25th Year Honorary Degree Information
Honorary Doctoral Degree Celebrations
Stay tuned for photos and video from the Founders’ Day ceremony!
Founders’ Day, Thursday, March 20, 2025
11:00 a.m. ET: Ceremony in Scheuer Chapel (Herrman Learning Center)
12:30 p.m. ET: Reception to follow in Mayerson Auditorium
Contact: Meredeth Kelly mkelly@huc.edu or (212) 824-2224; Harriet Lewis hlewis@huc.edu or (212) 824- 2236.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
3:15 p.m. ET: Afternoon Welcome and Opening Ritual
3:30 p.m. ET: Faculty Learning Session with Honorees, registration required (NY Campus, 1 West 4th Street)
5:00 p.m. ET: Evening Cocktail Hour with the 2025 Ordinands, invitation extended to honoree and guest; registration required (NY Campus, 1 West 4th Street)
Thursday, May 1, 2025 (Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th Street)
11:30 a.m. ET: Reflections and Text Study with President Andrew Rehfeld and Rabbi David Adelson (Main Sanctuary)
1:00 p.m. ET: Lunch, invitation extended to honoree and two guests (Blumenthal Hall)
2:15 p.m. ET: Robing and Photos (IM Wise Hall)
4:00 p.m. ET: Graduation Ceremony (Lowenstein Sanctuary)
6:00 p.m. ET: Reception (Blumenthal Hall)
Contact: Yvette Joffe: yjoffe@huc.edu or (213) 765-2149
Sunday, May 18, 2025
4:30 p.m. PT: Reflections and Text Study
5:30 p.m. PT: Cocktail Reception and Dinner
Monday, May 19, 2025
9:00 a.m. PT: Robing and Photos
11:00 a.m. PT: Graduation Ceremony
Honorary Degree Recipients
New York Campus
Thomas Alpert
Jonathan Blake
Lori Cohen
Leah Cohen Tenenbaum
Randall Fleisher
Robyn Frisch
Serena Fujita
Ruth Gais
Nadia Gold
Jeffrey Goldwasser
Lev Herrnson
Elisa Izes
Dena Klein
Alison Kobey
Michael Latz
Alon Levkovitz
Seth Limmer
Joshua Minkin
Mara Nathan
Rebecca Pomerantz Shinder
Richard Prass
Eve Rudin Kleinman
Shari Shamah
Randy Sheinberg
Robert Weiner
David Widzer
Thomas Alpert
Margaret Bruner
Jonathan Comisar
Jennifer Frost
Bradley Hyman
Jerome Krasnow
Amy Levy
Ilana Plutzer
Sergei Schwartz
Regina Lewald-Fass
Los Angeles Campus
Elissa Schwartz Ben-Naim
Alexis Deborah Berk
Caryn Michelle Greenberg
Marla Rachel Hornstein
Daniel Jonathan Moskovitz
Sharon Esther Amster Brown
Rebecca Julia Goodman
David Joseph Lewis
Amy Nicole Goodman
Caron Blanke Bird
Havi Wolfson Hall
Dana Ilene Katz
Joy Sisisky
Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman
David N. Myers
Cincinnati Campus
Franklin DeWoskin
Holly Levin Cohn
Melinda Mersack
Bruce Pfeffer
Tarsee Li
Dean Andrew Nicholas
Not Attending in Person
Erica Burech
Erin Polansky
Eric Solomon
Helga Newmark, z”l
Daniel Treiser, z”l
David Muchnick
Diane Yomtov
Julia Berger
Contact Information
Honorary Doctoral Program Lead:
Lena Marandi, Alumni Engagement Associate
lmarandi@huc.edu or (212) 824-2289
Campus-Specific Logistics:
Cincinnati: Autumn Wheeler (awheeler@huc.edu or (513) 487-3231)
New York: Meredeth Kelly (mkelly@huc.edu or (212) 824-2224); Harriet Lewis (hlewis@huc.edu or (212) 824-2224)
Los Angeles: Yvette Joffe (yjoffe@huc.edu or (213) 765-2149)
