MAZEL TOV TO THE CLASS OF 2019!

HONORARY DOCTORATES, PRIZES, AND AWARDS

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa

Madeleine Albright,
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group

Andrew Viterbi,
Presidential Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California

Andrew R. Berger,
Immediate Past Chair,
HUC-JIR Board of Governors; Prominent Corporate Attorney and Jewish Communal Leader

Roger E. Joseph Prize

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha,
Founder and Director, Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative

Sherut L’Am Award

Deborah Lipstadt, Ph.D.,
Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Emory University;
Author of “Antisemitism: Here and Now”

RABBINICAL ORDINATION

NEW YORK
Samantha Gayler Frank
Shira Hannah Gluck
Hilly N. Haber
Tobias Divack Moss
Jennifer L. Queen
Jordan A. Shaner
Evan Joshua Sheinhait
Daniel Jacob Slipakoff

LOS ANGELES
Julie Lauren Bressler
Alexis Nicole Erdheim
Avi Burstein Fine
Robert Paul Friedman
Benjamin Caplan-Meskin Gurin
Lillian Sarah Kowalski
Joanne Michelle Loiben
Elana Rose Nemitoff
Ira Saul Rosenberg
Eric Daniel Rosenstein
Leah Hillary Sternberg
Bryan Stephen Zive

CINCINNATI
David Benjamin Bloom
Jordan Faye Cohen
Zachary Scott Goodman
Rachel Ann Gross-Prinz
Allyson Resnik Jacobson
David Alex Reinhart
Bailey Jean Romano
Joseph Harold Rosen
Samantha Cari Schapera
Isaama Marian Goldstein-Stoll

CANTORIAL ORDINATION

NEW YORK
Harriet Jane Dunkerley
Sarah Grabiner
Mariel Beth Guarrera-Ashkenazy
Leah Rose Shafritz

   GRADUATION

NEW YORK
Interfaith Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care Deborah Berman
Alisa T. Forman
Ucall George Harris
Lois M. Perelson-Gross
Robyn Hedy Tsesarsky

Master of Arts in
Hebrew Literature
Sarah Melissa Berman
Deena Joy Gottlieb
Thalia Naomi Halpert Rodis
Jennifer Elizabeth Mager
Jordan A. Shaner
Rena Singer

Master of Arts in
Religious Education
Emily Laura Mae Besthoff

Master of Arts in
Jewish Studies
Susan H. Picker

Master of Sacred Music
Jennifer Elise Benrey
Tobias Bernard Glaser
Benjamin Joseph Harris
Alexandra Marie Kurland
Amelia Lavranchuk
Meara Ilene Lebovitz
Danielle Lea Rodnizki
Emily Clare Simkin
Robert David Wittner

LOS ANGELES
Master of Arts in
Hebrew Letters
Nora Elizabeth E. Feinstein
Samuel S. Klein
Michael Franklin Lewis
Samuel A. Stern
Mira Segal Weller
Elana Sara Rabishaw
Brett Charles Weisman

Master of Arts in
Jewish Education
Mikah S. Atkind
Hannah Lauren Elkin
Emma Marie Jaszczak

Master of Arts in
Jewish Nonprofit Management
Mikah S. Atkind
David Aaron Kazdan
Alexis Nicole Erdheim
Sarah S. Horvitz
Leah Phillips
Emily Kayla Rothstein

Master of Science in
Organizational Leadership
and Innovation
Elana Marie Bloomfield

CINCINNATI
Doctor of Philosophy
in Judaic, Hebraic, and Cognate Studies
Gregory Allen Snyder

Master of Philosophy
in Judaic, Hebraic,
and Cognate Studies
Eric Anthony Barrios
Steven L. Donnally
Cameron Sapaugh
Keith R. Vande Vrede

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Benjamin Avi Altshuler
Benjamin Geoffrey Azriel
Yael K. Dadoun
Robert Aaron Gleisser
Rachel Ann Gross-Prinz
Alicia Harris
Natalie Louise Shribman
Caroline Rachel Sim
Michael Weiss
Austin Maxwell Zoot

Master of Arts in Jewish Studies
Sara Nicole Yeager

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