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. "
Winners Year Laureate Notable Contribution / Affiliation 2008 Rabbi Head of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot Moshe Moshkowitz Among the renovators of the Jewish settlement in Gush Etzion Ran Pekker Fighter pilot and founder of the Tzahala Project for educating youth in good citizenship 2009 Noam Arnon A leader of the Jewish community in Hebron Early Golan Heights settler; founder of the city and Israeli settlement of Katzrin Ronit Shuker A founder of the Shilo Group; owner of an olive press in the outpost of Achya 2010 Rabbi Yoel Schwartz A founder of the Nahal Haredi Project and its spiritual authority Aharon Davidi A founder of the Paratroopers Brigade; Main Infantry Corps and Paratroops Officer; co-founder of Sar El Anita Tucker A leader of the Gush Katif settlement community 2011 Major General (res.) Meir Dagan Former Director of the Mossad Rabbi Chanan Porat A founder of the Gush Emunim movement Rabbi Yehoshua Fass Co-founder and CEO of the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization 2012 Dr. Yitzhak Glick Innovator in Israeli emergency medicine Nitsana Darshan-Leitner Founder of Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) Zvi Slonim A founder and leader of the Gush Emunim movement 2013 Yigal Cohen-Orgad Chancellor of Ariel University and former Finance Minister Rabbi Moshe Levinger A pioneering figure of Gush Emunim and the Jewish community in Hebron Dr. Zvi Zameret Educator and prominent leader in Zionist education 2014 Michael Freund Founder of Shavei Israel, an organization locating "lost tribes" of Israel Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon Founder of JobKatif, providing employment resources post-disengagement Dr. Gabriel Barkay Archaeologist specializing in the history of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount 2015 Yehuda Glick Activist for human rights and religious freedom on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Yisrael Harel Journalist and a founder of the Yesha Council and settlement movement Yoel Zilberman Founder of HaShomer HaChadash (The New Guardian), protecting agricultural lands in the Galilee and Negev 2016 Binyamin Elon Politician, rabbi, and former Minister of Tourism Caroline Glick Israeli-American author, columnist, and journalist Yehuda Harel Former politician and member of the Knesset for The Third Way party 2017 Moshe Arens Aeronautical engineer, diplomat, and former Likud defense minister 2019 Maor Farid Researcher, social activist, and author Ruthi Antohon-Tortsky Author and social activist focused on integration and community welfare
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