2018 Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame Inductees

2018 Inductees

David Harris

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, is a German-born, Jewish immigrant to the United States who became a fixture in late-night television and a major pop culture figure as a sex therapist, media personality, and author. Her media career began in 1980 with the radio show, Sexually Speaking, which continued until 1990. She […]

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Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

Joseph Telushkin, named by Talk Magazine as one of the 50 best speakers in the United States, is the author of Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History. The most widely selling book on Judaism of the past two decades, Jewish Literacy has been hailed […]

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Jennifer J. Raab

Jennifer J. Raab marked her 17th anniversary as President of Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York system. She has led the successful transformation of Hunter College from an open-admissions institution to a selective, highly ranked college; under her leadership both graduation and retention rates have increased markedly. As President, […]

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Marlene Post

Marlene Post is currently Chair of Birthright Israel North America and Co-Chair of the Confederation of United Zionists. In addition, she serves on the board of Israel Bonds, the advisory council of the New York Board of Rabbis, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, and the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of New […]

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin

LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN is a writer, activist, and national lecturer.A founding editor of Ms. magazine, she is the author of eleven books, among them two novels ” Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate and Three Daughters“as well as the guidebook, How To Be A Friend To A Friend Who's Sick, and two acclaimed memoirs, Getting […]

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Stewart Lane

STEWART F. LANE is the founder of BroadwayHD (broadwayhd.com), a stage to screen production and distribution company expanding the reach of Broadway shows by making them available in cinemas, PPV and streaming on-line. BroadwayHD offers over 175 productions from Broadway, BBC, WNET and many others including Holiday Inn (Bryce Pinkham, Corbin Bleu, Lora Lee Gayer), […]

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Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl serves as the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City, the first woman to lead the large Reform congregation in its 175-year history. Rabbi Buchdahl first joined Central Synagogue as senior cantor in 2006. In 2014, she was chosen by the congregation to be senior rabbi. Rabbi Buchdahl was […]

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Floyd Abrams

Floyd Abrams is an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is an expert on constitutional law, and many arguments in the briefs he has written before the Supreme Court of the United States have been adopted as United States Constitutional interpretative law as it relates to the First Amendment and free speech. He […]

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Stuart Appelbaum

Stuart Appelbaum became President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on May 1, 1998. He was reelected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. He also currently serves as an Executive Vice-President of the 1.3 million-member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Appelbaum previously served as International Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President, Executive Board Member, […]

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