21 Faculty of Law, for their contributions to President Isaac Herzog’s People’s Framework Distinguished jurists Profs. Yedidia Stern, Yaffa Zilbershats, Shahar Lifshitz, and Ariel Bandor contributed their expertise in Israeli and Jewish law to the task of forging a compromise in the current struggle over the government’s proposed judicial reform. Together with legal scholars from across Israel’s universities, they helped to formulate the People’s Framework, offered by President Herzog as a basis for discussion. PROF. SHMUEL REFAEL The Joseph and Norman Berman Department of Literature of the Jewish People, Faculty of Jewish Studies, for receiving Spain’s Order of Civil Merit Prof. Shmuel Refael, dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies, was awarded the La Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil by the King of Spain for strengthening ties between Spain and Israel through his writings on Ladino and Sephardic Jewish culture. A playwright, poet, translator, and expert on Judeo-Spanish literature, Refael directs research on Ladino at the University’s Salti Institute. PROF. ZEHAVIT GROSS Faculty of Education, for winning the Jerusalem Academy Award Dean of the Faculty of Education Prof. Zehavit Gross was awarded the 2023 Jerusalem Academy Award in recognition of her years of dedication to the study and remembrance of the Holocaust, both in Israel and around the world. The award was presented by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon. PROF. YEDIDIA STERN PROF. YAFFA ZILBERSHATS PROF. SHAHAR LIFSHITZ PROF. ARIEL BANDOR
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