ORDINATIONS & GRADUATIONS - 1999

Cincinnati	Los Angeles	Jerusalem	New York
Ordination, June 5		Ordination, March 11	Ordination, May 16
Graduation, June 2	Graduation, May 17		Graduation, May 13

CINCINNATI
Graduation -- 2 June 1999 / 18 Sivan 5759

Ph.D. in Semitic Languages
Tarsee Li

Ph.D. in History of Biblical Interpretation
Curtis Paul Giese
Timothy E. Saleska

Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature
W. David Nelson

Master of Philosophy in Hebraic and Cognate Studies
Peter H. Dongell
Jim L. Hiner, Jr.
Shannon Eileen Schaffer
Brian Albert Smith

Master of Arts
Timothy David Hadley
Charles Mathew Ramsey

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Donnielle Catrice Aaron
Frank Adam DeWoskin
Jessica Erin Locketz

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Professor Richard Breitman

Professor of History at American University
Professor Christopher Browning

Professor of History, Pacific Lutheran University
Sister Ruth Graf

Professor of Theology, Xavier University
Professor Jan Karski

Retired Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University &

Holocaust resistance leader
Dr. Herbert H. Paper

Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Near Eastern Languages,

HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Dr. Ben Zion Wacholder

Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice,

HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Professor Herbert Zafren

Director of Libraries Emeritus, HUC-JIR
1999 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke -- address

Graduation Address

Dr. Michael Meyer, Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History,

HUC-JIR, Cincinnati

CINCINNATI
Ordination -- 5 June 1999 / 21 Sivan 5759

Ordained as Rabbi
Ilana Greenfield Baden
B. Allison Bergman
Mark Covitz
Anthony Bryan Fratello
Scott Isaiah Hausman-Weiss
Thomas Stephan Heyn
Elissa Miriam Kohen
David Craig Komerofsky
Jamie Samisch Korngold
Audrey Rhona Korotkin
Laura Suzanne Lieber
Jessica Erin Locketz
Joseph Benjamin Meszler
Joseph William Prass
Roxanne J. Schneider
Beth Lyn Schwartz
Daniel Micah Sherman
Judith Hannah Spicehandler
Seth Mark Stander
Todd Michael Thalblum
Joanna Tract
Howard Voss-Altman

Ordination Address
Rabbi David Wolpe

LOS ANGELES
Graduation -- 17 May 1999 / 2 Sivan 5759

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Linda Earle Bertenthal
Charles Kahn Briskin
Melissa L. Fogel
Jordan Ari Friedman
Tali Esther Hyman
Leah Susan Malmon
Laura I. Neuman
Bruce Anthony Raff
Philip C. Rice
Lisa Ann Rosenberg
Sarah Dania Schechter
Karen Shahon Strok

Joint Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Jewish Education
Ellen Cindy Lefkowitz
Debra Lynn Sagan

Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service
Robyn Nicole Altmann
Shoshanna Hecht Arnall
Joslyn Simone Arnon
Andrea Carolyn Bardack
Rachel L. Chertkoff
Joshua Richmond Epstein
Sara Ann Greene
Aaron Louis Gross
Stephanie Kaplan
Alyssa Martin.
Scott Michael Minkow
Joshua M. Stone
Stacy Ilana Walter

Master of Arts in Jewish Education
Michael Scott Churgel
Lori Brockman Grodan
Joui Marlo Hessel
Renee Jill Rubin

Master of Arts in Judaic Studies
Shannon McGrady Bane

Doctor of Hebrew Studies
Elayne Meir Breslaw

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Dr. Edna Amir Coffin

Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Department of

Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dr. Jane G. Pisano

Senior Vice President of External Relations, University of

Southern California
Dr. John K. Roth

Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College

Graduation Address
Dr. Jane G. Pisano

JERUSALEM
Ordination -- March 11, 1999 / 23 adar 5759

Rabbinic Ordination and Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Miri Gold
Ada Zavidov

Ordained as Rabbi
Andrew Solomon Davids

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Professor Joseph Dan
Esther Herlitz
Rabbi Richard G. Hirsch
Professor Amnon Rubinstein
Rabbi Robert L. Samuels

Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa
Rabbi Charles Emanuel
Rabbi Ronald Kronish

NEW YORK
Graduation -- May 13, 1999 / 27 Iyar 5759

Master of Arts in Hebrew Literature
Thomas Mark Alpert
Mollie Ellen Cantor
Reni Lynn Dickman
Randy Craig Fleisher
Robyn Weiss Frisch
Serena Lynn Fujita
Ruth Michael Gais
Nadia Elizabeth Gold
Elizabeth Wayne Goldstein
Jeffrey Wolfson Goldwasser
Lev Robert Herrnson
Elisa Sherri Izes
Dena Faye Klein
Michael Adam Latz
Eric Jay Lazar
Seth A. Limmer
Tamar Sarah Malino
Joshua Evan Lampert Minkin
Jeremy Slater Morrison
Robert Alan Nosanchuk
Rebecca Jennifer Pomerantz
Richard Myron Prass
Randy Ellen Sheinberg
David Seth Widzer
Mara Shana Zimmerman

Master of Sacred Music
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Sheila Deborah Case
Jennifer Lynn Frost
Renata Kruzhkova
Janet Bess Leuchter
Eric Damon Miller

Master of Arts in Religious Education
Cory David Chargo

Doctor of Ministry
Rabbi Richard F. Address
Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman
Rabbi Eric M. Lankin
Rabbi Steven A. Moss

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Dr. Peter J. Gomes

Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Pusey Minister in

The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Dr. Joseph Gutmann

Professor Emeritus of Art History, Wayne State University
Evelyn H. Lauder

Senior Corporate Vice President, The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.,

Founder of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Robert M. Morgenthau District Attorney New York County

Graduation Address
Dr. Peter Gomes

NEW YORK
Ordination -- May 16, 1999 / 1 Sivan 5759

Ordained as Rabbi
Victor Seth Appell
Marcus Lance Burstein
Todd Charles Chizner
Valerie Cohen
Scott Michael Corngold
Anne Ebersman
Kim Sara Geringer
Jennifer Elyse Krause
Jonathan Franklin Kupetz
Michael Jerome Lezak
Barry Michael Lutz
Craig Harris Marantz
Edythe Held Mencher
Ellie Lynn Miller
Gary Edward Pokras
Rebecca YaTl Einstein Schorr
Felicia Lauren Sol
Jessica Brockman Spitalnic
Eric Benjamin Stark
Peter William Stein
Roderick Young
Julie Anne Zupan

Invested as Cantor
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Sheila Deborah Case
Jennifer Lynn Frost
Renata Kruzhkova
Janet Bess Leuchter
Eric Damon Miller

1999 Roger E. Joseph Prize
The Institute of Contemporary History and Weiner Library, London, England
The Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Ordination and Investiture Address
Dr. Ellen M. Umansky, Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies
Fairfield University

This information is correct as of April 1999, but is subject to change