Solomon Bublick

Solomon Bublick (died 1945) was an American who left the sum of $37,000 to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to establish an award granted every two years, to a person who has made an important contribution to the advancement and development of the State of Israel. It is one of the two prestigious awards made by the University every few years. The prize is given for a lifetime dedicated to the well-being of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, alternatively to an Israeli and to a personality from abroad. Professor Shlomo Avineri, a leading Israeli social scientist, received the Solomon Bublick prize for 2009 in recognition of his contribution to political science and the politics of the State of Israel. Some former recipients were Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Judge Edward S. Silver, Phillip S. Bernstein (1976), Michael Sacher and Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres (2015).

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Source: The Hebrew University, Its History and Development, 1939–1942, Universịtah ha-ʻivrit bi-Yerushalayim, Published 1939, p. 177. Israel Government Year Book by Israel Merkaz ha-hasbarah, Israel Summary by Israel Merkaz ha-hasbarah, Israel Published 1956 Central Office of Information, Prime Minister's Office, 1956, p. 182.