Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award

About the Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award

The Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award was established at JTS in 1996 in recognition of Judge Rifkind’s exemplary life, which was marked by professional preeminence, distinguished public service, and unstinting devotion to the Jewish community. A graduate of JTS’s Teachers Institute (now List College), Judge Rifkind served as chairman of the JTS Board from 1963 until 1972.

Award Recipients

2017: Mark Abbott
2017: Bradley I. Ruskin
2016: Scott A. Edelman
2016: John J. Suydam
2015: Gary P. Naftalis
2014: Jay Kasner
2013: Vince DiBlasi
2012: Evan R. Chesler
2011: Daniel J. Beller
2010: Lawrence B. Pedowitz
2009: Robert J. Jossen
2008: Theodore V. Wells, Jr.
2007: Randy Mastro
2007: Keith Shapiro (Chicago)
2006: Mel M. Immergut
2006: Lee Miller (Chicago)
2005: Patricia M. Hynes
2004: Bettina B. Plevan
2003: Blaine (Fin) V. Fogg
2002: Jerold S. Solovy, z”l (Chicago)
2002: Robert M. Morgenthau
2001: Bernard Nussbaum
2000: Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
1999: Matthew Nimetz
1998: Richard I. Beattie
1997: Stephen R. Volk
1996: Arthur L. Liman, z”l