On Sunday night, I presented the Hasby Awards to a wonderful crowd of the world's best pro-Israel advocates.
The event was at the Honest Reporting offices, where they have a rooftop deck overlooking much of Jerusalem. About 40 people came, and they were a who's who of famous Zionist bloggers, tweeters and writers.
Here is a partial list of attendees, to give you a taste:
Avi Mayer
Evelyn Gordon
Yishai Fleisher
PreOccupied Territory
Varda Meyers Epstein
Vic Rosenthal
Brian of London
Eugene Kontorovich
Not AntiSemitic (antiSuperDushIsraeli)
Hen Mazzig
Arsen Ostrovsky
Alexandra Markus (Lex)
Leora Eisenberg
Arnold Roth
Yisrael Medad
Father Gabriel Naddaf
Emanuel (Elan) Miller
Kay Wilson
Forest Rain
William Daroff
Yahya Mahamed
Peter Lerner
Jewlicious
Mrs. Elder
That's a pretty impressive list.
I'll be posting videos of the event during the week. Everyone that presented or received an award - 20 people altogether - gave a short speech and they were really all excellent.
During the ceremony the hashtag #HasbyAwards became the top trending topic on Twitter! The attendees tweeted a lot so the world could keep track of all winners and speeches.
Here are some of the tweets:
— Yishai Fleisher (@YishaiFleisher) July 3, 2016
With @FrGabNaddaf & some of my fellow winners at the @elderofziyon #HasbyAwards held at @HonestReporting Office. pic.twitter.com/yDwM8eLwLb— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) July 3, 2016
Much as I'm enjoying the #HasbyAwards, I'm distracted by this vista, with the mountains of Jordan in the distance. pic.twitter.com/GWHxEabcdQ— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) July 3, 2016
Best Young Defender of Israel at the #HasbyAwards @AM_Markus - and she just made Aliyah! pic.twitter.com/abpE73VGYW— Yishai Fleisher (@YishaiFleisher) July 3, 2016
— Yishai Fleisher (@YishaiFleisher) July 3, 2016
The #HasbyAwards Selfie pic.twitter.com/C53M1AWUpA— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) July 3, 2016
Mission Accomplished ... #HasbyAwards are officially trending No.1! cc. @elderofziyon @HonestReporting pic.twitter.com/ad1kNm2BzM— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) July 3, 2016
.@Mytruth_eng began to combat lies about IDF & show its reality #HasbyAwards @emanumiller @elderofziyon pic.twitter.com/acL2ucVcCX— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) July 3, 2016
Who's this superstar, presenting 'Best Activist Organization' award at #HasbyAwards? Do you know @HenMazzig? pic.twitter.com/xNdBa3QM4L— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) July 3, 2016
The inspirational @kishkushkay survived Palestinian terror attack in which her friend was murdered #HasbyAwards pic.twitter.com/FMY9ilsfyx— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) July 3, 2016
We've got to do this again!
Stay tuned for the videos.
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