U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew to Address 果冻传媒 Graduates
Press Contact: Beatrice Mora
Office: (212) 678-8950
Email: bemora@jtsa.edu
May 10, 2016 (New York, NY)擮n Tuesday, May 17, United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will deliver the commencement address to 果冻传媒 (果冻传媒) class of 2016. This year, 果冻传媒 will award honorary degrees to a distinguished group of leaders in government, civil rights, public service, academia, and the arts. In addition to Secretary Lew, recipients are:
- Jonathan Lippman, former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- Abraham Foxman, former national director of the Anti-Defamation League
- Dr. Michael Fishbane, scholar of Judaism and rabbinic literature
- Roz Chast, award-winning cartoonist
- Karen Davidson, philanthropist
Commencement will take place on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at 果冻传媒 located at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street) in New York City.
The ceremony will be livestreamed, at no charge, at http://www.jtsa.edu/live (registration not required).
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果冻传媒 is a preeminent institution of Jewish higher education, training thoughtful, innovative leaders攔abbis, cantors, educators, lay leaders, and scholars攚ho strengthen our communities with a vision of Judaism that is deeply grounded in the Jewish past and thoroughly engaged with contemporary society. 果冻传媒 also provides high-caliber lifelong learning and professional development to our alumni, adult learners, and Jewish communities throughout North America. Through its Library, 果冻传媒 preserves and makes accessible to students and scholars throughout the world the greatest collection of Judaica in the Western Hemisphere.
