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B'nai B'rith Diaspora Journalism Awards Garner Media Attention

5/7/2015

The B'nai B'rith World Center Diaspora Journalism awards are among the most prestigious honors in the Israeli media. In late April, B'nai B'rith International announced this year's recipients of the various awards, and has received dozens of media mentions in the weeks since.

Read English and Hebrew highlights from the publications and news outlets below, including the Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Channel 10, Arutz Sheva, social media and more:

The Times of Israel (English):

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 and electronic media.

The award is widely recognized as a prestigious prize in the Israeli media industry and was established to help shore up the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. It does this by highlighting the important contributions the media can make toward strengthening the relationship between Israel and world Jewry — so essential for the resilience of both — by encouraging quality reporting on Diaspora communities and Israel-Diaspora relations.

Times of Israel

Jerusalem Post (English):

Jerusalem Post correspondent Sam Sokol has won the B'nai B'rith World Center's annual award for excellence in Diaspora Reportage, the organization announced Sunday morning.

Sokol, who covers the Jewish World beat, won the award in he print categor for his ongoing series on Jewish communities displaced by the Ukrainian civil war. Just before Passover he returned ffrom yet another trip to eastern Ukraine during which he met with Jews in the city of Mariupol, which is widely considered to be one of the separatists' next targets should they renew their offensive.

"This is a great honor and I am incredibly thankful," said Sokol. "I hope that winning this award helps raise awareness of the issues facing Ukrainian Jewry during this incredibly difficult time."

J-Post

JTA (English):

Eyal’s hourlong program “Hate,” broadcast on Oct. 7, 2014, dealt with rising anti-Semitism in Europe and was filmed on location in Germany, England and Greece. The broadcast also aired earlier in the year as a four-part miniseries on Channel 10.

The Voice of Israel’s “Searching for Relatives Bureau” program was inaugurated in 1945 to help Holocaust survivors track down missing relatives. The program was broadcast continuously until 1969, and was relaunched in 2000 in a new format that includes interviews and investigative reporting.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Arutz Sheva (English):

The winners of the "B'nai B'rith World Center Award for Journalist Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage in Memory of Wolf and Hilda Matsdorf" were announced today in Jerusalem. The awards went to Sam Sokol, the Jewish World correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and Nadav Eyal, the chief international correspondent for Channel 10.

The jury is also giving a "Lifetime Achievement Award in Memory of Luis and Trudi Schydlowsky" to Kol Israel, for its program "Searching for Relatives Bureau."

Arutz Sheva

JP Updates (English):

In 1992, Bnai Brith established their World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportaģe. The award is widely acknowledged in the media industry as the most prestigious prize in its field in Israel.

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The members of the award jury are: Chairman Asher Weill, publisher and editor of “ARIEL”– The Israel Review of Arts and Letters from 1981 to 2003; Yehudith Auerbach, professor in the School of Communication at Bar Ilan University; Eytan Bentsur, former Ministry of Foreign Affairs director general; Shalom Kital, former director general of News Company and Channel 2; Gabriela Shalev, professor and chair of the Higher Academic Council at Ono Academic College, as well as a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations; and Bambi Sheleg, founder and editor-in-chief of Eretz Acheret, and a 2011 award winner.

JP Updates

Winners of Prestigious Bnai Brith Journalism Award Announced http://t.co/pie5pjiVZR #diaspora pic.twitter.com/jUfrEkBFWj
— JP Updates (@JewishPolitical) April 29, 2015

Congratulations to @Jerusalem_Post Sam Sokol who has won the B'nai B'rith World 2015 award excellence in diaspora pic.twitter.com/ymkcBny95L
— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) April 26, 2015

ICE.co.il (Hebrew)

Globes.co.il (Hebrew)

Telavivi.net (Hebrew)

B.Walla.co.il (Hebrew)

I just won an award from @BnaiBrith for my work on Ukraine for the @Jerusalem_Post . I am so thankful right now. http://t.co/S3cMAT1FSA
— Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) April 26, 2015

#MazelTov @SamuelSokol for winning @BnaiBrith award for his Ukraine reporting for the @Jerusalem_Post! http://t.co/C5DGFYoxQe
— William Daroff (@Daroff) April 26, 2015

Journalists win B’nai B’rith awards for stories on Ukraine, anti-Semitism http://t.co/T0IXL68tRd
— JTA | Jewish news (@JTAnews) April 30, 2015

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B'nai B'rith Europe's Solidarity Mission To Israel (Hebrew)

7/28/2014

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The B'nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem coordinated a delegation from B'nai B'rith Europe last week, to express solidarity with Israel.

The visit was covered by InfoPublico.com, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA, 01:26:05 mark) and Telavivi.net:

IBA.org (Hebrew)

Interview with Alan Schneider, director of the B'nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem, begins at 1:26:05 mark:

Telavivi.net (Hebrew)

ירושלים (24 ביולי, 2014): משלחת סולידריות רמת דרג של מנהיגי בני ברית אירופה הגיעה שלשום לישראל. בראש המשלחת: המנהלת הכללית של בני ברית אירופה, דבורה אביסרור מצרפת, וסגן נשיא בני ברית אירופה, דניאל סיטון, מאיטליה.

InfoPublico (Spanish)

Una misión de solidaridad de seis miembros formado por dirigentes del Comité Ejecutivo electo de B’nai B’rith Europa llegó a Israel para mostrar su solidaridad y apoyo con el estado de Israel.

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More Coverage On B'nai B'rith's Special Citation For Nurit Hirsh

6/25/2014

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Renowned Israeli musician Nurit Hirsh will receive a special citation from the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem at its 22nd annual Awards for Journalism.

Hirsh has spent decades spreading the message of the Israeli Diaspora through her music, and has received widespread acclaim throughout the global Jewish community.

In addition to the initial Times of Israel piece, here are other stories on the award.

The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 29, at the B'nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem.

B'nai B'rith Diaspora Journalism Awards Garner Media Attention

The Times of Israel (English):

Jerusalem Post (English):

JTA (English):

Arutz Sheva (English):

JP Updates (English):

ICE.co.il (Hebrew)

Globes.co.il (Hebrew)

Telavivi.net (Hebrew)

B.Walla.co.il (Hebrew)

B'nai B'rith Europe's Solidarity Mission To Israel (Hebrew)

IBA.org (Hebrew)

Telavivi.net (Hebrew)

InfoPublico (Spanish)

More Coverage On B'nai B'rith's Special Citation For Nurit Hirsh

Y-Net

JWeekly.com

Telavivi.net (Hebrew)

Kedailadaat.com (Hebrew)

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