Skip to main content

Recipients 2025

Rebecca Boukhris

Rebecca Boukhris

As the Trustee and Director of the Adelis Foundation since its establishment in 2006, Rebecca Boukhris has advocated for the future of the State of Israel and the Jewish People with special focus on education, science and medicine.
The Adelis Foundation  name is an acronym based on the name of the founder  André Deloro, and his passion, Israel. The Foundation has been a driving force behind groundbreaking scientific research not only at Bar-Ilan University but at every research

Former Ambassador to the United States Gen. Michael (Mike) Herzog

Former Ambassador to the United States Gen. Michael (Mike) Herzog

General Michael Herzog is a former Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2021-2025. Previously, he was an Israel-based International Fellow of The Washington Institute. General Herzog has held senior positions in the office of Israel's Minister of Defense under ministers Ehud Barak, Amir Peretz, Shaul Mofaz and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, including as a senior military aid

Michael G. Jesselson

Michael G. Jesselson

Mr. Michael G. Jesselson, president of Jesselson Capital Corp and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Bar-Ilan University, serves as a director of C-III Capital Partners LLC, Clarity Capital and other private companies, as well as several philanthropic organizations. He is on the board of directors of numerous organizations, including: Centurion Acquisition Corp., Clarity Capital Group, C-III Capital Partners LLC, XPO, Inc., American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospit

natal

NATAL

Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center
The NATAL association was founded in 1998 by Jude Yovel Recanati together with the late Dr. Yossi Hadar as a unique rehabilitation center for trauma victims, dedicated to rebuilding the resilience and emotional well-being of Israelis. It was the first center in Israel to create and standardize protocols for coping with trauma in general society and is now considered the leading expert in the field. With a holistic, multi-pronged approach that includes a

Prof. Patrick Cramer

Prof. Patrick Cramer

Prof. Patrick Cramer is a world-renowned German chemist, structural biologist and molecular systems biologist whose work has played a vital role in advancing our understanding of the human genome. His lifetime accomplishments, which include developing groundbreaking methods to analyze fundamental aspects of RNA metabolism in cells, were essential to the science behind the 2006 Nobel Prize in chemistry and continue to contribute to the field. In 2020, Dr. Cramer's team at the

rita
תמונת יח"צ טל עבודי

Rita

Rita Jahan-Farouz, known professionally as" Rita", is one of Israel's most prolific and beloved singers, actresses, songwriters and performers. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated to Israel with her family at 8 years old. Rita started her musical career in an army singing troupe, “IDF 80”, as part of a duo, “Rami & Rita”, with Rami Kleinstein. Her first single, B'gida (Betrayal), released in 1985, went straight to number one- an unprecedent achievement four an unknown singer. Over