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MAZAL TOV TO THE
RABBIS, CANTORS, AND GRADUATES
OF OUR 145TH ACADEMIC YEAR!
Honorary Degrees
(To be presented at 2021 Graduation Ceremonies)
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Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa / New York
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
President, University of Pennsylvania;
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
in the School of Arts and Sciences;
Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication
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Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa / Los Angeles
Toni Reinis
Co-founder of SOVA;
Legislation and Public Policy Advocate, California Homeless and Housing Coalition;
Co-founder and Former Executive Director of New Directions, Inc.
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Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa / Cincinnati
Eric Foner, Ph.D.
DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University
Rabbi Samuel K. Joseph, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
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Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa / Jerusalem
Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus, Institute for Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University
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Roger E. Joseph Prize
(To be presented at 2021 Ordination Ceremony)
Sara J. Bloomfield
Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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/ Rabbinical Class of 2020
(Ordination Ceremony postponed due to COVID-19)
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JERUSALEM
(Presented November 14, 2019)
David Barak-Gorodetsky
Mori (Mordechai) Li-Dar
Binyamin Daniel Minich
Dahlia Shaham
Devorah Shoua-Haim
Olya Weinstein
Shlomo Yehuda Zagman
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NEW YORK
Sarah Melissa Berman
Deena Joy Gottlieb
Thalia Naomi Halpert Rodis
Jessica Leah Kerman
Jennifer Elizabeth Mager
Rena Singer
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LOS ANGELES
Liora Esther Alban
Meir C. Bargeron
Noah A.L. Diamondstein
Calvin Sebastian Dox-DaCosta
Nora Elizabeth E. Feinstein
Daniel Moss Freedman
Sarah Elizabeth Rosenbaum
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CINCINNATI
Benjamin A. Altshuler
Benjamin Geoffrey Azriel
Yael K. Dadoun
Alicia Harris
Robert Aaron Gleisser
Natalie Louise Shribman
Caroline Rachel Sim
Michael Ephraim Weiss
Austin Maxwell Zoot
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/ Cantorial Class of 2020 NEW YORK
(Ordination Ceremony postponed due to COVID-19)
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Tobias B. Glaser
Alexandra Marie Kurland
Amelia Lavranchuk
Meara Ilene Lebovitz
Danielle Lea Rodnizki
Emily Clare Simkin
Robert David Wittner
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NEW YORK
Interfaith Doctor of Ministry
in Pastoral Care
Matthew J. Grimes
Michele Ellise Lenke
Marcos Antonio Miranda
Evan Lee Zazula
Master of Arts in
Hebrew Literature
Emily Rebecca Aronson
Jeffrey Alan Dreifus
Joshua Aaron Gischner
Vanessa Morgan Harper
Janet Shelley Katz
Erin Binder Kurland
Ariel Dina Milan-Polisar
Preston Dean Neimeiser
Andrew Samuel Oberstein
Rachael Ann Nicole Pass
Kylynn Guenevere Mary Perdue-Bronson
Zachary Allan Plesent
Danielle Erica Weisbrot
Master of Arts in
Religious Education
Amelia Lavranchuk
Daniel Dolph Reichenbach
Master of Arts in
Religious Education,
Executive Program
Miriam S. Berk
Sarah Michal DeWoskin
Roberta Franco Glick
Maxwell Richmon Hendrix
Amy Beth Hertz
Benjamin David Mazur
Deborah L. Morin
Wendy D. Pein
David Jonathan Perolman
Eran Rosenberg
Heather Brooke Rosenthal
Jennifer Cheryl Weiner
Susan B. Wexler
Mia Suzanne Zimman
Master of Sacred Music
Olivia Paige Brodsky
Shani Cohen
David Warren Fair
Daniel Joseph Geigerman
Ilana Kate Goldman
Stefano Lorenzo Iacono
Lianna Sage Mendelson
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LOS ANGELES
Master of Arts in
Hebrew Letters
Megan Ilana Brumer
Elias Luis Ivone Chajet
Scott Ethan Goldberg
Esther Sarah Jilovsky
Sarah Alicia Moody
Rachel Ann Rothstein
Ariel Ezekiel Zitny
Sofia Louisa Zway
Master of Arts in
Jewish Education
Michelle Erin Blumenthal
Tamara Ellyse Cohen
Sasha Dominguez
Erin Samantha Levine
Andrea Rose McNellis
Elana Sara Rabishaw
Brett Charles Weisman
Master of Arts in
Jewish Nonprofit Management
Tamara Ellyse Cohen
Sasha Dominguez
Maryn Shelby Gordon
Hannah Evelyn Leib
Erin Samantha Levine
Andrea Rose McNellis
Taylor Aryn Millman
Elliana Frieda Rao
Rebecca Beryl Sachs
Aviva Chana Symons
Master of Science in
Organizational Leadership
and Innovation
Edden Leigh Dembsky
Monica Rachael Edelman
Michael Craig Gropper
Spencer Todd Hirsch
Joel Ross Swedlove
Certificate in Jewish
Organizational Leadership
Michelle Erin Blumenthal
Daniel Moss Freedman
Scott Ethan Goldberg
Will Hall
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CINCINNATI
Doctor of Philosophy
in Judaic, Hebraic, and Cognate Studies
John C. Johnson
Master of Philosophy
in Judaic, Hebraic,
and Cognate Studies
Chelsea Ann Simon
Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Jason Samuel Cook
Libby Louise Fisher
Deborah Samantha Novak Goldberg
William Paxton Hall, Jr.
Jonathan Lee Jackson
Ross Zadoc Levy
Zoe Mira McCoon
Shmuel Polin
Taylor Ann Poslosky
Samantha Frances Schauvaney
Annalisa Grimes Stryer
Yair S. Walton
Master of Arts in Jewish Studies
Amichai Levy
Devin G. Olachea
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JERUSALEM
(Presented November 14, 2019)
Sugiyot Chayim Certificates
for The Blaustein Center
for Spiritual Counseling
Rachel Helfer Balf
Shirley Zfat Davidai
Leah Feit
Sarit Shabtai Hamawi
Irit Hefets
Orli Moss
Miryam Munk
Rabbi Galit Oren-Moran
Edna Resh
Dr. Elana Sztokman
Regev Yacobovitch
Eyal Yashfe
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/ Honoring Our Alumni
(Honorary degrees to be presented at 2021 Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies)
RABBINICAL ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, honoris causa
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Camille Shira Angel
Leslie Paulette Bergson
Mark Bloom
Jeffrey Scott Clopper
Sandra J. Cohen
Heidi Barron Coretz
Stacia Deutsch
James E. Egolf
Jennifer B. Flatté
Lisa S. Greene
Johanna Michelle Hershenson
Shira H. Joseph
Stephen Kahn
Elliott Adam Kleinman
Marc Aaron Kline
Benjamin Martin Levy
Valerie Lieber
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Steven Stark Lowenstein
Sharon Young Marcus
Barbara Metzinger
Kenneth Daniel Milhander
Michael Lawrence Moskowitz
Andrew Marc Paley
Stephen B. Roberts
Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Judith Schindler
Burt E. Schuman
Susan Silverman
Joel Lee Sisenwine
Richard Michael Steinberg
Robyn Hedy Tsesarsky
Amy Coben Weiss
Richard Winer
Stephanie Wolfe
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DEBBIE FRIEDMAN SCHOOL OF SACRED MUSIC CANTORIAL ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF MUSIC, honoris causa
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Jennifer R. Bern-Vogel
Joel Matthew Colman
Erik Lee Contzius
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Ilene Keys
Rogerio F. Marx
Judith A. Seplowin
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, honoris causa
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Susan Ellen Cosden, RJE
Andrea B. Gardenhour
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Aviva Miriam Levin, RJE
Amy Grossblatt Pessah
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ZELIKOW SCHOOL OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, honoris causa
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Mindee Stein Fredman
Aaron Benjamin Levinson
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Andrea Milens
Lee Bryant Rosenfield
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PINES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES MEDALLION
Stephen J. Andrews
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