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Graduation 2024

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The Fifty-Second Graduation Ceremony was held on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

2024 Graduating Class

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Aya Elizabeth Baron
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Stephanie Ann Breitsman
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Eli Carson DeWitt
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Koach Baruch Frazier, Au.D.
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Rachel November Kipnes
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Aviva Nola Marchione
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Joshua A. Nelson
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Noah Rubin-Blose
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Aliza Jane Schwartz
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Adam Strater, Ph.D.
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Beryl Lee Trauth-Jurman

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Honorary Awards and Degrees

Each year at graduation, we bestow awards upon individuals whose work nurtures and engages Jewish communities.

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Hon. Sander M. Levin
and Hon. Andy Levin,
Keter Shem Tov,
The Crown of a Good Name
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Susan Beckerman,
Presidential Recognition Award
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Marcia Lee Falk, Ph.D.,
Doctor of Humane Letters

2024 Levav Hokhmah

RRC awards the posthumous award Levav Hokhmah to rabbis who during their lives acted to better the Reconstructionist movement in keeping with its ideals.

The honor takes its name from Psalm 90:12: “Teach us to number our days so that we may attain a wise heart.”

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Rabbi Judith Targan Abrahamson, z”l
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Rabbi Mimi Polin Ferraro, z”l

2024 Doctor of Divinity Degrees

RRC awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity to rabbis who have completed at least 25 years of commendable service as Reconstructionist rabbis. The following rabbis have devoted their lives to rabbinical service in keeping with Reconstructionist ideals and core values.

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Rabbi Benjamin "Jamie" Arnold
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Rabbi Daniel Aronson
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Rabbi George B. Driesen
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Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich
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Rabbi Gary S. Gerson
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Rabbi Brian E. Glusman
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Rabbi Elisa Sara Goldberg
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Rabbi Myriam Devorah Klotz
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Rabbi Joshua Lesser
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Rabbi David Osachy
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Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.
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2024 Torat Yovel: The Torah of Jubilee

Mazel Tov to RRC’s class of 1974 on their 50 years in the rabbinate.

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Rabbi David Brusin
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Rabbi Saul Perlmutter
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Rabbi Dennis Sasso
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Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
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Rabbi Steve Stroiman

The Reconstructionist Network

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Serving as central organization of the Reconstructionist movement

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

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Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

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Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

The Reconstructionist Network

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Read & Rite

One-stop shop for progressive Jewish books and ritual objects

Placement Office

Placement resources for rabbis and congregations

Havaya Summer Programs

Overnight summer camp and teen Israel experience

Reconstructionist Educators of North America

Professional group for people leading schools in Reconstructionist congregations

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Professional association of Reconstructionist rabbis