Mount Zion Award
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The Mount Zion Foundation has its seat at the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne
in Switzerland
and grants every other year on october 28 the Mount Zion Award. In 1986 the Mount Zion Foundation was created by the German Reverend Wilhelm Salberg (1925–1996), son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. Every other year, this foundation grants the Mount Zion Award to persons of Jewish, Muslim or Christian faith, who have significantly contributed to the Jewish-Christian dialogue or to the understanding of the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in Israel.
The presidents of the foundation, Prof. Dr. Verena Lenzen, director of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research at the University of Lucerne, and the abbot of the Dormition Abbey
in Jerusalem Benedikt Lindemann, present the Mount Zion Award always at the end of October, in remebrance of the Declaration on the Relation of the Catholic Church with Non-Christian Religions Nostra Aetate
of October 28, 1965.
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and grants every other year on october 28 the Mount Zion Award. In 1986 the Mount Zion Foundation was created by the German Reverend Wilhelm Salberg (1925–1996), son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. Every other year, this foundation grants the Mount Zion Award to persons of Jewish, Muslim or Christian faith, who have significantly contributed to the Jewish-Christian dialogue or to the understanding of the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in Israel.
The presidents of the foundation, Prof. Dr. Verena Lenzen, director of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research at the University of Lucerne, and the abbot of the Dormition Abbey
Hagia Maria Sion Abbey
Hagia Maria Sion Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Jerusalem on Mt. Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate.It was formerly known as the Abbey of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, but the name was changed in 1998 in reference to the church of Hagia Sion that formerly stood on...
in Jerusalem Benedikt Lindemann, present the Mount Zion Award always at the end of October, in remebrance of the Declaration on the Relation of the Catholic Church with Non-Christian Religions Nostra Aetate
Nostra Aetate
Nostra Aetate is the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council. Passed by a vote of 2,221 to 88 of the assembled bishops, this declaration was promulgated on October 28, 1965, by Pope Paul VI.The first draft, entitled "Decretum de...
of October 28, 1965.
Laureates
- 1987: Dr. Mahmoud Abassi, Al-Masreq Publishing House, Shefar´am / Israel; Rose-Therese Sant, Sister of Zion, Jerusalem
- 1989: David GrossmanDavid GrossmanDavid Grossman is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and have won numerous prizes.He is also a noted activist and critic of Israeli policy toward Palestinians. The Yellow Wind, his non-fiction study of the life of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied...
, author, Mevasseret Zion / Israel - 1991: Elisheva Hemker, Pastoral Officer, Haifa + Nahariya / Israel
- 1993: Dr. Kirsten Stoffregen-Pedersen ("Sister Abraham"), Jerusalem
- 1995: Elias und Heyam Jabbour, social worker, Shefar`Am / Israel; Yeheskel and Dalia Landau, social worker, Ramle + Jerusalem
- 1997: Sumaya Farhat NaserSumaya Farhat NaserSumaya Farhat Naser is a Palestinian Christian peace activist in the West Bank.She attended Talitha Kumi, a boarding school in Beit Jala which was founded by Lutheran deaconesses in the 19th century...
, lecturer at the University of Bir ZeitBir ZeitBirzeit is a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4529...
; Yitzhak Frankenthal, director of Neviot Shalom, Jerusalem - 1999: Shmuel ToledanoShmuel ToledanoShmuel Toledano is an Israeli former Mossad employee and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Movement for Change and Shinui between 1977 and 1981.- Biography :...
, politician, Jerusalem; Ass`ad Araidy, DruzeDruzeThe Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism...
, mayor of Maghar in GalileeGalileeGalilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the... - 2001: Kifaya Jadah; Reuven Moskovitz; Emil Shoufany
- 2003: Rami Nasser ed-Din, "Breaking Barriers", Jerusalem; Keren Assaf, "Breaking Barriers", Tel Aviv
- 2005: Rabbi Dr. David RosenDavid Rosen (Rabbi)Rabbi David Shlomo Rosen CBE is the former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and currently serves as the Director of the American Jewish Committee's Department of Interreligious Affairs and the Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding...
- 2007: Sr. Monika Düllmann
- 2009: Dr. Nedal Jayousi, Palestinian House for Professional Solutions, Ramallah; Daniel Rossing, Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations