MAZAL TOV TO THE
RABBIS, CANTORS, GRADUATES,
AND ALUMNI HONOREES
OF OUR 147TH ACADEMIC YEAR!

RABBINICAL ORDINATION

CINCINNATI
Madeline Rose Anderson
Ashley Lynn Barrett
Caitlin Joy Brazner
Randall M. Burke
Rebecca Anne Diamond
Jonathan Robert Falco
Daniel Paul Hotary
David Nathan Jaffe
Eliza Rosie Silk McCarroll
Tzvia Erin Rubens

NEW YORK
Sasha Nicole Baken
Madeline Sarah Cooper
Benjamin Jacob Dyme
Rebecca Onea Sabin Hecht
Rebecca Lynn Jaye
Noach Lawrence
Leah Michelle Nussbaum
Jill Alana Rubin
Eliza Reich Scheffler
Alexandra Happ Stein
Samuel Myles Weiss
Noah Albert Westreich

LOS ANGELES
Scott Ethan Goldberg
Michael Franklin Lewis
Elana Sara Rabishaw
Rachel Ann Rothstein
Brett Charles Weisman
Mira S. Weller
Sofia Louisa Zway

JERUSALEM
Shani Tziporah Ben-Or
Naomi Efrat
Rodrigo Baumworcel
Orli Moss
Amnon Ribak
Dana Sharon

CANTORIAL ORDINATION

JERUSALEM

Shani Tziporah Ben-Or

NEW YORK

Sara Lillian Anderson
Jennifer Elise Benrey
Stefanie Lynn Greene
Suzanne Chaya Hamstra
Michael Weir Jarvis
Jenna Leigh Mark
Jenna Rose McMillan
Samuel Aaron Rosen

GRADUATION CINCINNATI

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAIC, HEBRAIC, AND COGNATE STUDIES

Matthew Alan Boersma*
Caleb A. Gilmore
Sharon R. Love

Jared Wesson Saltz
Keith R. Vande Vrede

DOCTOR OF HEBREW LETTERS

Belle Michael

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAIC, HEBRAIC, AND COGNATE STUDIES

Julia Rose Olson

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH STUDIES

Matthew Reed Liethen*
Gretchen Suzanne Johnson*

William Evan Vossman
Rebekah Jane Wallace

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LETTERS

Rebecca Benoff*
Madeline Torop Budman
Anna Meyers Burke*
Emily S. Dana
Matthew Derrenbacher*
Ashley Englander*

Samuel Isaac Rheins
Benjamin Rosen*
Ilana Yael Symons
Aaron David Budman Torop
Edith Yakutis*

*Awarded at Cincinnati Graduation on October 3, 2021

GRADUATION LOS ANGELES

MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Rachel Jean Altfeld
Julia W. Berg
Elana Aura Ackerman Hirsch
Shirah Coran Kraus

Malcolm J. McElheney
Eliana Shira Linsky Rubin
Liana Marie Wertman

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH LEARNING

Malcolm J. McElheney

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH EDUCATION

Sarah Alicia Moody

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING

Emily Regina Baumgarten
Sara Faye Goldrath
Polly Ann Holzman
Laura Brooke Hussey
Samantha Esther Parker

Sarit Peisach
Charlene Rachel Niku
Noah Ariel Scheindlin
Shiri Surkin

MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

Carrie Rose Bohn
Miriam E. Hoffman
Emily Anabeth Hoolihan
Shir Horovitz
Jessica Micole Jacobs
Mikhail Kemerau
Adrián Asallas Lederman
Chayva Lindsay Lehrman
Zachary Isaac Lempert

Lily Brielle Mandell
Kal Adam Marcus
Malcolm J. McElheney
Justin Joseph Nemanpour
Alexander P. Rubin
Alyssa Jennifer Silva
Hannah Rose Sullivan
Tamara Ariana Zishuk

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

Samara Leader
Andrew Max
Shani Mink

Mark Pattis
Suzy Sostrin
Jasmine Tarkoff

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LETTERS

Max G. Antman
Taylor Shannon Baruchel
Hannah Claire Bender
Aria Adele Caligiuri
Jade Abronson Carter
Rebecca Frances Chess

Timothy Welles Gaylord
Shirah Coran Kraus
Jerry Nathan Kudan
Franklyn Henry Salzman
Samantha Rose Thal

LOUCHHEIM SCHOOL FOR JUDAIC STUDIES
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JEWISH STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Shelby Rebecca Chickman
Alejandro Herrera

Sione Ngalupepeloa Tautalatasi Kefu
Xinyu (Ciao) Zhao

GRADUATION JERUSALEM

BLAUSTEIN CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL COUNSELING PROGRAM

Yonatan Arnon
Bat El Meshasha Ashkenazi
Hadar Ben-Yehuda
Galit Bitan
Dr. Leah Eckstein
Yaki Hertz

Dganit Timor Jenshil
Leora Londy-Barash
Nurit Nof
Vered Paz-Tsuk
Liat Zichron-Yaffe

GRADUATION NEW YORK

INTERFAITH DOCTOR OF MINISTRY FOR PASTORAL CARE

Alexander Udekwe Agbata
Luke Chinedu Ibeh

Andonios Christophero Prayannis

MASTER OF ARTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Shelley Claire Hubert

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

Leslie Ann Bright
David Andrew Eber
Sarit Tsor Ferreira
Margaret B. Shapiro Haskett
Rina Liebeskind
Meredith Ileen Lubin

Susan E. Potechin
Eileen Fern Sadowsky
Matthew A. Vogel
Alison Kim Weikel
Rachel Leigh Weinstein White
Forrest Sidney Yesnes

MASTER OF SACRED MUSIC

Shani Tziporah Ben-Or
Ella Leila Gladstone Martin
Jordan L. Goldstein
Emily Anabeth Hoolihan
Kalix Rosenbaum Jacobson
Sydney Rose Lazar

Emma Rebecca Maier
Becky Alaine Mann
Isaac J. Sonett-Assor
Ze’evi Simcha Tovlev
Agnes Barroll Valdman
Rachel Paula Weston

MASTER OF ARTS IN HEBREW LITERATURE

Yonatan Arnon
George Louis Cheever Altshuler
Chelsea Rebecca Feuchs
Lily Sklar Goldstein
Jacob E. Leizman

Sienna Rachel Lotenberg
Andrew Kaplan Mandel
Daniel Dolph Reichenbach
Heather Alexandra Shore
Amanda Katherine Weiss

ROGER E. JOSEPH PRIZE

Presented to
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
at New York Ordination

Our thanks to the Joseph Prize Endowment and the Joseph Family
for their support of Ordination in New York.

HONORING OUR ALUMNI

Recipients of Alumni Honorary Doctorates in 2020 and 2021 received them in an online ceremony.
They have also been invited to participate in our in-person ceremonies this year.

RABBINICAL ALUMNI
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, honoris causa

Jeffrey Richard Astrachan
Alan M. Berlin
Deborah Bodin Cohen
Joshua Michael Davidson
Renee Goldberg Edelman
Ellen Flax
Matthew D. Gewirtz
Neal D. Gold
Ari J. Goldstein
Sheila Beth Goloboy
Debora S. Gordon
Mark Kaiserman
Jonathan D. Klein
Daveen H. Litwin
Michele Brand Medwin
Sydney Mintz
S. Robert Morais
Leon A. Morris
Jay Henry Moses

Nancy Rita Myers
Janet Offel
Wendy Drucker Pein
Jonah D. Pesner
Sarah Reines
Theodore Hirsch Riter
Jennie Rosenn
Howard Jacoby Ruben
Rick Schechter
Zachary Rootberg Shapiro
Lisa Beth Silverstein
Adam Stock Spilker
Elena Stein
Andrea Lerner Steinberger
Max W. Weiss
David Hillel Wilfond
David Dine Wirtschafter
Mary L. Zamore

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

Melissa Lynne Adleman
Kenneth Jaffe
Michael Moses Mandel

Jacqueline Leigh Marx
Jaime Shpall

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

Lauren Chizner
Bryan Conyer

Julie Lebenson Lambert
Rachel Stern

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

Judy Berkeley
Julie Lynn Harris

Michelle Landau Brooks
Mandi Richardson

All degrees granted upon completion of all requirements.