Jabotinsky Medal
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The Jabotinsky Medal is a medal awarded by the State of Israel for outstanding achievements. It is named in honor of Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky.
Some recipients of the Medal (in alphabetical order)
- Jerry Lamon FalwellJerry FalwellJerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. was an evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative commentator from the United States. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia...
- Hart N. Hasten
- Nathan George HorwittNathan George HorwittNathan George Horwitt was an American industrial designer. He is most renowned for his Museum watch created for the Swiss watch company Movado, which featured a black dial with a single gold circle situated at 12 o'clock. The Museum watch is part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum...
- Paul S. RiebenfeldPaul S. RiebenfeldPaul S. Riebenfeld was a political scientist and international jurist and layer. He served as a Zionist delegate to the Palestine Mandate Commission of the League of Nations from 1937 to 1939; as Honorary Chairman of the "Louis D...
- Esther Untermeyer
- Leon UrisLeon UrisLeon Marcus Uris was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.-Life:...
- Elie WieselElie WieselSir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...