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Awardees from Previous Years

The 2019/2020 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to "Limmud" – an international organization creating activities and conferences with Jewish educational content worldwide.
The ceremony took place on Sunday, November 22nd, 2020 at 17:00 in the Rector's Office, Mt. Scopus Campus via Zoom.

Among the participants were Ms. Andrea Hoffer (family representative), Ms. Danielle Nagler, Limmud Israel Chair, and Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz who delivered a short talk titled: Limmud-The Shared Journey.

Link to the recorded ceremony

 

The 2018/9 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to the "Revivim" Program for Outstanding Jewish Educators for the 21st Century

The ceremony took place on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 at 16:30 at Beit Maiersdorf (2nd Floor), Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: The Power of Storytelling in the Jewish Tradition by Prof. (Emeritus) Yair Zakovitch.

Pictures from the ceremony

 

The 2017 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper and Gesher – an Organization for the Promotion of Dialogue in Israel

The ceremony took place on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 at 16:30 at Beit Maiersdorf (2nd Floor), Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: The Dialectic Between Halachic Commitment and the Religious Mandate to Respect the Other by Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper, Founder and President of Gesher. 

Flegg 2017

The 2016 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to Hannaton Educational Center

The ceremony took place on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at 16:30 at Beit Maiersdorf (2nd Floor), Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: "These and These are the Words of the Living God”: Pluralism – an ideal in the Beit Midrash, but a threat in Israeli Society? by Rabbi Yaov Ende, Executive Director of the Hannaton Educational Center.

Flegg 2016

 

The 2015 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to "Kehillot Sharot" - Singing Communities

The ceremony took place on Wednesday, January 20th 2016 at 16:30 at Beit Maiersdorf (2nd Floor), Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: Piyutim in the Cultural Life of Moroccan Jews by Prof. Emeritus Moshe Bar-Asher.

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The 2014 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to Dr. Yehuda Mamimaran

The ceremony took place on Tuesday, December 9th 2014 at 16:00 at the Litwinsky Senate Hall, Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: Social Judaism as an Educational Identity Mutual Sphere: From Vision to Action.

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The 2012 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to Ms. Bambi Sheleg

The ceremony took place on Wednesday, July 11th 2012 at 16:30 at the Litwinsky Senate Hall, Mt. Scopus Campus.

Lecture: Jewish sociology at this time: Do the existing denominations in the Jewish people reflect the situation toady? 

 

The 2011 Simon and Ethel Flegg Award was awarded to Rabbi Micha Odenheimer

Lecture: Can global "Tikun Olam" bring the Jews together?

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