B'nai B'rith

==Awards ==
The Presidential Gold Medal is awarded by B'nai B'rith every few years to honor the recipient's commitment to the Jewish people and the [[Israel|State of Israel]]. Recipients have included [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[John F. Kennedy]], [[George H. W. Bush]], [[Stephen Harper]] and [[Golda Meir]]. The Gold Medal has been given to former Austrian chancellor [[Franz Vranitzky]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/58058.html?filter=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306061922/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/58058.html?filter=1|url-status=dead|title=oe1.ORF.at / News<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=March 6, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/58060.html?filter=3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306061822/http://oe1.orf.at/inforadio/58060.html?filter=3|url-status=dead|title=oe1.ORF.at / Bnai B'rith-Medaille für Altkanzler Vranitzky<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=March 6, 2007}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bnaibrith.org.au/newsletterPopup.asp?NewsletterID=70|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819031400/http://www.bnaibrith.org.au/newsletterPopup.asp?NewsletterID=70|url-status=dead|title=B'nai B'rith Australia / NZ<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=August 19, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bnaibrith.org/pubs/pr/05172006_johnhoward.cfm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052050/http://bnaibrith.org/pubs/pr/05172006_johnhoward.cfm|url-status=dead|title=B'nai B'rith Award Ceremony Honors Australian Prime Minister John Howard<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=June 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsfromasia.com/node/823 |title=Prime Minister John Howard will be presented the prestigious B'nai B'rith international Preside... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524231752/http://www.friendsfromasia.com/node/823 |archive-date=2013-05-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref> former [[Chancellor of Germany|German Chancellor]] [[Willy Brandt]] and former U.S. presidents [[Harry S. Truman]], [[Gerald R. Ford]] and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].

The B'nai B'rith book award was established in 1970. The first recipient was [[Ronald Sanders (writer)|Ronald Sanders]] for his work ''The Downtown Jews''.<ref>[http://archive.jta.org/article/1970/02/20/2952512/issac-babel-and-ronald-sanders-to-be-honored-for-literary-contributions "Issac Babel and Ronald Sanders to Be Honored for Literary Contributions"], February 20, 1970</ref>