Yitzhak Ben-Zvi - Commemoration and Awards

Commemoration and Awards

  • In 1953, Ben-Zvi was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.

In 2005, he was voted the 181st-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.

Ben-Zvi's photo appears on 100 NIS bills. Many streets and boulevards in Israel are named for him. In 2008, Ben-Zvi's wooden hut was moved to Kibbutz Beit Keshet, which his son helped to found, and the interior was restored with its original furnishings. The Valero house in Rehavia neighborhood was designated a historic building protected by law under municipal plan 2097 for the preservation of historic sites.

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