Eight Immigrants Receive Bonei Zion Prizes at Jerusalem Ceremony

Eight immigrants from English-speaking countries received the 12th annual Nefesh B’Nefesh Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize at Jerusalem Theater on Sunday evening, Yom Ha’aliyah. The recipients were Naomi Stuchiner, Dr. Philip Klipstein, Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Ami Baran, Danielle Abraham, Barak Swarttz, Ron Dermer and Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin. Their awards covered community service, science and medicine, education, culture and sports, global impact and young leadership. Dermer, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, received special recognition. Weinstock-Rosin, the pharmacologist who invented the Alzheimer’s drug Exelon, received the lifetime achievement prize.