Herzl Award


The Herzl Award is awarded annually by the Department for Zionist Activities of the World Zionist Organization to outstanding young men and women in recognition of their exceptional efforts on behalf of Israel and the Zionist cause. The award was first awarded in 1954 to Winston Churchill, on the centennial anniversary of Theodore Herzl's death.

Background

Herzl was the father of political Zionism. Even though he died at the young age of 44, of which only 9 were dedicated to the Zionist cause, he was able to mobilize the forces and create the infrastructure that would revolutionize the Jewish world and bring about the realization of the Jewish people's age-old dream of returning to Zion.

Award requirements

According to the site of the WZO candidates are nominated by Zionist Federations around the world for achievement in one or more of several fields:
Nominees must be no older than 44, Herzl's age at the time of his death.

Recipients

All Herzl Award recipients receive a distinctive certificate and an engraved cast bronze trophy, as well as being inscribed in a special Herzl album in Jerusalem.
YearRecipients
2004 Susana Edith Gelber
2004 Ron Weiser
2004 Francis Weitz
2004 Simon Boysen
2004 Attila Novak
2004 Raphael Ezekiel Jhirad
2004 Marcos Metta Cohen
2004 Meny Samra Cohen
2004 Errol Anstey
2004 David Borowich
2004 Elana Yael Heideman
2004 Brian Sacks
2004 Moises Salinas
2005 Damian Szvalb
2005 Gabriel Martell
2005 Dalia Melchior
2005 Enrique Olsoff
2005 Evgeny Maryanchik
2005 Avrom Krengel
2005 David Collins
2005 Steven Elstein
2005 Jonathan Hantman
2005 Gerardo Stuczynski
2005 Elías Farache
2006 Andrea Uzan
2006 Stanislav Skibinski
2006 Nathan Feldman
2006 Moises Mitrani
2006 Phil Koningham
2006 Ted Ekeroth
2006 Stephen Rosenthal
2007 Andrés Abramovicz
2007 Marisol Garriga
2007 Jacobo Adat
2007 Tamar Lazarus
2007 Dmitri Vasserman
2007 Daniel Berke
2007 Shanee Fischer
2007 Alberto Moryusef
2008 Fabio Kornblaum
2008 Daniel Lew
2008 Charlotte Thalmay
2008 Mauricio Faradji
2008 Laura Taragan
2009 Laurence Perez
2009 Torbjorn Karfunkel
2009 Deborah Isaac
2010 Arieh Grossman
2010 Jonathan Sacerdoti
2015 Benjamin Laniado
2016 Rowan Polovin
2016 Enrique Chmelnik
2019 Rebeca Mischne

In addition, the Winner of the South African Zionist Federation's "Zionist Quiz" for schools is awarded a Herzl Prize.