The B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem announced that the submission process for its Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage for 2025 is open. Deadline for submission: February 28, 2025. For entry form click here.

Since its establishment in 1992, the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism has recognized excellence in reporting on contemporary Diaspora Jewish communities and on the state of Israel-Diaspora relations in Israeli print, broadcast and online media. The award is widely recognized as the most prestigious prize in the Israeli media industry for Diaspora reportage and was established to help strengthen the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. The award highlights the important contributions the media can make toward strengthening the relationship between Israel and world Jewry by encouraging quality reporting on Diaspora communities and Israel-Diaspora relations.

The distinguished members of the award jury are: Ya’akov Ahimeir, former editor and anchor for Israel Public Broadcasting corporation and Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2016; Dr. Yehudith Auerbach, former head of the Department of Journalism and Communication Studies at Bar Ilan University; Yaron Deckel, regional director for Canada at The Jewish Agency for Israel and past award winner; Professor Uzi Rebhun, Shlomo Argov chair in Israel Diaspora Relations, and head of the Division of Jewish Demography & Statistics at The A. Harman Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry and director of Florence Melton Institute at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Professor Gabriela Shalev, former Israel ambassador to the United Nations; journalist Yair Sheleg; Asher Weill, publisher and editor of “Ariel” The Israel Review of Arts and Letters (1981-2003).

The award is presented in memory of the late Wolf Matsdorf, editor of the World Center’s journal “Leadership Briefing” and a journalist in Israel and Australia; and his wife Hilda, a pioneer in social work in both countries; and in memory of Luis and Trudi Schydlowsky.

For further information, please contact:

Alan Schneider, director, B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem: aschneider@bnaibrith.org; 052-5536441.

Read this release in Hebrew here.