Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Israeli jazz musician Avishai Cohen were presented with the NADAV Foundations 2012 Jewish Peoplehood Award in a special ceremony in Jerusalem last week. Wiesel and Cohen were honored for "their exceptional contribution and commitment to the Jewish people," a press release from the foundation said. It said the Jewish Peoplehood Award was created to "promote and nurture global Jewish unity and belonging among Jews, a feeling that has been weakened in recent years." The organizations founder, businessman and philanthropist Leonid Nevzlin, presented the award in a ceremony attended by hundreds of people. This year marks the fourth consecutive year the award has been presented. Among its previous recipients are leading policy planning analyst Professor Yehezkel Dror, award-winning Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar, former U.S. Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat, and Chairman of the Hartman Institute in North America Angelica Berrie. I am proud to present the fourth consecutive NADAV Peoplehood Award to Elie Wiesel and Avishai Cohen for their personal commitment to empowering Jews around the world, Nevzlin said. Their extraordinary contributions to the Jewish people have helped Jews around the world to reconnect and thrive.
Elie Wiesel, Avishai Cohen awarded for lifelong work
NADAV Foundation presents 2012 Jewish Peoplehood Award to Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, and Israeli jazz musician • Recipients contributions to the Jewish people "have helped Jews around the world to reconnect and thrive, says organization founder Leonid Nevzlin.
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