Bernard Reisman Professional Excellence Award
Established by the Hornstein Alumni Association and friends and colleagues of Bernard Reisman, the Bernard Reisman Professional Excellence Award is presented each year at the Hornstein commencement ceremony to a professional who "has demonstrated innovative work and significant leadership… as well as a commitment to the standards of excellence, Jewish commitment and sensitivity to others as reflected by Bernard Reisman in his work."
Recipients
Author and community leader
President of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and creator of PJ Library
Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Executive Director of the iCenter
International Vice President of Education for Taglit-Birthright Israel
The Hornstein Program began awarding the Reisman Award in 1991.
The full list of distinguished professionals is below.
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1991 |
Steven Huberman, MA’76, PhD’79 |
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1992 |
Elliot Spack |
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1993 |
Lucy Steinitz, MA’74 |
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1994 |
Cindy Chazan, MA’74 |
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1995 |
Eliot Karp, MA’80 |
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1996 |
John Ruskay |
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1997 |
Joy D. Levitt |
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1998 |
Larry Moses |
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1999 |
Diana Aviv |
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2000 |
Jonathan Jacoby |
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2001 |
Carolyn Keller, MA’75 |
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2002 |
Richard Siegel, MA’69 |
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2003 |
Mark Sokoll, MA’90 |
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2004 |
B. Elka Abrahamson |
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2005 |
Fiona Epstein, MA’86 |
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2006 |
Susan Shevitz |
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2007 |
Mark Charendoff |
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2008 |
Alan Teperow, MA’76 |
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2009 |
Dr. Ellen Frankel |
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2010 |
Rabbi David Rosenn |
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2011 |
Nancy K. Kaufmann |
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2012 |
Erica Brown |
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2013 |
David Cygielman |
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2014 |
Nigel Savage |
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2015 |
Dr. Zohar Raviv MA’00 |
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2016 |
Anne Lanski |
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2017 |
Rabbi Jonah Pesner |
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2018 |
Winnie Sandler Grinspoon |
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2019 |
Anita Diamant |
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2020 |
Jeffrey Finkelstein, MA’93 |