Rabbi Jason Klein, who, as a child in Montclair, saw Rank as "a role model" and recalls Rank as "really ha[ving] a way that [is] very charismatic and warm and connected with children and adults.” In his history of Jewish education in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Professor Earl Schwartz names Rank among "prominent Hebraists and liturgical experts [who] are dual alumni of the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis and a concurrent synagogue skills program."