MAZAL TOV TO THE
RABBIS, CANTORS, AND GRADUATES
OF OUR 146TH ACADEMIC YEAR!

RABBINICAL ORDINATION

CINCINNATI
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 A. Poslosky
Samantha Frances Schauvaney
Annalisa Grimes Stryer
Yair Walton

NEW YORK
Emily Rebecca Aronson
Kylynn Guenevere Mary Cohen
Jeffrey Alan Dreifus
Joshua Aaron Gischner
Vanessa Morgan Harper
Jan S. Katz
Erin M. Binder
Ariel Dina Milan-Polisar
Preston Dean Neimeiser
Andrew Samuel Oberstein
Rachael Ann Nicole Pass
Zachary Allan Plesent
Danielle Erica Weisbrot

LOS ANGELES
Hannah Lauren Elkin
Esther Sarah Jilovsky
Samuel Solomon Klein
Samuel Alexander Stern
Erik Lee Uriarte

JERUSALEM
Osnat Eldar Herz
Regev Yaakobovitch Michaeli
Renana Peres
Orit Berg Rozenblit

CANTORIAL ORDINATION NEW YORK

Olivia Paige Brodsky
Shani Cohen
David Warren Fair
Ilana Kate Goldman
Stefano Lorenzo Iacono
Lianna Sage Mendelson

GRADUATION CINCINNATI

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAIC, HEBRAIC, AND COGNATE STUDIES

Phillip Marcus Bollinger

Kyungji (Kevin) Ha

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAIC, HEBRAIC, AND COGNATE STUDIES

Phillip Jordan Fischaber
Hara Jun
Michael Walter Owen

Ryan M. Replogle
Anthony Brian Stoller

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LETTERS

Madeline R. Anderson
Ashley Lynn Barrett
Caitlin Joy Brazner
Randall M. Burke
Rebecca Anne Diamond
Jonathan Robert Falco

Daniel Paul Hotary
David Nathan Jaffe
Ross Zadoc Levy
Eliza Rosie Silk McCarroll
Jessica “Tzvia” Erin Rubens

GRADUATION JERUSALEM (held November 12, 2020)

BLAUSTEIN CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL COUNSELING PROGRAM

Adi Bielski Adani
David Azoulay
Zeuditu Bainesay
Naomi Ben-Ari
Shani Ben Or
Shimon (Shimku) El Ami

Mani (Emanuel) Gal
Bat Chen Goldman
Father Roman Kaminski
Amevet Rada
Tova Yura Smith
Ilanit Swissa

MASTER OF ARTS IN PLURALISTIC JEWISH EDUCATION

Ron Alter
Opal Arbell
Ronit Pinsky Attedgi
Tal Bouhnik
Tal Hagai
Miriam Jano
Timor Muller

Rabbi Binyamin Minich
Bar Reut Peretz
Orit Shoshani Sagi
Noga Shitrit
Daniel Soloway
Eden Wiselman

GRADUATION LOS ANGELES

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH EDUCATION

Ze’evi Berman
Anna Meyers Burke
Megan Ilana Brumer

Elias Luis Ivone Chajet
Mira S. Weller
Ariel Ezekiel Zitny

MASTER OF ARTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, EXECUTIVE M.A. PROGRAM

These graduates were recipients of Legacy Heritage Midcareer Fellowships.

Lisa Beth Isen Baumal
Lauren Randi Belferder
Elizabeth Bloch
Amanda Campbell
Jennifer Cicelsky George
Zoe Elizabeth Goldberg
Betsy A. Kachel
Carly Brianne Kastner

Sarit Adina Katzew
Hannah A. Richman Kearney
Joie B. Magnone
Mary C. Passell
Jennifer D. Quick
Robin A. Sheridan
Jane Tuv

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

Rachael Sara Cohen
Madeline Sarah Cooper
Marlee Joann Goldshine
Rachel Ashley Crouch Hershman
Alexandra Lauren Horn
Erica Fae Shulman Houston

Jared Ethan Jackson
Jill Ilana Rubin
Gabriella Michal Switzer
Samuel Aaron Waldman
David K. White

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION
(graduated August 6, 2020)

Jillian Jennie Bar-or
Omri Einav
Yocheved Hartman

Arezu Hashemi
Rachel Shamash Schneider

CERTIFICATE IN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(graduated August 6, 2020)

Julia Whiting Berg

Samuel Kanter

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LETTERS

Elana Aura Ackerman Hirsch
Julia W. Berg
Anna Kathryn Calamaro
Melissa Haley Carp
Leo Eliezer Fuchs
Miriam Eve Hoffman

Jessica Micole Jacobs
Samuel David Kanter
Rebecca Emily Kaufman
Chayva Lindsay Lehrman
Michael G. Walden

LOUCHHEIM SCHOOL OF JUDAIC STUDIES
BACHELOR OF ARTS MINOR IN JEWISH STUDIES AT USC

Brendan Goldberg

GRADUATION NEW YORK

INTERFAITH DOCTOR OF MINISTRY FOR PASTORAL CARE

Jeshayahu Belooseky
Jeffrey C. Brown
Eric Daniel Danson
Matthew Grimes

Aviva Miriam Levin
Marcos Miranda
Evan Zazula

MASTER OF ARTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Julia E. Bennett
Joshua Aaron Gischner

Rachel Ashley Crouch Hershman

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LITERATURE

Sasha N. Baken
Madeline Sarah Cooper
Benjamin J. Dyme
Rebecca Onea Sabin Hecht
Rebecca Lynn Jaye
Noah Joshua Lawrence
Leah Michelle Nussbaum

Jill Alana Rubin
Eliza Reich Scheffler
Healy Shir Slakman
Alexandra H. Stein
Samuel Myles Weiss
Noah A. Westreich

MASTER OF SACRED MUSIC

Sara Lillian Anderson
Stefanie Lynn Greene
Suzanne Chaya Hamstra
Mike Jarvis

Jenna Leigh Mark
Jenna Rose McMillan
Samuel Aaron Rosen

HONORING OUR ALUMNI

Alumni receiving honorary degrees will receive a separate
invitation to special events organized in their honor.

RABBINICAL ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, honoris causa

Jonathan A. Aaron
Batsheva Appel
Andrew N. Bachman
Yafah Lindsey bat Joseph
Aaron Benjamin Bisno
Daniel Bronstein
Mike Comins
Glynis Conyer
Geoffrey W. Dennis
Elizabeth Amy Dunsker
Bruce Elder
Ariel J. Friedlander
Suri Friedman
George Gittleman
Carol Sue Rudnick Goldblatt
Steven Michael Gross
Peter Kessler

Richard Kirschen
Debra Landsberg
Michele Ellise Lenke
Daniel E. Levin
Alan E. Litwak
Andrea Coustan London
Rosalin Mandelberg
Batsheva Hannah Meiri
Scott Alan Meltzer
Michelle Paree Missaghieh
Melinda Faith Panken
Jay Charles Perlman
Jacqueline Romm Satlow
Ronald M. Segal
Ariel Walsh
Jennifer Cheryl Weiner
Shifra Weiss-Penzias
Amir Wind

DEBBIE FRIEDMAN SCHOOL OF SACRED MUSIC CANTORIAL ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF MUSIC, honoris causa

Julie Beth Berlin
Devorah Felder-Levy
Claire Franco
Jordan Shai Franzel
Tamar Heather Havilio
Fredda Rakusin Mendelson

Adelle Roberta Nicholson
Judith Ovadia
David Lessner Perper
Wally Schachet-Briskin
Rachel Stock Spilker
Steven Ira Weiss

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, honoris causa

Michelle Shapiro Abraham
Jodi Nan Kaufman
Michelle Lynn-Sachs

Frances Weinman Schwartz
Sharon L. Wechter

ZELIKOW SCHOOL OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, honoris causa

Jeanne Epstein
Laurence A. Nathan

Richard M. Rosenbaum
Dana Leigh Sheanin

All degrees granted upon completion of all requirements.