New York Graduation, May 5, 2011:
The 2011
Dr. Bernard Heller Prize
was awarded to
Dr. Rick Hodes
,
Medical Director
of Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, by Ruth O. Freedlander, Co-Trustee of the Dr.
Bernard Heller Foundation. Based for nearly thirty years in Ethiopia – a country with one of the largest populations
of orphans in the world – Hodes devotes himself to healing Ethopia’s poor and helping its most desperate children.
Dr. Hodes:
When one of the greatest rabbis of the 19th-century, Rabbi Hayyim of Brisk, was asked by his students to
define the test of a rabbi, he replied, to redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone, to protect the
dignity of the poor, and to save the oppressed from the hands of the oppressor.
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New York Graduation, May 5, 2011:
The 2011
American Jewish Distinguished
Service Award
was presented to
Dr. Samuel
“
Skip” Vichness
,
Senior Partner, Quality Camping
Properties; Managing Partner, GreyPine LLC;
Chair of the Foundation for Jewish Camp.
H o n o r i n g O u r A l umn i
P r i z e s
New York Investiture and Ordination, May 8, 2011:
The 2011
Roger E.
Joseph Prize
was presented to
ATZUM-Justice Works
and
Rabbi
Levi Lauer, C ’72,
its Founding Executive Director, by (from left) Rabbi
David Ellenson and the daughters of Roger E. Joseph: Ellen Joseph,
Linda Karshan, and Roxanne Leopold. Established in 2002 in Israel,
ATZUM’s work is founded on the belief that Israel should serve as an
example for the rest of the world in addressing social problems.
Rabbi Lauer:
We understand you granted us this Prize to fortify our
resolve not to desist until the evil of human trafficking is driven from
our land. ATZUM acknowledges you want us to persist in our efforts
to bring economically deprived children who were severely wounded,
and children whose parents were disabled or murdered in a terrorist
attack, the educational resources requisite for a viable, productive fu-
ture. We know you expect ATZUM to not rest until every Righteous
Person who saved Jewish lives during the Shoah and came to live in
Israel is assured the dignity of their last years – home care, medical
assistance, and the visits of adoptive grandchildren.
Cincinnati Graduation, May 19, 2011:
The 2011
Sherut L’Am Award
was
presented to
Jerry Tanenbaum
,
Chairman,
Yad B’Yad Task Force, World Union for
Progressive Judaism; Governor Emeritus,
HUC-JIR.
1.
Doctors of Divinity,
honoris causa
,
New York – May 5, 2011.
2.
Doctors of Music,
honoris causa
,
New York – May 5, 2011.
3.
Doctor of Jewish Communal Service,
honoris causa
,
New York – May 5, 2011.
4.
Doctor of Jewish Religious Education,
honoris causa
,
New York – May 5, 2011.
5.
Doctors of Divinity,
honoris causa
,
Cincinnati – May 19, 2011.
6.
Graduate Studies Alumni Recipients of the Founders’ Medallion, Cincinnati – May 19, 2011.
7.
Doctors of Divinity,
honoris causa
,
Los Angeles – May 16, 2011.
8.
Doctor of Jewish Communal Service,
honoris causa
,
Los Angeles – May 16, 2011.
9.
Doctors of Jewish Religious Education,
honoris causa
,
Los Angeles – May 16, 2011.
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