Moskowitz Prize for Zionism
zionist activism award
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism, established by Irving and Cherna Moskowitz, is an award for activity that promotes Zionism. It has been granted every year since 2008 to three winners in a ceremony which takes place on Jerusalem Day, in the City of David. The prize extent to each winner is US$50,000.
The prize founder, billionaire Irving Moskowitz was an American businessman and a right-wing activist who supported Israeli settlements in the West Bank. His wife Cherna Moskowitz chairs the prize judge committee. The members of the committee are public personalities from Israel and abroad, whom amongst are Avigdor Kahalani and Moshe Arens. Yisrael Aumann serves as a special advisor of the prize committee.
Listed below are recipients of the main prize, known as the "Lion of Zion" award. Another award, called "Spirit of Zion", was given to several individuals between the years 2013-2016, "for new initiatives, [to] young Israelis with vision who recognize the need to stand up and be counted.
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