College Leaders

1893	Moses A. Dropsie, President
1897	Henry M. Speaker, Principal
1905–1924	Ephraim Lederer, President
1925–1927	Abraham Rosenbach, President
1933–1948	Julius H. Greenstone, Principal
1941	“Doctor” A. S. W. Rosenbach, Chair
1941	Solomon Solis-Cohen, President
1959	Dr. Elazar Goelman, Dean
1963–1968	Mitchell E. Panzer, President
1968–1970	William Netzky, President
1970–1973	Elazar Goelman, Ph.D., President
1973–1982	Daniel Isaacman, Ph.D., President
1982–1983	Elazar Goelman, Ph.D., President
1983–1997	Gary Schiff, Ph.D., President
1997–1999	Ernie Kahn, President (Interim)
1999–2009	Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D., President
2009–2011	Bruce Holberg, President (Interim)
2011–2017	Joy Goldstein, President
2017–2017	Rabbi Erin Hirsh, President (Interim)
2017–2021	Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., President
2021–	Zev Eleff, Ph.D., President

Notable Alumni

• Berenice Victoria Abrams [6] (1936) - social worker, Jewish activist, philanthropist
• Gershon Agron - Mayor of Jerusalem 1955 - 1959
• Lori Alhadeff - activist and member of the Broward County School Board
• Noam Chomsky, Ph.D. (1945) - linguist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist
• Dr. Seymore (Shalom) Paul, z"l, (1956) - Shalom M. Paul was the Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor Emeritus of Bible Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His most recent work, Isaiah 40–66: A Commentary is regarded as the premier resource on the topic of "Second Isaiah", the distinctive voice that scholars believe was added to the prophecy years after it was first written. 
• Mark B. Cohen, (1972) - Common Pleas Court Judge, Philadelphia, House of Representatives (1974 - 2016)
• Arnold Dashefsky, Ph.D. (1963) - Professor of Sociology at University of Connecticut [7], Director of the North American Jewish databank
• Isidore Dyen, Ph.D. (cir 1928) - linguist, Professor Emeritus of Malayo-Polynesian and Comparative Linguistics at Yale University
•  David Galter, Editor of the Jewish Exponent
• Eric Goldman, Ph.D. (1970) - film historian, educator [8]
• Nathan Goldman, Esq. 
• Rabbi Israel Goldstein (1911) - scholar, author, Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun on New York’s Upper West Side (1918-1960), Founder of Brandeis University (1946), President of The Jewish National Fund of America (1934-1943)[9], [10]
• Cyrus H. Gordon, Ph.D. - scholar of Near Eastern cultures and ancient languages
• Rabbi Samuel K Joseph, Ph.D. - Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professorship of Jewish Education and Leadership Development, Hebrew Union College [11]
• Rabbi William E. Kaufman, Ph.D. - author of books on Jewish Philosophy
• Diane King, Ph.D. (1943) - professor, scholar, Lifetime Achievement Award of the Jewish Educators Assembly
• Samuel Noah Kramer, Ph.D.
• Sora Eisenberg Landes (1950) - Jewish Educator, founding principal of the Forman Center of the Perelman Jewish Day School in Greater Philadelphia [13]
• Michael Levin  (cir 2000) - American born soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), KIA 2006 in Lebanon
• Sandra Ostrowicz Lilenthal, MA (Gratz, 2007), Ed.D. (Gratz, 2014) - educator, curriculum developer, scholar, 2015 Covenant Award Recipient [14]
• Shalom Paul
• Noam Pitlik - actor, director, 1979 Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series31st Primetime Emmy Awards#Directing
• Claire Polin - American composer of contemporary classical music, musicologist, and flutist
• Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso - author, first woman rabbi in Reconstructionaist Judaism, with her husband formed the first rabbinical couple in Jewish History [15]
• Rose (Schwartz) Schmukler (1931) - artist, poet [16]
• Saul Wachs, Ph.D.[17] (1951) - educator, Jewish scholar, author