• Source: Leo Baeck Medal

The Leo Baeck Medal has been awarded since 1978 by the Leo Baeck Institute of New York City, an international research institute devoted to the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. It is the highest recognition the Institute bestows upon those who have helped preserve the spirit of German-speaking Jewry in culture, academia, politics, and philanthropy.
On the front of the medal is an image of Rabbi Leo Baeck, and the words, "Leader of German Jewry." On the back are the words "so that the memory of a great past may not perish."




Recipients



1978 – Axel Springer, publisher, founder of Axel Springer
1980 – Fred Lessing, chairman and treasurer of Leo Baeck Institut New York
1995 – Fred Grubel, vice president of Leo Baeck Institut New York
1996 – Ernst Cramer, German-born American publisher, chairman of Axel Springer
1997 – Helmut Sonnenfeldt, German-born American political advisor, member of US National Security Council
1998 – George Mosse, German-born American history professor
1999 – W. Michael Blumenthal, German-born American director of Jewish Museum Berlin
2000 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman, president of the World Jewish Congress
2001 – Johannes Rau, President of Germany
2002 – Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.
2003 – Daniel Libeskind, architect
2004 – Fritz Stern, German-born American historian
2005 – Otto Schily, German Minister of the Interior
2006 – James Wolfensohn, lawyer, banker, economist, and President of the World Bank
2007 – Mathias Döpfner, journalist, CEO of Axel Springer
2008 – Wolfgang Ischinger, German ambassador to the UK and USA
2009 – Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
2010 – Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
2010 – Kurt Masur, conductor
2011 – Anselm Kiefer, painter and sculptor
2012 – Margarethe von Trotta, film director
2013 – Stuart Eizenstat, ambassador, U.S. Special Advisor for Holocaust Issues
2014 – Joachim Gauck, President of Germany
2015 – Ismar Schorsch, German-born American President Emeritus of the Leo Baeck Institut
2016 – Robert Morgenthau, lawyer, District Attorney for New York County
2017 – Max M. Warburg Jr., German-born American banker
2018 – Peter Wittig, German ambassador to the UK and USA, and wife Huberta von Voss-Wittig
2019 – Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School
2021 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
2022 – Amy Gutmann, United States ambassador to Germany




Distinction


The similarly named Leo Baeck Prize of the Central Council of Jews in Germany is to be distinguished from this medal.




References






External links


Leo Baeck Institute

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Leo Baeck
• Ruth Westheimer
• Angela Merkel
• Edgar Bronfman Sr.
• Joachim Gauck
• Margarethe von Trotta
• Johannes Rau
• Helmut Kohl
• Richard von Weizsäcker
• Joschka Fischer
• Leo Baeck
• Leo Baeck Medal
• Leo Baeck Institute New York
• Leo Baeck Institute
• Ruth Westheimer
• Kurt Masur
• Robert Morgenthau
• Johannes Rau
• George Mosse
• Edgar Bronfman Sr.