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Yakir Maccabi Ceremony

MWU's "Yakir Maccabi" Award recognizes sustained & exceptional voluntary service to our Movement. 

"Yakir" is awarded every 4 years at a ceremony during the Maccabiah. A maximum of 12 awards can be made and all recipients must be aged 60 or above at the time of the presentation.

The award is exceedingly rare. A committee considers nominations over a period of 3 years.

 

1984 First Ceremony

1. Nahum Heth z”l Israel

2. Dr. Robert Atlasz z”l Israel

3. Mordechai Ben Dror z”l Israel

4. Herman Bochner Belgium

5. Eliezer Justice Dayan z”l Sweden

6. David Gluck z”l Sweden

7. Nat Holman z"l USA

8. Leon Kaplun z”l Chile

9. Dr. Alexander Rosenfeld z”l Israel

10. Lionel Schalit z”l Great Britain

11. Haim Wein z”l Israel

1985 Second Ceremony

12. Pierre Gildesgame z”l Great Britain

13. Isaac Fisher Brazil

14. George Flech z”l Israel

15. Manusia Gildesgame z"l Great Britain (Special Award)

16. Ken Gradon z”l Great Britain

17. Theo Hass z”l France

18. Arthur Hanak z”l Israel

19. Joel Haskel z”l Belgium

20. Benno Hess z”l Holland

21. Ian Maltz z”l South Africa

22. Rivka Netanel z”l Israel (Special Award)

23. Aron Netanel z”l Israel

24. Fred Oberlander z”l Canada

25. Massimo Della Pergola z”l Italy

26. Joe Rosen z”l Israel (Australia)

27. Dr. Emmanuel Simon z”l Israel

28. Avraham Tory z”l Israel

1986 Third Ceremony

29. Moshe Edelstein z”l Israel

30. Avraham Fieger z”l Israel

31. Carlos Fishbein z”l Mexico

32. Louis Gecelter z"l Israel (South Africa)

33. Lou Rose MBE z”l Australia

34. Moshe Tov z”l Argentina

35. Fred S. Worms OBE z"l Great Britain

1989 Fourth Ceremony

36. Israel Ben Nun z”l Israel

37. Benny Guggenheim z"l Switzerland

38. Miguel (Mechel) Grynblat Argentina

39. Herman Deutch z”l Israel

40. Yehoshua Hadari z”l Israel

41. Shalom Zysman z”l Israel

42. Harold Zimman z”l USA

43. Haim Cahanov z”l Austria

44. Erich Sinai z”l Austria

45. Alex Fisher Canada

46. Dr. Israel Peled z"l Israel

47. Dr. Shimon Kotliar Australia

48. Barny Kellen z”l South Africa

49. Eric Rayman z"l Great Britain

1991 Fifth Ceremony

50. Yehoshua Aluf z”l Israel

51. Moshe Gradinger z”l Israel

52. Werner Gronwitz z”l Sweden

53. Mordehai Yampolsky z”l Israel

54. Adolfo Mogilevsky Argentina

55. Monty Manoim z”l South Africa

56. Menachem Novitz z”l Israel

57. Salomon Fuchs z”l Israel

58. Harry Shapiro z”l Great Britain

1993 Sixth Ceremony

59. Sam Bulka z"l Great Britain

60. Moshe Gitlin z”l Mexico

61. George Horn z"l Holland

62. Wolfgang Wronkow z”l Sweden

63. Itzhak Caspi z”l Israel

64. Abe Luxenberg z”l Canada

65. Azrikam Milchan z"l Israel

66. Julio Pinco z”l Argentina

67. Yoshua Kipnis Mexico

68. Lionel Davidson z”l Great Britain

1997 Seventh Ceremony

69. Yitzchak Braz Israel

70. Lionel Davidson z"l* Great Britan

71. Mauricio “Tata” Furmanski z"l Israel

72. Jose Furmanski Argentina

73. Michael Kevehazi z”l Israel

74. George Mendelsohn South Africa

75. Moises Schnaider z"l Brazil

76. Max Sheldon z”l USA

77. Moshe Soloducho z"l Uruguay

78. Richard Urban z”l Great Britain

79. Julio Yasinovsky z"l Israel

2001 Eighth Ceremony

80. Rina Carmeli Israel

81. Arieh Cohen Israel

82. Rami Horwitz Israel

83. Juan Imel Argentina

84. Dov Levin z”l Israel

85. Elias London z”l Mexico

86. Jacob Nabel Argentina

87. Juan Ofman Argentina

88. Moshe Resch z"l Israel

89. Roy Salomon Canada

90. Robert Spivak USA

91. Jaques Springer z"l Holland

92. Zvi Warshaviak Israel

2005 Ninth Ceremony

93. Bernie Offstein z”l Canada

94. Jose Burstein Argentina

95. Bob Glatter Great Britain

96. Moises Weinstock Mexico

97. Mary Luxemberg z"l Canada

98. Uzi Netanel Israel

99. Shmuel Ezrati Israel

100.  Louis Platus OAM Australia

101. Leo Kowarsky z”l Israel (South Africa)

102. Marcel Koster Holland

103. Alan Sherman USA

2009 Tenth Ceremony

104. Ron Carner USA

105. Jeanne Futeran South Africa

106. Ishie Gitlin Mexico

107.  Bernie Gold OAM Australia

108. Michel Grun Belgium

109. Marcus Kaplun Chile

110. Stuart Lustigman Great Britain

111. Gideon Osterer Germany

112. Eli Roloff, Israel

113. Zvi Shur Israel

114. Ran Yegnes Israel

2013 Eleventh Ceremony

115. David Fleischer Argentina

116. Adolfo Finkelstein Israel

117. Allen Gerskup Canada

118. Tom Goldman OAM Australia

119. Miguel Litchi z"l Mexico

120. Harry Procel OAM Australia

121. Mervyn Tankelowitz South Africa

122. Jack Terpins Brazil

123. Motti Tichauer Germany

124. Victor Vaisman Argentina

125. Toni Wortman USA

2017 Twelfth Ceremony

126. Jordan Weinstein USA

127. Robert Croitorescu Venezuela

128. Ronald Bakalarz Colombia/USA

129. Igal Carmi Israel

130. Guiora Esrubilsky z"l* USA

131. Daniel Jonas Sweden

132. Ricky Reff USA

133. Tal Brody Israel

134. Benny Speckman Mexico

135. Amnon Inbar z"l Israel

2022 Thirteenth Ceremony

136. Tommy Bacher Canada

137. Daniel Belinky Argentina

138. Leo Dan Bensky Finland

139. Jeff Bukantz Usa

140. Jacobo Gitlin Israel

141. David Grace Australia

142. Stuart Greenberg Great Britain

143. Yair Hamburger Israel

144. Ittamar Herman Israel

145. Misha Mirilashvili Israel

146. Oudi Recanati Israel

147. Dagmar Gavornikova Slovakia