{"id":8614,"date":"2022-08-10T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?page_id=8614"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:36:44","slug":"jcpas-albert-d-chernin-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/jcpas-albert-d-chernin-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"JCPA\u2019s Albert D. Chernin Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albert D. Chernin Award is presented each year to an American Jew whose life work best exemplifies the social justice imperatives of Judaism, Jewish history, and the protection of the Bill of Rights, particularly the First Amendment. This award celebrates the achievements of its recipient, whose ideals symbolize the principles embodied by the work of JCPA. This award is named after Albert Chernin, Executive Vice Chair of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (now the Jewish Council for Public Affairs) from 1975-1990. Chernin\u2019s leadership created a far-reaching impact on American policy in the areas of church-state, civil rights, immigration, Israel, and Soviet Jewry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Recipients<\/strong><br \/>1990\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Albert D. Chernin<br \/>1991 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senator Howard Metzenbaum<br \/>1992 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Al Vorspan, Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC)<br \/>1993 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arnold Aronson, founder, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights<br \/>1994 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hyman Bookbinder, American Jewish Committee<br \/>1995 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jacqueline Levine, NJCRAC Past Chair<br \/>1996 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earl Raab, San Francisco JCRC<br \/>1997 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senator Carl Levin<br \/>1998 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 William Maslow, General Counsel of American Jewish Congress<br \/>1999 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leonard \u201cLeibel\u201d Fein, UAHC<br \/>2000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theodore Mann, JCPA Past Chair<br \/>2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat<br \/>2002 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg<br \/>2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rabbi David Saperstein, Union for Reform Judaism<br \/>2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Alan Dershowitz<br \/>2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deborah E. Lipstadt, Emory University<br \/>2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service<br \/>2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senator Frank Lautenberg<br \/>2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bernard \u201cB\u201d Rapoport, Bernard &amp; Audre Rapoport Foundation<br \/>2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Laurence Tribe<br \/>2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Nadine Strossen<br \/>2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Senator Ron Wyden<br \/>2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Union for Reform Judaism<br \/>2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judith Lichtman, National Partnership for Women and Familites<br \/>2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League<br \/>2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Luchins<br \/>2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senator Barbara Boxer<br \/>2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marcia Greenberger, National Women\u2019s Law Center<br \/>2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon &amp; Reindel<br \/>2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nancy Kaufman, NCJW<br \/>2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Nathan Lewin, Esq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albert D. Chernin Award is presented each year to an American Jew whose life work best exemplifies the social justice imperatives of Judaism, Jewish history, and the protection of the Bill of Rights, particularly the First Amendment. 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