Past Honorary Degree Recipients
Name | Occupation | Year |
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Flam, Rabbi Nancy | Co-founder, Jewish Healing Center and former director of the Jewish Community Healing Program of Ruach Ami: Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco | June 2021 |
Hellner-Eshed, Melila | Faculty, Institute of Jewish Spirituality | June 2021 |
Weiman-Kellman, Levi | President, Rabbis for Human Rights | June 2020 |
Atkins, Mark E. | Entrepreneur, Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston | June 2019 |
Hildegard Shalvi, Alice | Educator, feminist activist, social advocate and professor emerita of English literature | June 2019 |
Tucker, Mary Evelyn | Senior lecturer and research scholar at Yale University | June 2019 |
Gottlieb Zornberg, Avivah | Torah scholar, teacher, and author | June 2019 |
Kotler, Harold | CEO, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at GW&K | June 2018 |
Moore, Mary Elizabeth | Dean, Boston University School of Theology | June 2018 |
Summit, Rabbi Jeffrey | Research Professor in the Department of Music and Judaic Studies Program, Tufts University | June 2018 |
Botstein, Leon | President of Bard College | June 2017 |
Kates, Judith | Professor of Jewish Women's Studies at Hebrew College | June 2017 |
Matt, Daniel | Leading authorities on Kabbalah and the Zohar and Professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California | June 2017 |
Ellenson, Rabbi David | Chancellor Emeritus, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | 2016 |
Jacobson, Joshua R. | professor of music and director of choral activities at Northeastern University and founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston | 2016 |
Troderman, Diane | Former chair of Jewish Education Service of North America | 2016 |
Eisner, Jane | Editor-in-Chief, The Forward | 2016 |
Brettler, Marc | Doris Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, Brandeis University | 2015 |
Reinharz, Shulamit | Jacob Potofsky Chair of Sociology, Brandeis University | 2015 |
Slotnick, Marsha Katz | Senior major gifts officer, Hebrew SeniorLife | 2015 |
Calderon, Ruth | Member, Israeli Knesset | 2014 |
Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Zalman (z"l) | Founder, Jewish Renewal movement | 2014 |
Diamant, Anita | Author, lecturer and journalist | 2013 |
Hartman, Rabbi David z"l (given posthumous) | Founding president, Hartman Institute | 2013 |
Krupp, George | Co-founder, CEO and senior partner, Berkshire Group | 2013 |
Mandel, Morton | Chairman and CEO, Mandel Foundation | 2013 |
Mesch, Barry | Provost, Hebrew College | 2013 |
Lerner, Anne Lapidus | Author, lecturer and educator | 2013 |
Korman, Bernard | Business executive and philanthropist | 2012 |
Reinharz, Jehuda | President emeritus, Brandeis University | 2012 |
Minnow, Martha | Dean, Harvard Law School | 2011 |
Sarna, Jonathan | Historian, educator and author | 2011 |
Wyner, Yehudi | Educator and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer | 2011 |
Bronfman Sr., Edgar z"l | Businessman and philanthropist | 2010 |
Brudnick, Betty | Philanthropist | 2010 |
Hyman, Paula z"l | Historian, educator and author | 2010 |
Falchuk, Nancy | National president, Hadassah | 2009 |
Fishbane, Michael | Scholar of Judaism and rabbinic literature | 2009 |
Golijov, Osvaldo | Grammy Award-winning composer | 2008 |
Greenberg, Irving | Scholar and author | 2008 |
Kessler, Diane Cooksey | Former executive director, Massachusetts Council of Churches | 2008 |
Klagsburn, Samuel | Physician | 2008 |
Krueger, Harvey | Investment banker and civic leader | 2008 |
Alpern, Mimi | National chair, American Jewish Committee | 2007 |
Carter, Rev. Nick | President, Andover Newton Theological School | 2007 |
Messinger, Ruth | President and CEO, American Jewish World Service | 2007 |
Pzena, Richard | Investment manager | 2007 |
Shapiro z"l, Enid | Social-work consultant | 2007 |
Cail, Mickey z"l | Business executive and real-estate developer | 2006 |
Fein, Leonard z"l | Writer and educator | 2006 |
Kaitz, Louis z"l | Business executive and philanthropist | 2006 |
Sackler, Marietta Lutze | Physician, business executive and philanthropist | 2006 |
Goodkind, E. Robert | Attorney and civic activist | 2005 |
Wieseitier, Leon | Writer, critic and magazine editor | 2005 |
Bacow, Lawrence | President, Tufts University | 2004 |
Carroll, James | Author, historian and journalist | 2004 |
Goldman, Ralph '34 z"l | Former director, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | 2004 |
Hendler, Lee Meyerhoff | Philanthropist, lecturer and author | 2004 |
Chafetz, Irwin | Business executive and philanthropist | 2003 |
Everett, Edith | Business executive and philanthropist | 2003 |
Frank, Barney | U.S. representative, Massachusetts | 2003 |
Podwal, Mark | Author and illustrator | 2003 |
Cutler, Ted z”l | Philanthropist, patron of the arts | 2002 |
Hyatt, Bernard | Owner and publisher, The Jewish Advocate | 2002 |
Joel, Richard | President and international director, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | 2002 |
Marks, Nancy Lurie | Philanthropist | 2002 |
Spack, Norman | Pediatric endrocrinologist, Children's Hospital Boston | 2002 |
Gann, Joseph z"l | Philanthropist | 2001 |
Roland, Miriam Aaron | Philanthropist | 2001 |
Safdie, Moshe | Architect, urban designer, educator and author | 2001 |
Shrage, Barry | President, Combined Jewish Philanthropies | 2001 |
Wiesel z"l, Elie | Novelist, professor, political activist and Nobel laureate | 2001 |
Ahlmark, Per Axel | Swedish writer and politician | 2000 |
Chiel, Rabbi Samuel z"l | Special adviser to the president and director of the Rabbinic Institute, Hebrew College; former rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Newton | 2000 |
Eizenstat, Stuart E. | Diplomat, statesman and public servant | 2000 |
Friedman, Howard I. | Civil-rights attorney and chairman of the board of the Susan and David Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies | 2000 |
Goldberg, Carol Rabb | Business excutive and philanthropist | 2000 |
Elliot, Rev. Dr. Ralph H. | Interim president, Andover Newton Theological School | 1999 |
Fein, Ruth Breslau | President and campaign chair, Combined Jewish Philanthropies | 1999 |
Hertzberg, Rabbi Arthur z"l | Author, scholar and activist | 1999 |
Teplow, Theodore H. | Business executive, philanthropist and chairman of the Hebrew College Board of Trustees | 1999 |
Cohen, Julian z"l | Real-estate developer, philanthropist and patron of the arts | 1998 |
Elenko, Stuart Stanley z"l | (z"l) Founder, Holocaust Museum and Studies Center, Bronx High School of Science | 1998 |
Post, Marlene Edith | National president, Hadassah | 1998 |
Brustein, Robert Sanford | Theatrical critic, producer, playwright and educator | 1997 |
Kreitman, Rabbi Benjamin Zvi z"l | Rabbinical leader in Conservative Judaism | 1997 |
Krupp, A. Philip z"l | Real-estate developer, philanthropist and retired national commissioner, Anti-Defamation League | 1997 |
Vanderpol, Netty Schwarz | Artist and Holocaust survivor | 1997 |
Breslau, Maxwell z"l | Former chairman, Hebrew College Board of Trustees | 1996 |
Schwartz, William | Vice president for academic affairs, Yeshiva University | 1996 |
Shoolman, Edith G. z"l | Philanthropist | 1996 |
Steinberg, Dr. Theodore '31 z"l | Ophthomologist and attorney | 1996 |
Dreben, Raya S. | Associate justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court | 1995 |
Gordon, Cyrus H. z"l | Scholar and educator | 1995 |
Reisman, Bernard z"l | Founding director, Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service, Brandeis University | 1995 |
Trustman, Benjamin Arthur z"l | Lawyer, cultural leader, philanthropist and former chairman of the Hebrew College Board of Trustees | 1995 |
Berman, Herbert | Senior partner, Foley, Hoag & Eliot; immediate past chairman, Board of Trustees | 1995 |
Epstein, Mary Wolfman z"l | Singer and actor | 1994 |
Haar, Charles z"l | Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School | 1994 |
Kaufman, Solomon z"l | Engineer, businessman and former chairman of the Board of Trustees | 1994 |
Aronson, David z"l | Painter and educator | 1993 |
Cardin, Shoshana | Women's activist, philanthropist | 1993 |
Gittleman, Sol | German scholar and provost, Tufts University | 1993 |
Lipset, Seymour z"l | Political sociologist and educator | 1993 |
Kekst, Gershon | Strategic, corporate and financial communications executive | 1992 |
Rothchild, Sylvia z"l | Novelist, reviewer and cellist | 1992 |
Zuckerman, Mortimer | Real-estate developer and media proprietor | 1992 |
Hiatt, Jacob z"l | Business executive and philanthropist | 1991 |
Kopelman, Frances z"l | Philanthropist | 1991 |
Rosenthal, Abraham z"l | Former executive editor, The New York TImes | 1991 |
Sarna, Nahum z"l | Modern bliblical scholar | 1991 |
Peretz, Martin | Editor in chief, The New Republic | 1990 |
Stone, Stephen z"l | Periodontist | 1990 |
Strom, Margot Stern | Executive director, Facing History and Ourselves | 1990 |
Kunin, Madeleine | Governor, Vermont | 1989 |
Leventhal, Norman z"l | Developer, philanthropist and civic leader | 1989 |
Halpern, Bernjamin z"l | Retired professor of Judaica, Brandeis University | 1988 |
Ozick, Cynthia | Short-story writer, novelist and essayist | 1988 |
Rabb, Irving z"l | Vice chairman, Stop & Shop | 1988 |
Ackerman, Walter z"l | Education chair, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | 1987 |
Band, Arnold, MAJS'57 | Professor, Hebrew and comparative literature, UCLA | 1987 |
Drinan, Rev. Robert z"l | Priest, former congressman and educator | 1987 |
Rosovsky, Henry | Economist and Harvard University professor | 1987 |
Sachar, Abram z"l | Founding president, Brandeis University | 1987 |
Savitz, Dr. Harry z"l | Physician and Jewish scholar | 1987 |
Weinstein, Lewis z"l | Attorney and Jewish communal leader | 1987 |
Wyzanski, Gisela Warburg z"l | Zionist Leader | 1987 |