Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Leadership Award
Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Leadership Award is now awarded every two years in odd-numbered years.
Description:
The Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Leadership Award is the highest tribute that the Ottawa Jewish Community can bestow on an individual, honoring a lifetime of leadership in the Jewish world. Nominations are solicited every second year.
Initiated in 1980, it bears the name of the late Past President Gilbert Greenberg, who exemplified the qualities of leadership which the award seeks to recognize. Leadership in the Jewish community in Ottawa is of paramount importance. National and international volunteer leadership in the Jewish world can offer supplemental value.
All nominees must have volunteered a minimum of 15 years in Ottawa’s Jewish community and continue to be an active participant in the community within the last 3 years. Additional criteria for consideration includes:
• Leadership resulted in successful community building.
• Held volunteer leadership positions in more than one organization.
• Serves as a mentor and role model for others in the community.
• Positively and profoundly impacted Ottawa’s Jewish Community.
Past Recipients:
1980 Ottawa Chevra Kadisha (Sam Petigorsky z"l)
1981 Lawrence Freiman z''l
1982 Hyman Gould z''l
1983 Thomas Sachs z''l
1984 Norman Zagerman z"l
1985 Hy Hochberg z''l
1986 Sol Shinder
1987 Hy Soloway z''l
1988 Grete Cohen z''l
1989 Abraham Lieff z''l
1990 Abe z''l and Bertha Palmer z''l
1991 Irving Greenberg z''l
1992 Stephen Victor
1993 Irving Rivers z''l
1994 Chick Taylor
1994 Rose Taylor z''l
1995 Casey Swedlove z''l
1996 Issie Landau z''l
1997 Joseph Lieff z''l
1998 Gerald Berger z''l and Thelma Steinman z''l
1999 Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka z"l
2000 Lawrence Greenberg z''l and Lorry Greenberg z''l
2001 Stan Katz z''l
2002 Sara and Zeev z''l Vered
2003 Dr. Bernard Dolansky
2004 Stephen Greenberg
2005 Barbara Farber
2006 L. Gerald Levitz z''l
2007 Roger Greenberg
2008 Arnie Vered z''l
2009 Ingrid Levitz
2010 Ron Prehogan
2011 Ian Sherman
2012 Maureen Molot
2014 Mitchell Bellman
2015 Jonathan Ben-Choreen Freedman
2017 Jeffrey Miller
2019 Steven Kimmel
2021 Debbie Halton-Weiss
2023 Donna Dolansky