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Update: Winners of Moskowitz Zionism Award Announced (IsraelNN.com)
The winners of the First Annual Moskowitz Prize for Zionism have been announced. They are:
* Rabbi David Fendel, the Rosh Yeshiva [Dean] of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot
* Moshe Moshkovitch, credited with renewing Jewish settlement in Gush Etzion
* Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Ron Ronen-Pekar, founder of the Tzahala Project
The three will share the $100,000 prize.
Dr. Irving and Cherna Moskowitz have announced the annual Moskowitz Prize for Zionism - a sum of $100,000 that will first be awarded this Independence Day.
The new prize's website states that the award "was established in recognition of the people who put Zionism into action in today's Israeli society - at times risking their own person security, placing the collective before personal needs, and doing what it takes to ensure a strong, secure homeland."
The intention is to grant an annual award to "person's who best personify the essence of modern Zionism in Israel, providing innovative or exceptional activity that reflects the values and challenges that face Zionism today - in education, culture, settlement, social action, and other spheres.
The "Strength of Zion Prize" is named for the verse in Isaiah 52 which reads, "Awaken, awaken, wear your strength, Zion."
The prize is likely to be divided among up to three winners, who will be chozen by a public committee made up of public and private figures, including the folliwng: Ex-foreign and Defense Minister Moseh Arens, former Amb. Yoram Ettinger, former Public Security Minister Uzi Landau, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Rabbi Daniel Moskowitz, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Brig. Gen. (res.) Avigdor Kahalani, and Lt. Col. (res.) Rabbi Yedidya Atlas.
The committee will be chaired by Cherna Moskowitz, and Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Yisrael Aumann will be its special Academic Advisor.
Prize recipients must be citizens of Israel - not organizations - 18 years or older, residing in Israel. Information and forms may be downloaded at www.moskowitzprize.com