. He is the guardian of Holocaust memory and his mission is a bridge between the Shoah and our fervent hopes for a bright future for the Jewish people and our beloved State of Israel.”

Rabbinical Alumni –Doctor of Divinity honoris causaJoshua M. AaronsonJordan D. Cohen, RJEPaul Frederick CohenMatthew S. CutlerDavid F. EdlesonEdward G. ElkinNancy FlamCarla FreedmanSusan FreemanMark GlickmanSidney Michael HelbraunNancy KastenSandford R. KopnickDavid A. LyonGary A. MazoRachel S. Mikva, Ph.D.Eric M. PolokoffCheryl RosensteinDoug SagalAmy M. SchwartzmanMichal ShekelRon SternDaniel SwartzBetsy ToropMichael ToropNancy Esther Wechsler-Azen

Peretz Wolf-PrusanDavid Sheldon Woznica

Cantorial Alumni – Doctor of Music honoris causa Stuart Bin derJanece Erman CohenKaren Webber GilatNaomi HirschSandra Sherry-PilatskyGershon SilinsPamela Kordan Trimble

Doctor of Jewish Religious Education honoris causa Dina L. Backer, RJEMindy B. Davids, RJEHarriet M. Levine, RJEHolly A. Michelson, RJERabbi Paul Sidlofsky, RJE

Jewish Nonprofi t Management Alumni – Doctor of Jewish Nonprofi t Managementhonoris causa Lori M arx-Rabiner

Graduate Medallion John C. Reeves, Ph.D.

MAZEL TOV TO OUR 25-YEAR ALUMNI

Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofi t Management Class of 2015

Pines School of Graduate

Studies’ newly hooded

Doctor of Philosophy

in Judaic, Hebraic, and

Cognate Studies

2015 Rabbinical Class of HUC-JIR/Los Angeles

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President’s Rabbinic Council

Rabbi Joshua AaronsonRabbi Richard D. AglerRabbi Peter S. BergRabbi Aaron BisnoRabbi Jonathan E. BlakeRabbi Barry H. BlockRabbi Richard A. BlockRabbi Steven BobRabbi Angela Warnick BuchdahlRabbi Marcus BursteinRabbi Kenneth M. ChasenRabbi Marianne (Mari) ChernowRabbi Daniel CohenRabbi Stephen E. CohenRabbi Sissy CoranRabbi Harry K. DanzigerRabbi Joshua A. DavidsonRabbi Jerome K. DavidsonRabbi Lucy DinnerRabbi Ellen W. DreyfusRabbi Denise EgerRabbi Morley T. FeinsteinRabbi Steven FoxRabbi David M. FrankRabbi Ronne FriedmanRabbi Stacy FriedmanRabbi Dara Beth FrimmerRabbi David J. GelfandRabbi Matthew D. GewirtzRabbi James GibsonRabbi Neal D. GoldRabbi Edwin GoldbergRabbi Samuel N. GordonRabbi Micah GreensteinRabbi Nicole M. GreningerRabbi Daniel Benjamin GropperRabbi Lisa GrushcowRabbi Richard J. JacobsRabbi Howard JaffeRabbi Jonathan JaffeRabbi Stephen I. KahnRabbi Lewis H. KamrassRabbi Nancy A. KastenRabbi Karyn D. KedarRabbi Peter S. KnobelRabbi Charles A. KroloffRabbi William I. KuhnRabbi Robert N. Levine

Rabbi Daniel E. LevinRabbi John LinderRabbi Greg LitcofskyRabbi Alan LitwakRabbi Andrea LondonRabbi Harold LossRabbi Steven S. LowensteinRabbi Bruce LustigRabbi David A. LyonRabbi Gregory MarxRabbi Steven S. MasonRabbi Rachel MikvaRabbi Bennett F. MillerRabbi Mark J. MillerRabbi Arthur NemitoffRabbi Robert NosanchukRabbi Rex D. PerlmeterRabbi Jonah PesnerRabbi James ProsnitRabbi Fred M. ReinerRabbi Laurie RiceRabbi Jack RombergRabbi Peter J. RubinsteinRabbi Douglas B. SagalRabbi Maurice SalthRabbi Amy M. SchwartzmanRabbi Ronald M. SegalRabbi Daniel SeptimusRabbi Barton A. ShallatRabbi Susan ShankmanRabbi Ronald ShapiroRabbi Scott ShpeenRabbi Jonathan SingerRabbi Jeffrey J. SirkmanRabbi Joel SisenwineRabbi Yael Sabath SplanskyRabbi David E. SternRabbi Susan A. TalveRabbi Judith Schindler WallachRabbi Roy A. WalterRabbi Jeffrey WeillRabbi Daniel A. WeinerRabbi Michael A. WhiteRabbi Deborah E. ZecherRabbi Daniel ZemelRabbi Irwin A. ZeplowitzRabbi Marcia A. ZimmermanRabbi Misha Zinkow

2014-2015

Administration Aaron D. Panken, Rabbi, Ph.D., President

David Ellenson, Rabbi, Ph.D., Chancellor Emeritus

Michael Marmur, Rabbi, Ph.D., Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost

Jane F. Karlin, Ph.D., Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Sandra M. Mills, C.P.A., B.B.A., Vice President of Finance and Administration

and Chief Financial Officer

Elizabeth M. Squadron, M.S., Vice President for Program and Business Development

Jonathan Cohen, Rabbi, Ph.D., L.L.B, Dean, Cincinnati

Joshua Holo, Ph.D., Dean, Los Angeles

Shirley Idelson, Rabbi, Ph.D., Dean, New York

Naamah Kelman, Rabbi, M.A.H.L., Dean, Jerusalem

2014-2015

Council of Alumni Associations

Executive CommitteeAndi Milens, ChairRabbi Alan Litwak, Vice ChairJulie Vanek, RJE, Member at LargeCantor Elizabeth Sacks, Member at Large

Debbie Friedman School of Sacred MusicCantor Lori CorrsinCantor Elizabeth Sacks

Executive M.A. Program in Jewish EducationDeborah Bram, RJEMagda Reyes

New York School of EducationAlyson BazeleyJessica Ingram

Rabbinical SchoolRabbi Marcus Burstein

Rhea Hirsch School of EducationBradley CohenMindy Davids, RJE

Pines School of Graduate StudiesDr. Joel AllenDr. Michael Matlock

Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit ManagementNaomi Abelson David Levy

Alumni Associations’ Leadership

Debbie Friedman School of Sacred MusicCantor Elizabeth Sacks, Chair

Executive M.A. Program in Jewish EducationDeborah Bram, RJE, Chair

New York School of EducationRena Fraade, RJE, Chair

Rabbinical SchoolRabbi Marcus Burstein, ChairRabbi Joui Hessel, Vice Chair

Rhea Hirsch School of EducationLisa Langer, RJE, ChairRachel Margolis, RJE, Vice Chair

Pines School of Graduate StudiesDr. John Kampen, Chair

Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit ManagementStephanie Steingold Bressler, ChairNaomi Abelson, Vice Chair

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