NFTY honors selected individuals for their years of commitment to the youth of Reform Judaism by making him or her a life member of NFTY. Resolutions are passed by the General Assembly of NFTY which meets twice a year. Where available, we have you may click on a recipient's name to view the resolution granting him or her NFTY Lifetime Membership.
Recipient
|
Year
|
Affiliation
|
| Rabbi Leo Turitz | 1963 | NFTY |
| Eleanor Schwartz | 1964 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Sam Cook* | 1964 | UAHC |
| Dr. Bert S. Gerard* | 1965 | Kutz Camp |
| Malcolm Lauderstein | 1969 | TOFTY |
| Gerald Miller | 1969 | Canada |
| Ms. George Stutz | 1969 | Michigan |
| Rabbi Arnold Task | 1969 | Louisiana |
| Rabbi Nehemiah Mark* | 1969 | Israel |
| Theodore Broido* | 1969 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Joe Goldman | 1970 | NJ |
| Rabbi Bill Cutter | 1970 | HUC |
| Anne & Jack Lerner | 1970 | NJ |
| Rabbi Allan Levine | 1970 | Israel |
| Dan Kaufman* | 1970 | Chicago |
| Rabbi Robert Samuels | 1970 | Israel |
| Irving Wollack | 1970 | NJ |
| Paul Kent* | 1970 | NOFTY |
| Harry Kalish | 1971 | SWFTY |
| Betty Katzman | 1971 | Michigan |
| Lynn Ochman | 1971 | MAFTY |
| Cantor Norm Swerling | 1971 | LIFTY |
| Thelma Mayerson | 1971 | SEFTY |
| Rabbi Joe Glaser* | 1971 | CA |
| Heinz Warschauer* | 1971 | Canada |
| Terry Goldstein | 1971 | LIFTY |
| Rabbi Harry Danziger | 1973 | SOFTY |
| Pearl Goldman | 1973 | PAFTY |
| Anne Hill | 1973 | CT |
| Bill & Carol Moch | 1973 | CT |
| Cynthia Rumpler | 1973 | MA |
| Rabbi Alan Sokobin | 1973 | LIFTY |
| Rene Kerne* | 1974 | CraFTY |
| Michael K. Fefferman | 1975 | NoFTY |
| Dorothy Walrond | 1975 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Dr. Gary Zola | 1977 | NFTY |
| Arthur Grant* | 1979 | NELFTY |
| Terry Pollack | 1979 | NELFTY |
| Rabbi Allan Smith | 1980 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Stephen Schaffer* | 1980 | UAHC |
| Norma Ball | 1980 | CNYFTY |
| Rabbi John Spitzer | 1980 | MoVFTY |
| Rabbi Henry Skirball | 1981 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Charles Herring | 1981 | SWFTY |
| Rabbi Leonard Troupp* | 1981 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Bernard Zlotowitz* | 1982 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Steven L. Jacobs | 1982 | SEFTY |
| Rabbi Daniel Freelander | 1982 | UAHC |
| Paul J. Reichenbach | 1983 | UAHC |
| Albert Vorspan | 1983 | UAHC |
| Macy B. Hart | 1983 | UAHC |
| Arie Gluck | 1983 | UAHC |
| Gerard Kaye | 1983 | UAHC |
| Loui Dobin | 1983 | UAHC |
| "Rabbi Lawrence 'Jake' Jackofsky* | 1983 | UAHC |
| Allan Solomon | 1983 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Andrew Hillman | 1983 | SEFTY |
| Rabbi Ronald Klotz | 1983 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Ramie Arian | 1984 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Jim Bennett | 1984 | OVFTY |
| Etty & Giora Dolgin | 1984 | Chicago |
| Rabbi Peter Kasdan | 1984 | JFTY |
| Rabbi Ernst Conrad | 1984 | Michigan |
| Elizabeth Segal | 1984 | CFTY |
| Cantor Howard Stahl | 1984 | CNYFTY |
| Rabbi David Forman* | 1985 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Stuart Geller | 1985 | LIFTY |
| Rabbi Bruce Lustig | 1986 | OVFTY |
| Florence Daks | 1986 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Michael Abraham | 1986 | JFTY |
| Rob Kern | 1986 | JFTY |
| Rabbi Arnie Gluck | 1986 | JFTY |
| Rabbi Stanley Davids | 1986 | NEFTY |
| Rabbi Arthur Starr | 1986 | NEFTY |
| Russell Daum | 1986 | UAHC |
| Larry Cooper | 1986 | UAHC |
| Karen Cooper | 1987 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Rich Sternberger* | 1987 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Jonathan Stein | 1988 | OVFTY |
| Ronnie Brockman | 1988 | MoVFTY |
| Charlie Vann | 1993 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Eric Bram* | 1993 | NFTY |
| Eric Leventhal* | 1993 | Kutz Camp |
| Merri Arian | 1997 | Kutz Camp |
| David Altshuler | 1997 | Kutz Camp |
| Rabbi Jerome Malino | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Maury Davis | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Jerome Davidson | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Harold Dworkin | Unknown | NFTY |
| Max Frankel | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Erv Herman | Unknown | NFTY |
| Betty Katzman | Unknown | NFTY |
| Irving Levitas | Unknown | NFTY |
| Ms. William Loewy | Unknown | NFTY |
| Cantor Bob Miller | Unknown | NFTY |
| Hayim Perelmutter | Unknown | NFTY |
| Evelyn Sandler | Unknown | UAHC |
| Bob Schur | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Alex Schindler* | Unknown | UAHC |
| Ms. Robert Shur | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Jack Stern | Unknown | NFTY |
| Sylvia Small | Unknown | NFTY |
| Rabbi Len Schoolman | Unknown | UAHC |
| Ms. Leonard Seder | Unknown | NFTY |
| Norma Tapper | Unknown | NFTY |
| Marvin Walts | Unknown | NFTY |
| Debbie Friedman* | Unknown | NFTY |
| Matthew Shotkin | 2000 | Kutz Camp |
| Rabbi Glynis Conyer | 2001 | UAHC |
| Rabbi Norman Roman | 2001 | NFTY Michigan |
| Sue Cohen | 2002 | Southern California |
| Rachel Mersky Woda | 2003 | UAHC |
| Mark S. Anshan | 2003 | NFTY-NEL |
| Rabbi Eve Rudin | 2004 | NFTY/URJ |
| Baruch Kraus | 2004 | NFTY-EIE HS in Israel |
| Josh Bennett | 2004 | NFTY-MI |
| Shelley Schweitzer | 2004 | NFTY-NEL |
| Jeffrey Kagan | 2005 | NFTY-CAR |
| Rabbi Billy Dreskin | 2005 | URJ Kutz Camp |
| Cantor Ellen Dreskin | 2005 | URJ Kutz Camp |
| Rabbi Eric Yoffie | 2005 | URJ |
| Dan Nichols | 2006 | NFTY |
| Hope Chernak | 2007 | NFTY |
| Jonathan "JC" Cohen | 2008 | NFTY-SO |
| Eugene Krupitsky | 2008 | NFTY/NFTY-SO |
| Joseph "Eddie" Emmanuel | 2009 | NFTY |
| Keith Emmanuel | 2009 | NFTY |
| Rabbi Elliott Kleinman | 2009 | NFTY |
| Nicole Rand | 2009 | NFTY |
| Ruben Arquilevich | 2010 | NFTY |
| David Berkman | 2010 | NFTY |
| Louis Bordman | 2010 | NFTY |
| Lisa David | 2010 | NFTY |
| Rabbi Frank DeWoskin | 2010 | NFTY |
| Bobby Harris | 2010 | NFTY |
| Cantor Jeff Klepper | 2010 | NFTY |
| Rabbi David Saperstein | 2010 | NFTY |
| Anna Blumenfeld | 2011 | NFTY |
| Robin Hirsch | 2011 | NFTY |
| Scott Hertz | 2011 | NFTY |
| Rabbi Michael Mellen | 2011 | NFTY |
| Melissa Frey | 2012 | NFTY/Kutz Camp |
| Mark* and Peachy Levy | 2013 | NFTY West Coast Regions |
| Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, z"l, PhD.* | 2013 | NFTY/HUC |
| Mary Levy | 2014 | NFTY-TOR |
| Subie Banaszynski | 2014 | NFTY |
| Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, PhD | 2015 | NFTY/HUC-JIR |
| Michael Fuld | 2017 | NFTY |
| Miriam T. Chilton | 2019 | NFTY |
*deceased