Solomon Bublick Award
The Solomon Bublick Award (Solomon Bublick Public Service Award or Solomon Bublick Prize) is an award made by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to a person who has made an important contribution to the advancement and development of the State of Israel. It has been called "Israel's Highest Award".[1] The first award was made in 1949.
History
Solomon Bublick (died 1945) was an American who left the sum of $37,000 to establish the award to be granted every two years. It is one of the two prestigious awards made by the University. The prize is given for a lifetime dedicated to the well-being of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, alternatively to an Israeli and to a personality from abroad.[2]
In 1950, the award included $1500.[3] In 1960, the award included a sterling silver plaque and $1000.[4]
Recipients
- 2016 Professor Hanoch Gutfreund alumnus and former President and Professor Emeritus of theoretical physics of The Hebrew University[5]
- 2015 Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres[6]
- 2012 Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, in recognition of her long-standing activism on behalf of the Bedouin community in Israel[7]
- 2013 Prof. Ruth Gavison[8]
- 2011 Prof. Ilan Chet
- 2010 Avi Naor
- 2009 Professor Shlomo Avineri, a leading Israeli social scientist, in recognition of his contribution to political science and the politics of the State of Israel
- 2003 Uzia Galil [9]
- 1999 Haim Zadok for his manifold contributions to the Israeli legal System and the rule of law
- 1998 Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky [10]
- 1995 Saul Patai, for editing The Chemistry of Functional Groups[11]
- 1992 Prof. Meir Kister[12]
- 1991 Dr. David S. Sala[13]
- 1981 Marie Syrkin, for work on behalf of the Jewish people[14]
- 1979 Rabbi Alexander Schindler, for commitment to the role of education in Jewish life[15]
- 1976 Philip S. Bernstein
- 1974 Michael Sacher, British Zionist leader[16]
- 1972 Prof. Robert Bachi, professor of statistics and demography[17]
- 1967 Judge Edward S. Silver[18]
- 1966 Saul Adler, awarded posthumously, although informed on the day of his death[19]
- 1966 Robert Szold[20]
- 1964 Prof Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Professor of Biochemistry, for outstanding scientific work in the field of human biochemistry[21]
- 1960 William Rosenwald, national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal[4]
- 1957 Senator Herbert H. Lehman[22]
- 1956 Dr. Bernhard Zondek, Professor of Gynaecology and Obstretics[23]
- 1956 Dr. Nahum Goldmann[1]
- 1953 President Harry S. Truman[24]
- 1950 Prof. Eliezer Sukenik, Israel archaeologist, for his work on ancient scrolls believed to be the original manuscript of the Book of Isaiah[3]
- 1949 David Ben-Gurion[25]
References
- 1 2 "Israel's Highest Award to Dr. Nahum Goldmann". Canadian Jewish Chronicle. November 16, 1956. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ↑ Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim (1939). The Hebrew University, Jerusalem: its history and development. Tel-Aviv: Haaretz press.
- 1 2 "Israel Archaeologist Receives Solomon Bublick Prize for Work on Biblical Manuscripts". jta.org. JTA. June 23, 1950. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- 1 2 "William Rosenwald Receives 1960 Bublick Award of Hebrew University". fta.org. JTA. November 22, 1960. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Solomon Bublick". WN.com. May 31, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Awarding of the 2015 Solomon Bublick Prize to President Shimon Peres". afhu.org. American Friends of Hebru University. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Amal Elsana Alh’jooj". ajeec-nisped.org. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Seventy-sixth Board of Governors meeting commences with Convocation, awarding of honorary degrees". October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Mr. Uzia Galil". usistf.rorg. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Honors". Weizman Institute of Science. January 1, 1999. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ Rappoport, Zvi (February 1999). "Saul Patai and The Chemistry of Functional Groups" (PDF). Jerusalem. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Cotler urges all Jews to continue supporting human rights causes". The Jerusalem Post. June 18, 1992.
- ↑ "Davide Sala honoured" (PDF). The Scribe JOURNAL OF BABYLONIAN JEWRY. THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION (46). January 1991. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ Kessner, Carole S. (2008). Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self. University Press of New England. p. 444. ISBN 9781584654513.
- ↑ "Rabbi Schindler, Pres. UAHC To Present "Mid-East Update"". Ohio Jewish Chronicle. April 12, 1979. p. 1.
- ↑ "Judge Silver to Receive 1967 Hebrew University Award in New York". fta.org. JTA. April 12, 1967. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Chronicle". The Jewish Journal of Sociology. London: World Jewish Congress. 14 (2). December 1972.
- ↑ "Ben Gurion Receives Bublick Award". fta.org. JTA. August 10, 1949. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ Telkes, Eva (1998). Biographical Dictionary of the First Generation of Professors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Bulletin of the French Research Center in Jerusalem. pp. 115–125.
- ↑ "Robert Szold". nyjewishimprints.info. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Photo". The Canadian Jewish News. May 8, 1964.
- ↑ Israel. Merkaz ha-hasbarah (1957). Israel Government Yearbook. Israel Central Office of Information. p. 189.
- ↑ Israel. Merkaz ha-hasbarah (1956). Israel Government Yearbook. Israel Central Office of Information. p. 192.
- ↑ The American Friends of the Hebrew University Presentation of the 1953 Solomon Bublick Public Service Award to The Honorable Harry S. Truman. New York. 1953 – via The New York Public Library.
- ↑ "Michael Sacher, British Zionist, Philanthropist. Gets Hebrew U. Award". fta.org. JTA. July 2, 1974. Retrieved 13 January 2017.