guardian of zion award

The Guardian of Zion Award is an annual award given to Jews who have been supportive to the State of Israel. Started from 1997, this award has been given to Elie Wiesel (1997), Herman Wouk (1998), A.M. Rosenthal (1999), Sir Martin Gilbert (2000), Cynthia Ozick (2001), Charles Krauthammer (2002), Ruth Roskies Wisse (2003) and Arthur Cohn (2004) (one British, one Swiss and six American Jews).

Year	Recipient	Nationality	Profession
1997	Elie Wiesel	United States	Professional writer Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1986)
1998	Herman Wouk	United States	Professional writer
1999	A.M. Rosenthal	United States	Former New York Times editor Former New York Daily News columnist
2000	Sir Martin Gilbert	United Kingdom	Historian and writer
2001	Cynthia Ozick	United States	Professional writer
2002	Charles Krauthammer	United States	The Washington Post columnist
2003	Ruth Roskies Wisse	United States	Yiddish professor of Harvard University
2004	Arthur Cohn	Switzerland	Filmmaker and writer

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