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 |