Founders' Days

Cincinnati
February 25, 2001 / 2 Adar 5761

Founders' Day Address:*
Professor Lowell G. McCoy
Professor Emeritus of Speech
HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa

Rabbi Jan Murray Brahms
Temple Beth El
Madison, WI

Rabbi John Steven Friedman
Judea Reform Congregation
Durham, NC

Rabbi Mark Howard Levin
Congregation Beth Torah
Overland Park, KS

Rabbi Scott Bradley Saulson
Jewish Family & Career Services
Atlanta, GA
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Rome, GA

Rabbi Michael N. Stevens
Temple Beth-El
Munster, IN

Rabbi Lewis J. Weiss
Clarian Health-Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, IN

Rabbi Harvey Jay Winokur
Temple Kehillat Chaim
Roswell, GA

Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa

Dr. Sherry Helene Blumberg
Congregation Shalom
Milwaukee, WI

Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa

Shelley Susan London
Jewish Family Services
Milwaukee, WI

New York
March 13, 2001 / 18 Adar 5761

Founders' Day Address:*
Rabbi Lawrence S. Kushner
Rabbi-in-Residence
HUC-JIR/NY

Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa

Rabbi Daniel Ross Allen
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel
South Orange, NJ

Rabbi Ramie Arian
Foundation for Jewish Camping
New York, NY

Rabbi Richard Steven Chapin
Greenwich Reform Synagogue
Greenwich, CT

Rabbi David J. Gelfand
Jewish Center of the Hamptons
East Hampton, NY

Rabbi Jonathan H. Gerard
Temple Covenant of Peace
Easton, PA

Rabbi Scott Levi Glass
Temple Beth-El
Ithaca, NY

Rabbi Alan J. Katz
Temple Sinai
Rochester, NY

Rabbi Jack Alan Luxemburg
Temple Beth Ami
Rockville, MD

Rabbi Robert Lawrence Rozenberg
Temple Beth Jacob
Newburgh, NY

Rabbi Arthur L. Schwartz
Kehillath Shalom Synagogue
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Rabbi Joel Emanuel Soffin
Temple Shalom
Succasunna, NJ

Rabbi Roy D. Tanenbaum
Beth Tzedec Congregation
Toronto, Canada

Rabbi Jonathan Simon Woll
Temple Avoda
Fair Lawn, NJ

Doctor of Music, honoris causa

Cantor Shlomo Bar-Nissim
Emeritus, Temple Beth El
Closter, NJ

Cantor Scott E. Colbert
American Conference of Cantors
Atlanta, GA

Cantor Jay William Corn
Temple Ohev Sholom
Harrisburg, PA

Cantor Mimi M. Frishman
Pomona, NY

Cantor Glenn Alan Groper
Congregation Beth Emeth
Albany, NY

Cantor Benjamin Zeev Maissner
Holy Blossom Temple
Toronto, Canada

Cantor Bruce Malin
Cape Cod Synagogue
Hyannis, MA

Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson
Temple Israel
White Plains, NY

Cantor Murray Simon
The Jewish Center
Princeton, NJ

Cantor Marshall Stone
Belsize Square Synagogue
London, England

Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa

Dr. Paul A. Flexner
Jewish Education Service
of North America New York, NY

Rochelle Buller Rabeeya
Auerbach Central Agency
for Jewish Education
Elkins Park, PA

Karen Trager
Commission on Jewish Education,
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
West Hartford, CT

Los Angeles
May 14, 2001 / 21 Iyar 5761

Honorary degrees are presented at Graduation in Los Angeles.

Founders' Day Address:*
Rabbi Alan Henkin
Director of the UAHC
Pacific Southwest Region

Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa

Rabbi Jerald Michael Brown
Temple Ahavat Shalom
Northridge, CA

Rabbi Laura Geller
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, CA

Rabbi Marvin Marc Gross
Executive Director,
Union Station Foundation
Pasadena, CA

Rabbi Steven B. Kaplan
Temple Beth Torah
Fremont, CA

Rabbi Avi Magid
Temple Emanu-El
Honolulu, HI

Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
Pacific Pailsades, CA

Rabbi Scott Michael Sperling
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Seattle, WA

Doctor of Music, honoris causa
Cantor Stephen Richards
Emeritus, Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Walnut Creek, CA

Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa

Rivka Dori
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion,
Los Angeles, CA

Karen Lipschutz Goodis
Shaar Shalom Synagogue
Toronto, Canada

Aron C. Hirt-Manheimer
Reform Judaism Magazine
New York, NY

Audrey Friedman Marcus
A.R.E. Publishing, Inc.
Denver, CO

Sunny E. Romer
Congregation B'nai Israel
Sacramento, CA

Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa

Douglas Henry Kleiner
Kleiner Consulting
Houston, TX

Janis Lee Plotkin
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Oakland, CA

Esther Arner Shapiro
Career Counselor
Los Angeles, CA

Lee R. Wunsch
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Houston, TX