2018 Presidential Award recipients pose with the BIU President, Prof. Arie Zaban (l. to r.): Mary Liling Goldberg (Israel), Elio Moti Sonnenfeld (Israel), Israel Weinstock (UK), President Arie Zaban, Dr. Gitta Nagel (US) and husband Jack, Dr. Robert Ohebshalom and his wife, Minu, and Dr. Michael Kahen of the Iranian American Jewish Federation (US)

Guests mingle near the sea at the scenic Dan Accadia Hotel in Herzliya

Susan Gradel and Gabi Weisfeld, National President of the Canadian Friends of BIU, with Dr. Merav Galili , Vice President for Development

Representatives of the Iranian American Jewish Federation are on hand to receive BIU’s 2018 Presidential Award. Pictured (l. to r.) are Dr. Robert Ohebshalom, IAFJ Board member; Dr. Michael Kahen, member of the IAJF young leadership division; Lin Meir; and Minu Ohebshalom

2018 Presidential Award recipient Israel Weinstock (far right) and his wife, Susan (left), with former Israeli Ambassador to Belgium Yehudi and Ruti Kenar

2018 Presidential Award recipient Elio Moti Sonnenfeld flanked by Moshe Podhorzer and Dr. Ehud Shapira

President Zaban with 2018 Presidential Award recipient Gitta and Jack Nagel, and AFBIU Executive Director Ron Solomon

Israel Weinstock responds on behalf of BIU’s 2018 Presidential Award recipients

Retiring Vice President for External Relations Judith Haimoff (second from right) is presented with an artistic papercut attesting to her four decades of devoted service to Bar-Ilan University. Also pictured (l. to r.) Chairman of the International Friends Vera Muravitz, BOT Vice Chairman Jane Stern Lebell and AFBIU West Coast Director Karen Paul Reuven

Vocalist Hagit Yaso and violinist and vocalist Ariela Zeitlin-Hoffman provide an enriching artistic program