Hall of Fame
HIAS has spent the past 125 years helping people leave countries in which they are persecuted, or where the quality of life has become unbearable, and achieve their dreams in the United States. Each of the 4.5 million lives saved during that time is important, but some have gone on to truly exemplary careers. In their honor, HIAS is developing its Hall of Fame, a collection of prominent politicians and intellectuals, writers and artists, activists and war heroes. Click on the links below for more information on our Hall of Fame members.
Arendt, Hannah, philosopher and political theorist
Beilis, Mendel, accused of blood libel in Russia, 1921. The ensuing trial cleared his name and is considered to be the Russian “Dreyfus Affair.”
Berger, Joseph, New York Times reporter and acclaimed author
Brodsky, Joseph, world-renowned poet and winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize for Literature
Chagall, Marc, one of the most innovative and important painters of the twentieth century
Codrescu, Andrei, modern day man-of-letters and NPR correspondent
Einstein, Hans A. , son of the theorist of relativity and a well-known scientist in his own right
Foxman, Abraham H. , National Director of the Anti-Defamation League
Fuentes, Sonia P. , a co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
Graham, Bill, one of history's leading rock music impresarios and father of the modern music business
Greenstone, Celia, activist on behalf of immigrant rights
Grove, Andrew, Chairman of Intel
Himmelstein, Lena, aka Lane Bryant, retailer and seamstress who created the first commercial maternity dress
Hoffmann, Roald, Scientist, Professor and Nobel Prize Winner
Jolson, Al, Broadway legend
Kaczyne, Alter, photographer and author
Kaminska, Ida, the last great star of Yiddish theater
Katz, Vera, three-term mayor of Portland, Oregon
Kissinger, Henry, Nobel Prize-winning Secretary of State
Kitain, Anatole, concert pianist
Krayzelburg, Lenny, three-time Olympic Gold Medallist
Kunis, Mila, star of That 70s Show
Lang, George, estaurateur and proprietor of Café des Artistes in New York City
Leon, Masha, the Forward’s society columnist
Lieberman, Hadassah, noted immigrant rights orator and wife of Senator Joseph Lieberman
Litvinov, Pavel, leading human rights advocate
Mann, Thomas, Nobel Prize-winning author.
Markov, Alexander, America’s “First-family” of the violin
Markov, Marina, America’s “First-family” of the violin
Markov, Albert , America’s “First-family” of the violin
Meed, Benjamin, president of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivor
Nabokov, Vladimir, beloved novelist
Patinkin, Mandy the family of, entertainer
Rivers, Joan the family of, popular comedienne
Rubin, Tibor, Korean War hero
Schmolka, Marie, the tireless social worker who saved many of Czechoslovakia's Jews during WWII
Schneier, Arthur Rabbi, protector of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe
Semo, Adrian, renowned violonist and associate concertmaster for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Shteyngart, Gary, novelist
Smirnoff, Yakov, comedian
Tramiel, Jack, founder of Commodore, a manufacturer of early computers
Vishniac, Roman, photographer, biologist, linguist, art historian and philosopher
Wasserstein, Wendy the family of, playwright and producer
Wiesel, Elie, author and winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
Yevtushenko, Yevgeniy, poet and activist
If you have information about a HIAS immigrant who might qualify for the HIAS Hall of Fame, please contact Steven Bibb at 212-613-1349 or Steven.Bibb@hias.org
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