Yakir Yerushalayim
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Yakir Yerushalayim is an annual citizenship prize in Jerusalem, Israel
, inaugurated in 1967.
The prize is awarded annually by the municipality
of the City of Jerusalem to one or more residents of the city who have contributed to the cultural and educational life of the city in some outstanding way. Prize recipients must be over 70 years old. They are selected by a five-panel committee appointed by the mayor, which reviews the candidates and selects a long-time resident of Jerusalem whose work on behalf of the city or life story is an inspiration to others. The award ceremony is held on Yom Yerushalayim.
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, inaugurated in 1967.
The prize is awarded annually by the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the City of Jerusalem to one or more residents of the city who have contributed to the cultural and educational life of the city in some outstanding way. Prize recipients must be over 70 years old. They are selected by a five-panel committee appointed by the mayor, which reviews the candidates and selects a long-time resident of Jerusalem whose work on behalf of the city or life story is an inspiration to others. The award ceremony is held on Yom Yerushalayim.
Recipients
Note: The table can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically using the icon.| Year | Name | Description and Comments |
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| 1967 | educator, historian and Israeli Government minister | |
| 1967 | Jewish philosopher | |
| 1967 | Bible scholar, an author, and linguist | |
| 1967 | eminent Orthodox rabbi | |
| 1968 | historian and an expert in medieval Spanish Jewish history | |
| 1968 | Jerusalem painter | |
| 1968 | Zionist activist and Isrraeli politician | |
| 1968 | historian and archaeologist | |
| 1968 | political figure, wife of Zalman Shazar Zalman Shazar Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author. and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.-Biography:... , the third President of Israel |
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| 1968 | Children's author | |
| 1969 | historian and geographer | |
| 1969 | Jewish philosopher and historian | |
| 1970 | poet and novelist | |
| 1970 | artist | |
| 1970 | physician | |
| 1970 | artist | |
| 1974 | artist | |
| 1974 | geographer | |
| 1977 | artist | |
| 1980 | deputy mayor of Jerusalem, rabbi and philologist | |
| 1981 | geologist and an expert in the field of hydrology Hydrology Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability... |
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| 1982 | botanist | |
| 1984 | archaeologistt | |
| 1984 | University professor and surgeon | |
| 1984 | Israeli politician | |
| 1988 | Israel Museum Israel Museum The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Bible Lands Museum, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.... curator |
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| 1989 | Roman Catholic theologian and professor of religion at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J... |
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| 1989 | historian | |
| 1989 | Israeli lawyer and politician | |
| 1990 | former Zionist political activist and Revisionist Zionist philosopher | |
| 1991 | Israeli politician | |
| 1991 | psychologist and director of the International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential | |
| 1992 | Children's author | |
| 1995 | natural physician | |
| 1995 | activist for the International Council of Jewish Women | |
| 1995 | composer | |
| 1996 | archaeologist and excavator of Tel Dan | |
| 1997 | doctor, assistance to the elderly of Jerusalem | |
| 1997 | Professor at Hadassah Hospital, head of the Hansen Hospital in Jerusalem | |
| 2002 | pioneer of Jerusalem stone Jerusalem stone Jerusalem stone is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem that have been used in building since ancient times... industry |
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| 2002 | educator and bible commentator, who headed the Da'at Miqra Da'at Miqra The Da’at Miqra is a series of volumes of Hebrew-language biblical commentary published by the Jerusalem-based Rav Kook Institute and constitutes a cornerstone of contemporary Israeli Orthodox bible scholarship... project |
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| 2002 | Professor em. for plant physiology and director of the Synagogue Memorial | |
| 2004 | former Supreme Court judge and former State Comptroller | |
| 2004 | author, editor, and former soldier of the Palmach | |
| 2005 | educator and director of Horev Torah institutions | |
| 2006 | Nobel Prize winning mathematician | |
| 2006 | Israeli politician and former ambassador | |
| 2007 | Israeli politician and journalist | |
| 2008 | historian and Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |
| 2010 | Professor emiritus of Bar-Ilan University and former Deputy Attorney General |