The Jabotinsky Medal may refer to one of several awards named in honor of Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky:

Jabotinsky Foundation awards

The Jabotinsky Centennial Medal was awarded in 1980, the centenary of Jabotinsky's birth, by the Jabotinsky Foundation of New York to 100 Americans who had performed distinguished service to the state of Israel and the Jewish people. The award was handed out to recipients by Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin at an awards dinner held in November in New York City.[1]

Recipients included: Rev. Billy Graham, Henry M. Jackson, Jacob Javits, Daniel Moynihan, Philip M. Klutznick, Edward Teller, Leon Uris, Eli Wiesel, Danny Kaye, Jerry Falwell, Elmo R. Zumwalt,[1] Claude Pepper,[2] Hart N. Hasten,[3] Avraham Soltes,[4] Nathan George Horwitt,[5] Esther Antin Untermeyer,[6] Moshe Brodetzky, Herzel Kranz, William Perl,[7] Paul S. Riebenfeld and David Horowitz.[8] Senator Frank Church declined the award due in protest of it also being awarded to Falwell.[1]

In 1983, industrialist Eryk Spektor, chairman of the New York-based Jabotinsky Foundation, created and funded a $100,000 award named the Jabotinsky Prize - Shield of Jerusalem (also known as the Defender of Jerusalem Prize) to honour individuals, Jewish or non-Jewish, who are judged to have done the most in the previous two years "for the defense of the rights of the Jewish people."[9] The $100,000 prize was shared by US Senator Henry M. Jackson (posthumously), Soviet Jewish activist Iosif Begun, and former French Cabinet Minister Simone Veil in 1983[10] and US Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and Operation Moses in 1985.[11] In 1986 former President of Costa Rica Luis Alberto Monge, former Swedish deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, and Soviet dissident Eliyahu Essas shared the award.[12] Israeli philosopher and former Lehi activist Israel Eldad was awarded the prize for 1987/1988.[13] Other recipients have included former Soviet dissident Ida Nudel, industrialist Reuben Hecht, the LIBI Fund charity assisting Israeli soldiers, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir,[14] New York Times editor A.M. Rosenthal, conductor Zubin Mehta, US secretary of state George Shultz, and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.[15]

Jabotinsky Order of Israel awards

The Jabotinsky Prize for Literature and Research is an award given by the Jabotinsky Order of Israel for outstanding achievements in the sphere of literature and research every two years.[16]

Among the winners of the award are: Benjamin Netanyahu, Iddo Netanyahu, Chaim Lazar-Lithuanian, Yehoshua Yavin, Abba Ahimair, David Niv, Yigal Yadin, Menachem Sarid, Yaakov Orland, Uzi Narkis, Naomi Shemer, Moshe Yegar, Herzl Rosenblum, Ephraim Kishon, Yitzhak Oren, Yosef Nadava, Yaakov Ha'alyon, Uri Milstein, Esther Vitkon, Dosh, Avigdor Shahan, Yehuda Blum, Isaac Ramba, Jeremiah Halpern, Jacob Winshel and Yehiam Weitz.

The Jabotinsky Order Life Achievement Award, is awarded annually by the Jabotinsky Order of Israel to an outstanding personality in public, academic or professional life.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Begin Cites Jabotinsky's 'vision' as Architect of Jewish State". 13 November 1980.
  2. ↑ "Diginole: FSU's Digital Repository | DigiNole". diginole.lib.fsu.edu.
  3. ↑ http://www.glhrc.org/2004/bios.html, http://israelvisit.co.il/cgi-bin/friendly.pl?url=Jun-23-04!resilient
  4. ↑ RABBI AVRAHAM SOLTES, 66, DIES; SERVED AS CHAPLAIN AT WEST POINT, The New York Times, 1983-05-25
  5. ↑ Cook, Joan. "Nathan Horwitt, 92; His Designs Included The Movado Watch ", The New York Times, June 20, 1990. Accessed January 8, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Esther Untermeyer, 88; A Zionist and Ex-Judge". The New York Times. January 8, 1983 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ "Three Jabotinsky Medal Winners Urge Begin to Release Kahane Immediately". 19 November 1980.
  8. ↑ "A Prime Minister's Recognition | United Israel". unitedisraelworldunion.com.
  9. ↑ Teltsch, Kathleen (24 August 1983). "A $100,000 Award is Created to Honor Those Aiding Jews". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "Jabotinsky Prizes Announced". 15 November 1983.
  11. ↑ "Kirkpatrick and Operation Moses Share $100,000 Jabotinsky Prize". 13 September 1985.
  12. ↑ "3 Named Co-Winners of Jabotinsky Awards". The New York Times. 12 October 1986.
  13. ↑ "Dr. Eldad (Sheib) Israel – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association".
  14. ↑ "מכון ז'בוטינסקי | Eryk Spektor".
  15. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths SPEKTOR, ERYK". The New York Times. 16 December 1998.
  16. 1 2 "Misdar Jabotinsky Ha-Umma Israel".
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