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President Isaac Herzog this evening, (Wednesday, 22 October 2025), conferred the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor upon nine distinguished laureates from diverse fields, in recognition of their lifelong contribution to the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
The ceremony took place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in the presence of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and with the participation of freed hostages Matan Angrest and Segev Kalfon and their families.
Initiated in 2012 by the Ninth President of Israel, Shimon Peres, the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor is awarded to those “who, by virtue of their skills, service, or in any other way, have made an exceptional contribution to the State of Israel or to humanity.”
This year’s recipients of the Medal are: Prof. Avi Ohry, Justice (ret.) George Karra, Galila Ron-Feder Amit, Prof. Dina Porat, Dr. Yossi Vardi, Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, Moti Malka, Dr. Miriam Adelson, and Dr. Mathias Döpfner.
Dr. Yossi Vardi is a distinguished Technion alum, entrepreneur, investor, and Technion Honorary Doctorate (2009), who recently received Israel’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Honor, from President Isaac Herzog, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to Israel’s innovation and technology ecosystem. Dr. Vardi earned all his degrees from the Technion’s Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences (formerly the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management).