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Former mayor of Wroclaw Rafal Dutkiewicz is awarded the World Zionist Organization's Jerusalem Prize for 2019. Photo: WZO.

Former Polish mayor awarded World Zionist Organization’s Jerusalem Prize

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The World Zionist Organization has awarded its Jerusalem Prize for 2019 to Rafal Dutkiewicz, who served as mayor of the Polish city Wroclaw from 2002-2018, for his support for the local Jewish community. During the...
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Credit: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States via Wikimedia Commons.

American Jewish Committee bestows Japanese prime minister with highest honor

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will receive the highest award from the influential American Jewish Committee, the organization announced on Monday. “The Light Unto the Nations” Award will be given to the Japanese leader later...
Havdalah service at a Moishe House. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Moishe House awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize

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Moishe House has been awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize in the international category for its worldwide success in engaging Jewish young adults in meaningful ways and empowering them to create their own vibrant communities. Through...
Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan speaks at the 2018 American Jewish Committee Global Forum. Credit: American Jewish Committee.

Miss Iraq to receive Ambassador for Peace award in Geneva for promoting tolerance

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Geneva-based non-governmental organization United Nations Watch has announced that Sarah Idan, who as Miss Iraq in 2017 faced death threats for posting a photo of herself with Miss Israel, will receive the Swiss organization’s Ambassador...
Judea Pearl. Credit: DanielPearl.org.

Israeli-American professor Judea Pearl given award for courage

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Judea Pearl, chancellor’s professor of computer science at UCLA, Turing Award recipient and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, is being given CAMERA’s inaugural Ometz Award for courage in recognition of his public renunciation...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin honors Israeli soldiers for the fifth time from the gardens of his residence in Jerusalem on Israel Independence Day, May 9, 2019. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Rivlin awards 120 soldiers on Israel’s Independence Day

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted on Thursday “All Israel From Jerusalem” and the traditional ceremony honoring 120 outstanding Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers for the fifth time from the gardens of his residence in Jerusalem. The...
Jewish Indian Gen. Jack Farj Rafael Jacob. Credit: Screenshot.

Israel to posthumously honor Jewish Indian general

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Israel will posthumously honor Jewish Indian Gen. Jack Jacob on April 30 with a plaque at the Ammunition Hill memorial site, reported Indian media on Sunday. Jacob, who died of pneumonia in 2016 at the...
Peter Chortek Leadership Award winners, from left, are Talia Schauder, Ilan Matkovski, Max Matkovski, and Aurora de Tagyos.

Four teens win Peter Chortek Leadership Awards

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The Peter Chortek Leadership Award (PCLA), facilitated annually by the Jewish Community Foundation, was recently presented to four San Diego County high school students. The 2019 awards went to Aurora de Tagyos, Ilan and...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Nili Cohen (left), president of the National Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences. Photo nby Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Rivlin hosts ceremony for cooperation between science and humanities academies

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Israel National Academy of Sciences and Humanities (INASH) and the American National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) on Sunday. “ marks the beginning of an...
These seven immigrants to Israel will be honored as winners of the 2019 Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, an annual award presented by the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization. Credit: Courtesy.

Seven English-speaking immigrants to be honored for contributions to Israel

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Seven immigrants from English-speaking countries will be honored as winners of the 2019 Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, an annual award presented by the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah organization. Michael Dickson, executive director of StandWithUs-Israel will be honored...