Press Releases

The Charles Bronfman Prize Names Dr. Amitai Ziv as 2007 Recipient

NEW YORK, March 5, 2007 - The Charles Bronfman Prize will award Dr. Amitai Ziv its 2007 humanitarian prize. Ziv, 48, is the founder and director of the Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR), and Deputy Director of Sheba Medical Center, the largest and most comprehensive medical institution in Israel.The $100,000 prize celebrates the vision and talent [...]

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The Charles Bronfman Prize Awarded to Israeli Environmentalist Dr. Alon Tal

JERUSALEM, January 11, 2006 - The Charles Bronfman Prize, a $100,000 humanitarian award, named Dr. Alon Tal, Founder and Director of Research for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, its 2005 recipient at a ceremony in Jerusalem, on January 10, 2006.A team of judges comprised of former World [...]

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The Charles Bronfman Prize Announces Jay Feinberg as First Recipient

NEW YORK, May 7, 2004 - The Charles Bronfman Prize announced today that the first Charles Bronfman Prize of $100,000 for humanitarian achievement is being awarded to Jay Feinberg, 35, a Leukemia survivor and founder of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation.Created and funded by Stephen Bronfman, Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman, children of philanthropist Charles [...]

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