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The awards were announced Monday by the Association of Jewish Libraries at the American Library Association’s  LibLearnX conference in Phoenix.

Allison Josephs described the event as an “evening of elevating Jewish values,” and noted that Jews of all backgrounds, “from Hollywood to Hassidim,” were being honored and in attendance. 

In a year of rising antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment, the two big winners of the night, The Brutalist and Emilia Perez, both featured Jewish and Israeli characters and themes.

Biden is awarding the medal to 20 people in total, including former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, and Bobby Sager, a Jewish photographer and philanthropist.

Jerusalem Post photojournalist Chen Schimmel won the top prize of the Eretz Israel Museum's prestigious Local Testimony 2024 competition, for her photo of a ZAKA volunteer in Be'eri post-Oct. 7.

Jewish National Fund-USA National President Deb Lust Zaluda at JPost Miami Summit.

ZAKA head presented with Jerusalem Post Heroism Award at Miami Summit

The association chose to honor Hagari for his responsible, professional, and calm frequent appearances during challenging moments and for reporting on the successes of the IDF.

“Even if the books’ quality did not disqualify Coates from a National Book Award, one would expect that the antisemitism would,” the Jewish author and journalist Mark Oppenheimer recently wrote.

Architects Baranowitz + Kronenberg received the 2024 FRAME Magazine award for their exceptional design of a compact 47 sqm apartment in Tel Aviv.