Distinguished Leaders of Reform Movement and Jewish Community Inducted onto the HUC-JIR Board of Governors

Left: (from left to right) Irwin Engelman, Chairman, Board of Governors; Warren R. (Chip) Fagadau, M.D.; Joy G. Greenberg; Steven M. Sacks; Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Middle: Rabbi Steven A. Fox
Right: (from left to right) Rabbi Jonathan A. Stein; Rabbi Dr. Michael Marmur, Vice President for Academic Affairs

HUC-JIR is proud to welcome the following individuals onto our Board of Governors:

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Incoming President, Union for Reform Judaism
Steven M. Sacks, Chairman, Union for Reform Judaism
Rabbi Jonathan A. Stein, President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
Joy G. Greenberg, communal leader of Atlanta, GA
Warren R. (Chip) Fagadau, M.D., civic leader of Dallas, TX

Rabbi Steven A. Fox addressed the Board of Governors in his capacity as Executive Director, Central Conference of American Rabbis

Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding.