The dedication featured three speakers: Dr. Jehuda Reinharz, President, Brandeis University; Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, President, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; and Dr. Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives., The lecture was presented by Johnathan D. Sarna, Chair, Department of Near Eastern Judaic Studies, Brandeis University.
