On Tuesday, 17th Kislev (9.12.14) Professor Asher Cohen, Rector of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, gave the 'Simon and Ethel Flegg' Award for Understanding and Acceptance within the Jewish World to Yehuda Maimaran, Kol Israel Haverim CEO.

The committee searched for and found an exceptional personal who, through his actions and teachings, advances the tradition of promoting understanding between different sectors of the Jewish world in our times.