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Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Israeli prize winners and their tutors | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel
Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Israeli prize winners and their tutors | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel

Israeli President Isaac Herzog Meets Prize Winners

On 27 December 2021, the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog met with the prize winners of the Israeli History Competition 2021. The students who received their prizes during a large ceremony organised by The Historical Society of Israel submitted historical research projects on a topic of their choosing.

Announcement 2021/2022

Invitation to the Israeli Award Ceremony
Invitation to the Israeli Award Ceremony

Israeli Award Ceremony 2019

The award ceremony of the 6th Israeli History Competition took place on 11 November 2019 at the Van-Leer Institute in Jerusalem. The event offered opportunities for mutual exchange between prizewinners and leading historians such as Miriam Eliav-Feldon (Tel-Aviv University) and Shmuel Feiner (Bar-Ilan University).

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Israeli Award Ceremony | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel
Israeli Award Ceremony | Photo: The Historical Society of Israel

Israeli Award Ceremony 2017

The award ceremony for the Israeli 2017 competition took place on 28 November 2017 at the Tel Aviv University. The festive event was composed of two parts. The first part included a panel of four senior scholars who delivered lectures on the optic of "connected histories". The second part of the event was the award ceremony itself.

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Yuval Beker | Photo: Körber-Stiftung
Yuval Beker | Photo: Körber-Stiftung

Israeli Student Conducted Research on Schools in Nazi Germany

Being a student, Yuval is naturally interested in education, its evolution and its political impact. Through his research about Nazi education as an extreme case of totalitarian education, he understood how education can be employed to serve a certain agenda. Take a look at what Yuval said about his competition entry.