Guardian of Zion Award
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The Guardian of Zion Award is an annual award given to Jews who have been supportive to the State of Israel. Started from 1997, this award has been given to Elie Wiesel (1997), Herman Wouk (1998), A.M. Rosenthal (1999), Sir Martin Gilbert (2000), Cynthia Ozick (2001), Charles Krauthammer (2002), Ruth Roskies Wisse (2003) and Arthur Cohn (2004) (one British, one Swiss and six Americans ).
| Year | Recipient | Nationality | Profession |
| 1997 | Elie Wiesel | United States | Professional writer
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1986) |
| 1998 | Herman Wouk | United States | Professional writer |
| 1999 | A.M. Rosenthal | United States | Former New York Times editor
Former New York Daily News columnist |
| 2000 | Sir Martin Gilbert | United Kingdom | Historian and writer |
| 2001 | Cynthia Ozick | United States | Professional writer |
| 2002 | Charles Krauthammer | United States | The Washington Post columnist |
| 2003 | Ruth Roskies Wisse | United States | Yiddish professor of Harvard University |
| 2004 | Arthur Cohn | Switzerland | Filmmaker and writer |