|
Year |
Honoree |
Description |
Sculptor |
|
1969 |
Judah
Magnes (1877-1948) |
Founder
Hebrew University |
Ries |
|
1970 |
Albert
Einstein (1879-1955) |
Theoretical
physicist |
Russin |
|
1971 |
Louis
Brandeis (1856-1941) |
Supreme
Court Justice |
Wiener |
|
1972 |
George
Gershwin (1898-1937) |
Composer,
pianist |
Russin |
|
1973
|
Haym
Salomon (1740-1785) |
Patriot,
businessman |
Vincze |
|
1974 |
Herbert
Lehman (1878-1963) |
Public
servant |
Schnier |
|
1975
|
Gershom
Seixas (1745-1816) |
Patriotic
rabbi |
Wiener |
|
1976 |
Henrietta
Szold (1860-1945) |
Founder
Hadassah Hospital |
Wiener |
|
1977 |
Touro
Synagogue (1763) |
Oldest
extant synagogue |
Ries |
|
1978 |
Golda
Meir (1898-1978) |
Israel
Prime Minister |
Wiener |
|
1979 |
Levi
Strauss (1829-1902) |
Clothing
manufacturer |
Reed |
|
1980 |
Jonas
Salk (1914-1995) |
Developer
of polio vaccine |
Reed |
|
1981 |
Rebecca
Gratz (1781-1869) |
Educator,
philanthropist |
Wiener |
|
1982 |
Isaac
Stern (b.1920) |
Violin
virtuoso |
Wiener |
|
1983 |
Emma
Lazarus (1849-1887) |
"Statue
of Liberty" poet |
Wiener |
|
1984 |
Isaac
B. Singer (1904-1991) |
Nobel
laureate writer |
Russin |
|
1985 |
Adolph
Ochs (1858-1935) |
NY
Times publisher |
Wiener |
|
1986 |
Abravanel,
Zacuto, Santangel |
Jews
who helped Columbus |
Vincze |
|
1987 |
Benjamin
Cardozo (1870-1938) |
Supreme
Court Justice |
Wiener |
|
1988 |
Uriah
P. Levy (1792-1862) |
Commodore
US Navy |
Reed |
|
1989 |
Benny
Goodman (1909-1966) |
Clarinetist,
"King of Swing" |
Somogyi |
|
1990 |
Dr.
Bela Schick (1877-1967) |
Developed
test for diphtheria |
Wiener |
|
1991 |
Hank
Greenberg (1911-1986) |
Baseball
Hall of Famer |
Reed |
|
1992 |
Columbus
(1492) |
Expulsion
of Jews |
Vincze |
|
1993 |
Leonard
Bernstein (1918-1990) |
Conductor,
composer, teacher |
Somogyi |
|
1994 |
Ernestine
Rose (1810-1892) |
Advocate
for women's rights |
Wiener |
|
1995 |
Elie
Wiesel (b. 1928) |
Writer,
lecturer, humanitarian |
Shagin |
|
1996 |
Houdini
(1874-1926) |
Magician,
escape artist |
Reed |
|
1997 |
Barbra
Streisand (b. 1942) |
Singer,
actress, director |
Shagin |
|
1998 |
Strauses,
Sarnoff (1912) |
Titanic
tragedy |
Shagin |
|
1999
|
Asser
Levy (1654) |
First
Jews in America |
Shagin |
|
2000 |
Arthur
Miller (1915-2005) |
Playwright,
author |
Somogyi |
| 2001 |
Bess Myerson (b. 1924) |
Miss America, public servant |
Shagin |
| 2002 |
Leopold Karpeles (1838-1909) |
Medal of Honor recipient |
Shagin |
| 2003/4 |
Gompers (1850-1924) & Hillman (1887-1946) |
Labor leaders |
Worth |
| 2005 |
Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal (1918-2007) |
World War II Flying “Ace” |
Licaretz |
| 2006 |
Lillian Wald (1867-1940) |
Founder Visiting Nurse Service |
Janssen |
| 2007 |
Moe Berg (1902-1972) |
Baseball player, American spy |
Daub |
| 2008 |
Milton Berle (1908-2002) |
"Mr. Television," comedian, actor |
Daub |
| 2010 |
Barney Ross (1909-1967) |
Boxing champion, war hero |
Daub |
| 2011 |
Gertrude Elion (1918-1999) |
Biochemist, Nobel Prize winner |
Altshuler |
| 2012 |
Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785-1851) |
Journalist, diplomat, Zionist |
Daub |
| 2013 |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born 1933) |
Supreme Court Justice |
Daub |
| 2014 |
Jacob Frankel (1808-1887) &
Alexander Goode (1911-1943)
|
U.S. Military Chaplains |
Daub |
| 2015 |
Gertrude Berg, aka Molly Goldberg
(1899-1966)
|
Radio & television writer and
actor
|
Daub |
| 2016 |
Jeffrey Hoffman (b. 1944)
& Judith Resnik (1949-86)
|
NASA Astronauts
|
Daub |
| 2017 |
Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)
|
Newspaper editor,
benefactor of Pulitzer Prizes
|
Daub |
| 2018 |
Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)
|
Movie star, inventor
|
Daub |
| 2019 |
Isaac Mayer Weiss (1819-1900)
|
Founder of Reform Judaism
|
Daub |
| 2020 |
Dara Torres (b. 1967)
|
Champion Olympic swimmer
|
Daub |
| 2021 |
Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) &
Joe Shuster (1914-1992)
|
Creators of Superman
|
Daub |
