Notable Alumni of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Gilad Kariv 1973–

Israeli Knesset member, lawyer and Reform rabbi

Sergio Bergman 1962–

Argentine rabbi and politician, former environment minister

George Howard 1935–2018

Hebraist and University of Georgia professor emeritus

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1964

Also attended: Lipscomb University

Nelson Glueck 1900–1971

Rabbi, archaeologist and president of Hebrew Union College

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Norbert M. Samuelson 1936–2022

Jewish philosophy scholar, Arizona State professor emeritus

Also attended: Northwestern University

Martin Abegg 1950–

Dead Sea Scrolls scholar and professor

Jonathan Rosenbaum 1947–

Scholar, rabbi and former Gratz College president

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Seymour Gitin 1936–

Archaeologist; former director of the Albright Institute

Master of Letters, Bachelor of Letters

Also attended: University at Buffalo

Susan Einbinder 1954–

Historian of medieval Jewish history and literature

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Brown University

Julius Schwartz 1915–2004

Comic book editor and science fiction agent

Angie Irma Cohon 1890–1991

Jewish author and educator

Attended until 1910

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Seymour Schwartzman 1930–2009

Cantor and baritone at New York City Opera

Also attended: Academy of Vocal Arts

Judah Leon Magnes 1877–1948

Reform rabbi and advocate of a binational state in Palestine

Sally Priesand 1946–

America's first female ordained rabbi

Also attended: University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Angela Warnick Buchdahl 1972–

Reform rabbi and cantor

Also attended: Yale University

Maurice Davis 1921–1993

Rabbi and activist

Martha Neumark 1904–1981

First Jewish woman accepted into a rabbinical school

Alysa Stanton 1964–

First African American female rabbi

Joseph Krauskopf 1858–1923

Reform rabbi and founder of the National Farm School

Richard Jacobs 1956–

Reform rabbi, president of Union for Reform Judaism

Reuben Zellman 1975–

Rabbi and musician, first openly transgender HUC-JIR student

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco State University

Uri Regev 1951–

Israeli Reform rabbi and lawyer

Maya Leibovich 1947–

First native-born female rabbi in Israel

Walter Jacob 1930–2024

Reform rabbi at Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh

Attended until 1955

Also attended: Drury University