Tag: Recognition and Awards
Reporters Without Borders earns $1 million Dan David Defending Democracy prize
The internationally renowned Dan David Prize announced Michael Ignatieff and Reporters Without Borders as the winners of the $1 million award in the field of Defending Democracy.
Michael Ignatieff, president and rector of Central European...
Inaugural Israeli Global Impact Awards given for humanitarianism
The first-ever “Global Impact Awards” were bestowed on Thursday at a gala event in Tel Aviv to those who have made a positive impact on society.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was in attendance.
“The winners here...
ORT to receive Let Freedom Ring Award
The organisation has been chosen as a recipient of the Let Freedom Ring Award, in honor of our commitment to equality in education and our efforts to bridge the gap between ability and opportunity.
The...
House to vote on awarding medal to late rabbi who saved Slovakian Jews during...
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal—one of the nation’s highest civilian honors—to a rabbi who tried to save Slovakian Jews...
Nefesh B’Nefesh presents outstanding Anglo ‘olim’ with 2018 Bonei Zion Prize
A pioneer of Israel’s “Start-Up Nation” culture, one of the Jewish world’s top educators and a founder of the women’s imaging medical field are among the seven recipients of the 2018 Sylvan Adams Nefesh...
Rabbi Asher Zelig Weiss, Posek for Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Among Katz Prize Winners
This past week, President Reuven Ruvi Rivlin - ראובן רובי ריבלין ,met with the winners of the Katz Prize. Among the winners is Rabbi Asher (Osher) Zelig Weiss, the posek for Shaare Zedek Medical...
“Dr. Bob” Shillman receives Technion’s honorary PhD
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) Dr. Robert J. Shillman (known as “Doctor Bob”) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, is so beloved at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that there is a bronze statue of him...
Two Israeli Startups Win $1M Prize At JVP – NYC Startup Competition
June 19, 2018 | Israeli-based venture firm Jerusalem Venture Partners announced the winners of their international startup competition NYC Play, a first-of-its kind global competition “building bridges of innovation and entrepreneurship between New York...
‘Women of Valor’ showcases writers and honorees
For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby,...
Lori Polin wins Jewish leadership award
San Diego Jewish community leader, Lori Polin, will be awarded the 2018 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement and leadership in our local community.
The prestigious, internationally recognized Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award is given to Lions of...