Shofar of Freedom Award

Shofar of Freedom Award

The Shofar of Freedom Award is presented annually by the Temple Israel since 1990 in Albany, NY on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur to people with extraordinary commitment to their fellow human beings.

Award winners

2007: Philip Bialowitz, Andrée Geulen-Herscovici, Shlomo Hillel, Hannah Lessing, Marilena Librescu

External links

* [http://www.templeisraelalbany.org/ Temple Israel Online]


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