Institutions

First President of the State of Israel, pioneering chemist and biochemist, Zionist statesman, key figure behind the Balfour Declaration and founder of the Weizmann Institute of Science

Israeli diplomat, statesman, scholar and orator, foreign minister in decisive years, ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, architect of Israel’s early public diplomacy and a major interpreter of Jewish history to the world

Zionist pioneer, labor leader, founder of major workers’ institutions, member of Israel’s first Knesset and mayor of Haifa from 1951 to 1969, who shaped the city as a center of labor, education, culture, transportation and public life

Israeli diplomat, former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, close adviser to Shimon Peres, policy thinker, author and senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, active at key intersections of diplomacy, peace efforts and Israel-Diaspora strategy

Journalist, lawyer, writer, playwright, diplomat and founder of modern political Zionism, who transformed an ancient Jewish longing into an organized international movement and a political vision that led toward the State of Israel

Israel’s first prime minister, declarer of independence, leader of the Yishuv and Labor Zionism, architect of Israeli statehood and one of the central Jewish figures of the 20th century

Israeli intelligence officer, diplomat, Foreign Ministry director general, author and journalist, whose career linked Mossad service, backchannel diplomacy, foreign policy and regional peace efforts

Baron Rothschild, the Well-Known Benefactor and Father of the Yishuv, whose philanthropy, land purchases, agricultural investment and institution-building helped sustain the First Aliyah settlements and lay practical foundations for the Jewish national home

Henryk Goldszmit, the Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, writer, publicist and social activist who became a pioneer of children’s rights and democratic education, and a moral symbol when he chose to remain with the children of his orphanage until their murder at Treblinka

Israeli industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of ISCAR, Blades Technology and IMC, pioneer of industrial parks, Israel Prize laureate and former Knesset member who made manufacturing, technical education and regional development a form of practical Zionism

Israeli statesman, ninth President of Israel, Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister, builder of Israel’s security establishment, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leading voice of Israeli innovation, diplomacy and peace

One of the world’s largest Hasidic communities, rebuilt after the Holocaust into a global network of religious, educational, charitable and Yiddish-speaking institutions while maintaining a distinctive anti-Zionist theology

Seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Torah scholar and Jewish leader who transformed shlichus, education, mitzvah outreach and responsibility for every Jew into a worldwide network of Chabad Houses, schools, synagogues and social-service institutions

Israeli lawyer, Jewish Brigade officer and founding architect of the IDF military justice system, the first Military Advocate General, who also worked for Holocaust survivors, due process and the legal institutions of the emerging State of Israel

The Zionist leader who founded Hadassah, helped build Palestine’s health and welfare systems, and gave displaced Jewish youth a new home

An Israeli think tank that brought nationalist, constitutional, and free-market ideas into public policy and government debate

Zionist leader, diplomat and labor movement organizer who chaired the Jewish Agency Executive and linked the worldwide Zionist movement with the young State of Israel

A Jewish statesman without a state, co-founder of the World Jewish Congress, central architect of postwar restitution, and builder of enduring ties between Israel and the Diaspora

The Zionist leader who turned national purpose into land, Hebrew education, settlement and enduring institutions

A Zionist leader connecting historic national institutions with Jewish communities and contemporary needs

Hebrew essayist, editor and founder of Cultural Zionism who placed language, education, ethics and a Jewish spiritual center at the heart of national revival, shaped modern Hebrew letters and helped define debates over the Technion, Zionism and the cultural purpose of a Jewish homeland

The constitutional lawyer and communal leader who built lasting institutions for Jewish and minority rights

Palmach commander, IDF major general, defense-technology builder and Technion president who helped shape Israel’s scientific and engineering foundations

Slabodka rosh yeshiva, Talmudic author and leader of Israel’s Lithuanian Haredi community

The historian and educator who connected Jewish sources, Israel’s state education system, and enduring institutions of memory

From elected office and higher education to leadership of North American Jewish communal life

Israeli jurist, former State Attorney, and Head of the National Library of Israel’s Content Cluster