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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Presidential Medal of Freedom

US President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, to Alex Soros on behalf of his father George Soros, in the East Room of the White House, January 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 6, 2025, 6:29 am
Biden awards George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jewish billionaire and liberal megadonor gets top US civilian honor along with 18 others, drawing condemnation from conservative circles
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Then US President Barack Obama presents Jewish Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein, a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 15, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
April 16, 2022, 11:14 am
Gerda Weissmann Klein, who wrote book on surviving the Holocaust, dies at 97
Author, whose wartime memoir ‘All But My Life’ is used in high school and college curricula, was awarded the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in US
By ANITA SNOW
Then US President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, November 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 7, 2019, 5:03 pm
‘Miriam Adelson far wealthier than Sheldon, drives their politics, philanthropy’
Guardian profile: Mega GOP donor Sheldon Adelson’s first donation was $1,000 in 1984 to Dem. Senate candidate John Kerry, whose deal with Iran he would oppose three decades later
By ToI Staff
President Donald Trump awards Miriam Adelson, the wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson and Republican mega donor the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 16, 2018, 10:29 pm
Trump awards GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President lauds philanthropist and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for supporting Jewish schools, Holocaust memorial organizations and Birthright
By Eric Cortellessa
Dr. Miriam Adelson, a major funder of the Israeli American Council, on a panel at its annual Washington conference, Nov. 5, 2015. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
November 16, 2018, 11:47 am
Miriam Adelson says ‘deeply humbled’ by honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom
Donor’s wife to receive the award from Trump on Friday, as president of public interest group says it’s difficult to believe the decision was based on merit
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Sheldon Adelson and Miriam Adelson at the ceremony marking the establishment of a new Faculty of Medicine at Ariel University in the West Bank, on August 19, 2018. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
November 10, 2018, 8:52 pm
Trump to award Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam highest civilian honor
Six other upcoming recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom include Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, and Antonin Scalia
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama awards Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a tribute to Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
January 13, 2017, 12:41 am
Obama surprises tearful Biden with top civilian honor
US president bestows Presidential Medal of Freedom on vice president after eight years in office
By AFP
US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to movie director Steven Spielberg at the White House, Washington, DC, November 24, 2015. (AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM)
November 25, 2015, 11:46 am
Spielberg, Streisand, Perlman receive America’s top honor
Obama celebrates ‘Schindler’s List’ filmmaker’s ‘faith in our humanity’ as he awards Medal of Freedom to 17 civilians
By AFP and ToI Staff
US film director Steven Spielberg arrives for a meeting with Holocaust survivors in Krakow, Poland last January. (photo credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
November 17, 2015, 3:23 am
Spielberg, Itzhak Perlman to get presidential medal of freedom
Barbra Streisand, Stephen Sondheim also among 17 recipients of highest civilian honor
By ToI Staff
Senator George Mitchell speaks at the DLA Piper event (Photo credit: Yisrael Hadari)
October 26, 2013, 4:30 pm
Senator Mitchell: Peace begins with tech prosperity
When Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, and Syrians have the kind of success that Israel enjoys, they will be much more amenable to making peace
By David Shamah
President Shimon Peres with Barbra Streisand at Peres's 90th birthday party, June 19, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 2, 2013, 2:35 am
Congress considers Peres for highest civilian honor
President would become one of only nine recipients of both Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom
US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the White House. June 13, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
February 18, 2013, 5:25 pm
Peres to give Obama Medal of Distinction
President will honor his American counterpart for standing with Israel ‘in times of crisis’
By Raphael Ahren
Shimon Peres speaking at the White House Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)
June 14, 2012, 2:41 am
Shimon Peres accepts US medal, says honor belongs to all of Israel
Elder statesman granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, hailed by Obama as emblemizing Jewish state’s ‘indomitable’ spirit
By Ari Ben Goldberg
Shimon Peres, left, and Barack Obama. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
June 14, 2012, 1:02 am
Obama to tell Peres he embodies Israel’s strength and desire for peace
Remarks to come as Israeli president receives Medal of Freedom
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, and President Shimon Peres at the Pentagon on Monday. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom)
June 12, 2012, 4:56 am
Panetta touts US-Israeli cooperation in meeting with Peres
President warns against Iranian dominance of the Middle East
By ToI Staff
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