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 recepient's name to view the resolution granting him or her NFTY Lifetime Membership.
Guidelines for NFTY Life Membership (PDF)
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Recipient |
Year |
Affiliation |
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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 |
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Rabbi Nehemiah Mark* |
1969 |
Israel |
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Theodore Broido* |
1969 |
UAHC |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
|
Arthur Grant* |
1979 |
NELFTY |
|
Terry Pollack |
1979 |
NELFTY |
|
Rabbi Allan Smith |
1980 |
UAHC |
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Rabbi Stephen Schafer |
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 |
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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 Larry Jackofsky* |
1983 |
UAHC |
|
Allan Solomon |
1983 |
UAHC |
|
Rabbi Andrew Hillman |
1983 |
SEFTY |
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Rabbi Ronald Klotz |
1983 |
UAHC |
|
Rabbi Ramie Arian |
1984 |
UAHC |
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Rabbi Jim Bennett |
1984 |
OVFTY |
|
Etty & Giora Dolgin |
1984 |
Chicago |
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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 |
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Rabbi Michael Abraham |
1986 |
JFTY |
|
Rob Kern |
1986 |
JFTY |
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Rabbi Arnie Gluck |
1986 |
JFTY |
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Rabbi Stanley Davids |
1986 |
NEFTY |
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Rabbi Arthur Starr |
1986 |
NEFTY |
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Russell Daum |
1986 |
UAHC |
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Larry Cooper |
1986 |
UAHC |
|
Karen Cooper |
1987 |
UAHC |
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Rabbi Rich Sternberger* |
1987 |
UAHC |
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Rabbi Jonathan Stein |
1988 |
OVFTY |
|
Ronnie Brockman |
1988 |
MoVFTY |
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Charlie Vann |
1993 |
UAHC |
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Rabbi Eric Bram* |
1993 |
NFTY |
|
Eric Leventhal* |
1993 |
Kutz Camp |
|
Merri Arian |
1997 |
Kutz Camp |
|
David Altshuler |
1997 |
Kutz Camp |
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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 |
| Rabbi Michael Mellen |
2011 |
NFTY |
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