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Leadership
Formation Award |
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Background
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the joint annual Gala Dinner of the HBSAAI/Harvard Club of Israel and the
Wharton-Penn Club of Israel, the Leadership Formation Award is bestowed
upon an individual or an organization that are nurturing a critical mass
of young leaders who are likely to affect positively the well-being of
Israel and the Jewish people. |
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6th
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2007 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was LEAD-Israel
Youth Leadership Development
The award was bestowed upon Mr.
Morris Kahn
, founder of LEAD and LEAD alumnus Adi Raicher, Director of Special
Projects
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taken upon ourselves the task of encouraging and developing youth
leadership in
Israel
. Our goal is to mentor a group of young adults who have been trained
according to the most advanced leadership techniques and concepts and ten
or 20 years from now will find themselves in roles of leadership in
government and business in the country,"
Mr. Morris Kahn—Founder of LEAD
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5th
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2006 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was MASA-Israel
Journey
The award was bestowed upon Mr. Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the
Executive of Jewish Agency and Mr. Israel Maimon, Government Secretary.
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MASA enables thousands of Jewish young adults to spend a semester or
a year in
Israel
in one of over 100 approved academic programs by providing scholarships,
information, and more. MASA’s aim is to help young Jews from around the
world to build a life-long relationship with
Israel
and the Jewish world. MASA is made possible by the support of the
Government of Israel, the Jewish Agency for
Israel
and its partners, the United Jewish Communities of North America and Keren
Hayesod.
“I
have a dream, that every Jew will visit
Jerusalem
at least once. I believe we must set a goal that every young Jew will live
here at least one year during their lifetime.”
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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4th
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2005 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was
Taglit-Birthright
Israel
The
award was bestowed upon Dr.
Shimshon Shoshani, Director General of
Taglit-Birthright
Israel
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Taglit-Birthright
Israel
provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to
Israel
for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26.
Taglit-Birthright
Israel
’s founders created this program to send thousands of young Jewish
adults from all over the world to
Israel
as a gift in order to diminish the growing division between
Israel
and Jewish communities around the world; to strengthen the sense of
solidarity among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants' personal
Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people. Nearly 90,000 young
adults from 40 countries have been to
Israel
as part of this program.
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3rd
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2004 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was the Wexner
Israel Fellowship Program
The
award was bestowed upon Professor Itamar Rabinovitz and Ms. Bilha Gus from
the Wexner Foundation.
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1989, The Wexner Israel Fellowship Program represents a unique and
important partnership between The Wexner Foundation and Harvard Kennedy School.
Each year, up to ten outstanding Israeli public officials are funded to
pursue a Master Degree in Public Administration at the
Kennedy
School
and to participate in a set of leadership institutes sponsored by the
Foundation itself. The goal of the program is to provide
Israel
's next generation of public leaders with advanced training in public
management and leadership development, thus enhancing the quality of
democracy and the institutional vitality of
Israel
's public sector.
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2nd
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2003 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was the Israel
Cultural Excellence Foundation – IcExcellence
The
award was bestowed upon Ms.
Rachel Marani
, Founder and Director General of IcExcellence.
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The
Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) was launched
in 2001 with a pioneering and innovative approach. The foundation's goal
is to identify the best artistic talents in
Israel
, in different fields of art, and support chosen
artists en route to cultural leadership as well as local and
international excellence. IcExcellence aims to strongly encourage a
constant striving for excellence in
Israel
, and wishes to emphasis the importance of culture in everyone's life.
The
award ceremony was followed by performances by: Pianist-Singer Shlomi
Shaban, Jazz Saxophonist Eli Degibri, and the Clipa Theater.
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1st
Annual Gala Dinner
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The
2002 recipient of the Leadership Formation Award was the ATIDIM
Program
The
award was bestowed upon Mr. Avner
Barazani, Mr.
Tal Dilian
and Mr. Itizk Turgeman co-founders of Atidim
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ATIDIM
is a national program to develop the human resources and close the
socio-economic gaps crippling
Israel
’s periphery through creating equal educational opportunity.
“There are many
new roads to higher education in
Israel
today, but not everyone - especially kids from
Israel
’s periphery and disadvantaged communities - can make it in
the classroom. Higher education requires considerable talent and money.
Motivated, talented kids without financial resources have almost no chance
of making it. A tragic
waste of potential that none of us can afford.”
Eitan Wertheimer
, Chairman, ISCAR Corporation, Israeli philanthropist and Chair of Friends
of ATIDIM
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Last modified: 08/02/08 |
