ORDINATIONS AND GRADUATIONS - 2000

	Cincinnati	Los Angeles	Jerusalem	New York
Graduation	May 31	May 15		May 18
Ordination	June 3		Sept 13	May 21

CINCINNATI

Graduation - 31 May 2000 / 26 Iyyar, 5760

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Beth M. Brownstein
David Michael Burstein
Susan Stern Conforti
Ariel Edery
Cindy Gayle Enger
Rayna E. Gevurtz
David Jay Kaufman
Deborah Lefton Levine
Michael R. Namath
Bruce Jonathan Pfeffer
Shena Bogusz Potter
Brigitte S. Rosenberg
Susan Naomi Shankman
Lauren F. Werber

Master of Arts
James Kenneth Duvall

Master of Philosophy in Hebraic and Cognate Studies
John Engle
Daniel Gould
Karla Suomala
John Michael Thigpen
David L.Turner

Doctor of Philosophy
Dean Andrew Nicholas
Brian Webster

Doctor of Hebrew Letters
Daniel Schiff

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Macy Hart, Executive Director, Institute of Southern Jewish Life/Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Arthur Hertzberg, rabbi, author and Professor Emeritus of Religion, Dartmouth College
James E. Hoff, S.J., President of Xavier University
Gerard Kaye, Director of Camping and Youth Activities for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Great Lakes Region
Hans Küng, Catholic theologian, Professor Emeritus at University of Tübingen, and President of the Foundation Global Ethic, Germany and Switzerland

The Dr. Bernard Heller Prize
Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat

Graduation Address
James E. Hoff, S.J., President, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ordination - 3 June 2000 / 29 Iyyar, 5760

To be Ordained Rabbi
Elissa Schwartz Ben-Naim
Alexis Deborah Berk
Jonathan Edward Blake
Laurie Cohen
Holly Renee Levin Cohn
Lauren Silverstein Cohn
Franklin Adam DeWoskin
Joab B. Eichenberg-Eilon
Vered Lynne Harris
Shari Lynne Heinrich
Alison Beth Kobey
Lori Macklis
Melinda Michelle Mersack
Daniel Jonathan Moskovitz
Bruce Jonathan Pfeffer
Erin Lynn Polansky
Aaron Reuben Sherman

Ordination Address
Rabbi Janet R. Marder, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, California

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LOS ANGELES

Graduation - 15 May 2000 / 10 Iyyar, 5760

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Jennifer Rae Clayman, B.A.
John Rothschild Fishman, B.A.
Sarah Elizabeth Mack, B.A.
Karen Schram, B.A.
Neal H. Schuster, B.A.

Joint Masters of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Jewish Education
Sharon Esther Amster Brown, B.A.
Regina Fite Lewald-Fass, B.A.
Rebecca Julia Zimmerman, B.S.

Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service
Caron Mori Blanke, M.S.W.
Dana Ilene Friedlander, M.P.A.
Daniella Haim Brown, M.S.W.
Sara Gabrielle Kaye, M.S.W.
Leah Susan Lewis, M.A.H.L.
Talya Limon, M.S.W.
Dionne Danker Lipman, M.S.W.
Joy Sisisky, M.P.A.
Havi Michele Wolfson, M.S.W.

Master of Arts in Jewish Education
Miriam Cotzin
Melissa Fogel
Tali Hyman
Lisa rosenberg
Karen Strok

Master of Arts in Judaic Studies
Suzanne Singer, M.J.

Honorary Degrees

Doctor of Humane Letters
Lawrence L. Langer, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
Nancy M. Berman, M.A.J.E., Museum Director Emeritus, HUC-Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California

Alumni Honorary Degrees

(These degrees, conferred at a Consecration service in the morning, will be acknowledged during the afternoon graduation.)

Doctor of Divinity
Rabbi Alan Pruvis Alpert, M.A.H.L., Cincinnati, 1975
Rabbi Ari Mark Cartun, M.A.H.L., Cincinnati, 1975
Rabbi Eli Herscher, M.A.H.L., Cincinnati, 1975
Rabbi Gershon Johnson, M.A.H.L., New York, 1975
Rabbi Michael Phillips Perelmuter, M.A.H.L., Cincinnati, 1975
Rabbi Mark Neil Staitman, D. MIN., Cincinnati, 1975

Doctor of Sacred Music
Cantor Jay Irwin Frailich, New York, 1974
Cantor Neil S. Newman, Ed. D., New York, 1967


Doctor of Jewish Religious Education
Elissa Blaser, M.A.H.E., Los Angeles, 1974
Sally Ruth Goodis, M.A.J.E., Los Angeles, 1975
Kay Manya Goodman, M.A.J.E., Los Angeles, 1974
Aviva Kadosh, M.A.H.E., Los Angeles, 1974
Shulamit Katz, M.A.J.E., Los Angeles, 1970
Fred W. Marcus, M.A.J.E., Los Angeles, 1975
Robert E. Tornberg, M.A.H.E., Los Angeles, 1975

Doctor of Jewish Communal Service
Howard Charish, J.C.S. Certificate/M.S.W., Los Angeles, 1970
Charlotte Cornfeld, J.C.S.Certificate/ M.A.J.C.S., Los Angeles, 1975
Jean Graubart, M.A.J.C.S., Los Angeles, 1975
Joyce Karchem, z+l, J.C.S. Certificate, Los Angeles, 1974
Louis Solomon, J.C.S. Certificate, Los Angeles, 1972
Peter Wells, J.C.S. Certificate, Los Angeles, 1973

Graduation Address
Rabbi William Cutter, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Hebrew Language and Literature and Founding Director of the HUC-JIR Rhea Hirsch School of Education

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NEW YORK

Graduation - 18 May 2000 / 13 Iyyar, 5760

Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Talia Feldman
Ethan Noah Franzel
Frederick Lee Greene
Tina Grimberg
Beth Anne Janus
Andrew F. Klein
Elisa Faye Koppel
Alon Levkovitz
Susan Elizabeth Lippe
Jill Lisa Maderer
Diana Sue Monheit
W. Jack Romberg
Jason Craig Rosenberg
Nadia Siritsky
Stacy L. Schlein
Patricia J. Stevens
Kim L. Stoloff
Ruth Anne Zlotnick

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Dr. Michael Blumenthal, President and Chief Executive of the Jewish Museum of Berlin
Mr. Arie Gluck, Director of Camping Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Ms. Ruth Gruber, Author, Photojournalist, Lecturer
Dr. Jacob Lassner, Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilizations and Director of the Crown Center for Jewish Studies at Northwestern University
Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Patron of the International Council of Christians and Jews
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Adjunct Professor, New York University

Graduation Address
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Adjunct Professor, New York University

Ordination - 21 May 2000 / 16 Iyyar, 5760

To Be Invested As Cantor
David Ian Bentley
Margaret Jean Bruner
Jonathan Comisar
Bradley David Hyman
Ilana Julie Hyman
Amy Elizabeth Lefko
David Todd Muchnick
Daniel Adam Pincus
Sergei Schwartz
Diane Alice Yomtov

To Be Ordained As Rabbi
Thomas Mark Alpert
Erica Leslie Burech
Randall Craig Fleisher
Robyn Weiss Frisch
Serena Lynn Fujita
Ruth Michael Gais
Nadia Elizabeth Gold
Jeffrey Wolfson Goldwasser
Caryn Michelle Greenberg
Lev Robert Herrnson
Marla Rachel Hornsten
Elisa Sherri Izes
Dena Faye Klein
Michael Adam Latz
Alon Levkovitz
Seth M. Limmer
Susan Elizabeth Lippe
Joshua Evan Minkin
Helga Newmark
Rebecca Jennifer Pomerantz
Richard Myron Prass
Randy Ellen Sheinberg
Eric Michael Solomon
Daniel Nathan Treiser
Eve Sandra Rudin Weiner
Robert Aaron Weiner
David Seth Widzer
Mara Shana Zimmerman

The Roger E. Joseph Prize - 2000
Natasa Kandic and the Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Ordination and Investure Address
Rabbi Levi Kelman, Congregation KolHaNeshama, Jerusalem