Israel Hayom reporter Dan Lavie was awarded Thursday the B'nai B'rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage for 2021 for his coverage of challenges facing Diaspora communities, particularly in the year of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The award ceremony was held in Jerusalem and attended, among others, by President Reuven Rivlin and Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.
The prestigious award was conferred by the B'nai B'rith World Center that works to strengthen Israel-Diaspora relations and is considered to be the leading recognition in the Jewish state when it comes to Diaspora Jewry.
After the outbreak of the pandemic, Lavie created a series of articles entitled "The Jewish world in the age of coronavirus," in which he covered the core issues Jewish communities across the world faced due to the virus, including Jewish education and identity, philanthropy in times of crisis, antisemitism, the changing face of Jewish communities and streams of Orthodoxy, and more.
Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Boaz Bismuth congratulated Lavie on his win and said the newspaper "strives to support its reporters and give them freedom of action to bring readers the highest quality and the most interesting topics. Dan Lavie is a prime example of quality and excellence. I have no doubt he is a role model for many other reporters."
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