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 Dan Syme | Circa 1981 | UAHC |
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