Being a torchbearer in Israel's annual torch-lighting ceremony that marks the national transition from Yom Hazikaron (Remembrance Day) to Independence Day is one of the highest civic honors conferred upon individuals by the State of Israel.[1]
There are traditionally twelve torchbearers, one to light each of the ceremonial twelve torches symbolizing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Up to two torches may be designated for joint lighting, allowing for a maximum selection of fourteen total torchbearers.[1] At times this formal limit has been relaxed during periods of national crisis or historical milestones. Following the October 7 attacks, for example, the 2024 ceremony featured 44 torchbearers.[2]
Selection process
editThe selection of torchbearers is managed by the Ministry of Culture and Sport under the auspices of the Ministerial Committee for Symbols and Ceremonies. The Director of the Ministry's Information Center forms a public advisory council and issues a public call for nominations aligned with the ceremony's annual theme. A dedicated selection committee—composed of representatives from the Knesset, the Prime Minister's Office, the ministerial committee, and the public—reviews submissions to finalize the roster.[1]
Per government regulations, torchbearers must demonstrate an extraordinary civic contribution to society. Nominees are typically Israeli citizens or residents, though exceptions may be granted for non-citizens with a profound connection to the event's theme. The final group is structurally balanced to ensure comprehensive representation across the population.[1]
Torchbearers by year
edit| Year | Theme | Torchbearers |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Powers of renewal[3] | Moshe Edri • Roni Insaz Parshad • Dina Ben-Yehuda • Assaf Granit • Avraham Zarbiv • Ora Hatan • Javier Milei • Ta'amar Atallah • Gili Raanan • Ari Spitz • Gal Hirsch • Talik Gvili • IDF Torch: Lieutenant Colonel M. • Nurit Rokah |
| 2025 | Bridges of hope[4] |
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| 2024 | Israeli heroism[5][6] |
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| 2023 | Pioneering[7] | Sylvan Adams • Salah Eliyahu • Shalom Asayag • David Blatt • Vered Ben-Saadon • Dvir Diamond • Nina Weiner • Sivan Yaari • Reut Amichai • Khetam Hussein • Yehudit Negosa • Avigdor Kahalani • Ofek Rishon • Avraham Rivkind |
| 2022 | "An outstretched hand in brotherly and sisterly love"[8][9] | * Angel Alon * Mika and Uri Banki * Simcha Gathon * H. (commander of Yamam) * Yoram Yair * Hadar Cohen * Kalman Samuels * Munir Madi * Idan Kliman * Rita * Asael Shabo * Elizaveta Sherstuk * Yael Sherer |
| 2021 | "Brotherhood, for we are brothers"[10] | Narjas Abu Yamen • Maher Ibrahim • Shira Isakov • Ofri Butbul • Adi Gozi • Yaish Giat • Dror Dicker • Eden Tapet Habetinesh • Tzipi Harpenes • Maor Cohen • Abie Moses • Shlomi Shabat • Gabriela Sztrigler Lew • Eitan Shnerb |
| 2020 | Connections in Israeli society[11] | Reina Abitbul • Hisham Ibrahim • Adi Altschuler • Israel Almasi • Ahmed Balauna • Eli Ben-Shem • Yael Viluzhny-Azoulay • Uri Cohen • Yasmin Mazaui • Lori Palatnik • Galia Rahav • Idan Raichel • Tzipi Shavit |
| 2019 | "Only because of the wind"[12] | Hodaya Oliel • Hila Hadas • Salman Zarka • Marie Nahmias • Avi Nesher • Shai Siman-Tov • Yehuda Poliker • Jeff Finkelstein • Gil Shlomo • Morris Kahn • Kfir Damari • Menashe Zalka • Moran Samuel • Iris Yifrach • Bat-Galim Shaer • Rachelle Fraenkel |
| 2018 | A legacy of innovation[13] | Shlomo Artzi • Yeshayahu Gavish • Racheli Ganot • Noam Gershony • Margalit Zinati • Muwaffaq Tarif • Ruth Kahanoff • Roi Levy • Marcelle Machluf • Aviezri Fraenkel • Avshalom Kor • Mai Korman • Lea Koenig • Ze'ev Revach |
| 2017 | 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem[14] | Din Argil • Miri Ehrental • Yehoram Gaon • Marvin Hier • Chana Henkin • Yaakov Hetz • Eli Mizrahi • Uri Malmilian • Michael Steinhardt • Yeros Yerushalayim Shigut • Dina Samata • Ahmed Eid • Eli Amir • Amnon Shashua |
| 2016 | Civilian heroism[15] | Rotem Elisha • Yaakov Arenfeld • Herzl Biton • Hillel Bareli • Gabi Barshishat • Avi Tubin • Nili and Moish Levi • Alison Bersen • Gabriel Naddaf • Fainy Sukenik • Anan Falah • Roberto Peraza • Rona Ramon |
| 2015 | Israeli trailblazers[16] | Lucy Aharish • Or Assouline • Danny Gold • Marta Weinstock-Rosin • Rami Levy • Gal Lusky • Avihu Medina • Rafi Mehudar • Alice Miller • Gabriel Idan • Malka Puterkovsky • Dan Korkowsky • Ehud Shabtai • Sima Shine |
| 2014 | The Era of Women – Achievements and Challenges[17]
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Orna Barbivai • Pascale Bercovitch • Adina Bar-Shalom • Belaynesh Zevadia • Miriam Zohar • Gal Yosef • Geula Cohen • Carmela Menashe • Hindia Suleiman • Shahar Pe'er • Maxine Fassberg • Miriam Peretz • Tali Peretz-Cohen • Kira Radinsky |
| 2013 | National heritage[18] | Eliyana Elbaz • Alean Al-Krenawi • Meir Buzaglo • David Blumberg • Bilha Ben-Eliyahu • Iris Halperin-Peleg • Ran Hedvati • Agata Palczyk • Dov Zur • Muki Tsur • Rino Zror • Tamar Ross • Dafna Shimshon • Danny Shapira |
| 2012 | Water – the source of life[19] | Esther Avraham • Maya Brown • Ruvik Danilovich • Alex Vizhnitser • Moshe ("Moshik") Cohen • Lior Lefebvre • Uri Moran • Herzl Naor • Ramtin Sabti • Orit Skutelsky • Shlomo Zweifler • Menachem Rabahon • Hana Rosenfeld • Giora Shaham |
| 2011 | "Guarantors for one another" – Year of mutual responsibility[20] | Omer Bar-Lev • Gadi Bashari • Michael Goldman-Gilead • Barbara Goldstein • Zahava Dankner • Matityahu Drobles • Orit Dror • Zeev Dashevsky • Rachel Zikri • Hoshea Friedman • Shimon Rosenberg • Arij Raqab • Sa'ar Shapira • Yuvi Tashome-Katz |
| 2010 | "If you will it, it is no dream"[21]
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Ram Belinkov • Sara Braverman • Avraham Greenzeid • Dalia Dorner • Asher Hirsh • Ira Khaitin • Avraham Yitzhak • Amnon Lavie • Zvi Levanon • Yosef Matanes • Tal-El Filo • Yossi Feldman • Ariel Feldstein • Raya Strauss |
| 2009 | Tel Aviv Centennial[22] | Chaim Adler • Kobi Oz • Menachem Gutman • Amikam Gurevitch • Evgenia Dodina • Shula Vidrich • Angelica Yoavov • Oren Cohen • Shlomo Lahat • Lea Majaro-Mintz • Younes Nazarian • Michal Meron • Yair Rotlevi |
| 2008 | Children of Israel[23][24]
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Sana Elbaz (with Fahoum Fahoum) • Ralph Goldman (with Shmuel Falik) • Yitzchak Dovid Grossman (with Tamir Abukasis) • Ronny Douek (with Pnina Nivetzag) • Naftali Deri (with Yael Barzilai) • Avichai Hayun (with Salman Nabuani) • Uri Jakobovitch (with Reuven Bentolila) • Erika Landau (with Zurarish Weba) • Yitzhak Kadman (with Niv Caspi) • Pnina Klein (with Oren Almog) • Hadara Rosenblum (with Genia Grishkov) • Galila Ron-Feder Amit (with Ronni Akerman) |
| 2007 | 40 years since the reunification of Jerusalem | Mordechai Eliav • Nava Ben-Zvi • Yehuda David • Ruth Cheshin • Yosef Liberman • Avinoam Mor-Haim • Yitzhak Navon • Eliyahu Saharov • Rachel Saad • Uri Amdi • Fares Faraj • Shulamit Kishik-Cohen • Yosef Shanker • Abraham Yehuda Shriki |
| 2006 | Development of the Negev and Galilee | Eli Alaluf • Doron Almog • Dorit Almaliah • Shmulik Ben-Shalom • Yehuda Dekel • Yehuda HaKohen • Stef Wertheimer • Jamila Kheir • Sara Hatan • Esther Luzzatto • Natasha Leimats • Zechariah Liraz • Ruth Kaplan • Shaul Shasha |
| 2005 | "Life's Calling" | Aryeh (Lova) Eliav • Yeruselem Almu • Metuka Benjamin • Charles Bronfman • Zion Bar-Yitzhak • Ruth Gillis • Edi Triger • Nadia Cohen • Patsy Landa • Hilik Magnus • Amal Nasrallah • Ziad Saadi • Azzam Azzam • Haim Peri • Yitzhak Tsror • Yechiel Kadishai |
| 2004 | Competitive and recreational sport in Israel | Taher Abu Leil • Alex Averbuch • Eli Ohana • Yael Arad • Ron Bolutin • Tal Brody • Miki Berkowitz • Keren Leibovitch • Avi Muyyal • Shimon Mizrahi • Ian Froman • Lee Korzits • Ralph Klein • Esther Roth-Shahamorov • Michal Shahar (daughter of Kehat Shorr, shooting coach killed at the Munich Olympics) • Mordechai Spiegler |
| 2003 | United in heart and linked arm in arm | Tomer Adar • Rami Biton • Klara Beiler • Natalie Gaiduk • Lawrence Gozlan • Baruch Desta • Shalom Drai • Yitzhak Zahavi • Jihad Hassan • Yael Mangem • Yehuda Meshi-Zahav • Sodi Namir • Naomi Nalbadian • Eliezer Paran • Yoram Shalit |
| 2002 | Children and youth – the future and strength of the State of Israel | Vered Ifargn • Yuri Gershevitch • Didi Daboush • Meir Eliran Harush • Asaf Zohar • Lior Teller • Azano Mazal Makonen • Abdullah Salah • Inbal Pizaro • Kobi Tzorf • Anya Kolgov • Ben-Hur Kikian • Mirav Rachel Shahaf |
| 2001 | Year of volunteering in Israel | Sasson Elias • Henry Alkslalsi • Lital After • Yaakov Bukhbut • Yulia Betayev • Esther Herlitz • Bracha Zisser • Sharona and Gil-Ad Shalit • Ruti Yitzhak • Nash Mimat • Uri Slonim • Nili Portugez • Nahum Frankel • Haim Roth |
| 2000 | Different but equal – together in a diverse social and cultural fabric | Tova Ilan • Zahava Baruch • Diab Khattar • Or Tokiev • Aharon Cohen • Yoram Cohen • Boaz Kitain • Jackie Levy • Daniela Aisa • Maryuma Klein • David Rubner • Ruth Reznik • Ziv Shahar |
| 1999 | The Knesset – symbol of democracy and sovereignty | Hana Avnor • Adi Efraimi • Michal Ashkenazi • Yosef Burg • Yoav Blachsan • Tuvia Vaxman • Rivka Tulker • Denis Lev • Aida Salah Abu Sweid • Edna Solodar • Mital Kapach • Mordechai Kremnitzer • Nurit Ron • Elimelech Ram • Dov Shilansky |
| 1998 | 50th anniversary celebrations | Yoeli Or • Matilda and Moshe Azoulay • Aharon Davidi • Sorin Hershko • Yaakov Khodorov • Houda Kheir • Moshe Mushkowitz • Mekist Mengasha • Roi Marciano • Tal Sela • Tzemah Samadar • Irena Zeitlin • Hadasa Shamir • Mazal Sherira |
| 1997 | A hundred years of Zionism | Yaakov Elias • Moshe Benziman • Peretz Hochman • Zaki Zaher • Ora Zer • Emanuel Cohen • Shulamit Cohen-Peretz • Rivka Lankhi • Alona Laryonova • Anat Madmoni • Asaf Mordechai • Alisa Nili Rafael • Zion Shankur |
| 1996 | Education and industry | Baruch Abramzon • Meni Brazili • Lea Gottlieb • Israel Goralnick • Yoel Gat • Klara Vinokurov • Moshe Visglas • Dov Lautman • Yaron Levnat • David Suissa • Rahab Abd al-Halim • Aliza Amir-Zahar • Vladik Kushnurov (age 9, whose parents were killed in the Route 18 bus bombing in Jerusalem) |
| 1995 | Year of peace tourism | Arieh Arzi • Bracha Ben Eli • Rachel Goldberg • Yossi Hochman • David Vilk • Tzvia Hashmonai-Bloch • Tony Morgenstern • Alfonso Nussbaumer • Shmuel Federman • Raaya Farhat • Reut Rabahon-Spiegel • Antoine Shahin • Sano Sharaf |
| 1994 | Environmental quality | Salman Abu Rokon • David Avihail • Nava Isrov • Hussein Al-Hayeb • Haim Elias • Yehuda Bronicki • Arieh Vasterreich • Amotz Zahavi • Hagar Tzigler • Hadasa Kain • Shulamit Shamerling • Yosef Tamir |
| 1993 | Year of Jerusalem | Musa Abu Ghosh • Anat Altman • Yaakov Ben-Yehuda • Dan Benaya Seri • Tamar Bergman • Didier Gutel • Haika Grossman • Wolf Davidkin • Ruth Lapidoth • Joran Larson • David Cassuto • Hedva Rosenberg Ish-Shalom |
| 1992 | 500 years since the expulsion from Spain | Rafael Abravanel • Nissan Ben Abraham • Sam de Costa • Dafna Don-Yihya • Aliza Toledano-Cohen • Matilda Cohen Sarano • Ayelet Malul • David Nahmias • Yosef Kaplan • Haim Rafael • Yehuda Taggar |
| 1991 | Aliyah and absorption | Helena Avergomov • Michael Ofor • Akiva Orgad-Unger • Grigory Alperens • Yehudit Bialer • Zimena Birhane • Nitmar Halel • Ida Marcus • Yosef Farhi • Miriam Friedler • Dora Peretz • Arieh Karol |
| 1990 | Year of the Hebrew language | Reuma Eldar • Arieh Elias • Haim Be'er • Yosef Bigon • Ze'ev Ben-Haim • Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann • Adnan Garkad • Rafael Siton • Reuven Sivan • Dina Patigo • Sylvie Partok • Miriam Ruth |
| 1989 | Mass immigration to Israel (40 years since 1949) | Sam Avital • Shoshana Adler • Chava Alberstein • Menachem Luzia • Eliezer Marcus • Glenda Sword • Haim Zadok • Yosef Tzaraf • Eliezer Kusherovsky • Rivka Rosenzweig • Ephraim Shilo • Orna Shram-Kahana (on behalf of her grandfather, Rabbi David Kahana) |
| 1988 | 40 years of the State of Israel, principles of the Declaration of Independence | Suleiman Al-Qrinawi • Erez Biton • Miriam Ben-Porat • Devorah (Debby) Golan • Aharon Ziv • Marcelle Ninio • David Polonsky • Ilet Keren • Herzl Rosenblum • Emanuel Rackman • Moshe Sasson |
| 1987 | Branches of the arts in Israel | Ashera Elkaim Ronen • Abdallah Al-Kara • Shlomo Bor • Shlomo Bar Shavit • Aharon Goldberg • Yitzhak Graziani • Danny Verete • Sami Michael • Rivka Miriam • Ilona Feher • David Reznik • Zahara Shatz |
| 1986 | Democracy in Israel | Yohanan Ben-Yaakov • Tzvia Bar Zion • Samir Darwish • Zerach Warhaftig • Shlomo Zamir • Yehoshua Tan-Pai • Doris Lavie • Moshe Landau • Nitzan Nuriel • Moshe Piamenta • Teddy Kollek • Alice Shalvi |
| 1985 | Development of science and technology | Yona Oshpiz • Uzia Galil • Ovadia Harari • Orna Zaken • Nikola Elias Yanaki • Asher Cohen • Benjamin Mazar • Zvi Suzin • Rahamim Antabi • Zvi Tsur • Moshe Koller • Abraham Klair |
| 1984 | Unity of Israel | Leon Ashkenazi • Sara Danieli • Uri Talmor • Ali Yahya • Zvi Labritz • Benjamin Levin • Hanna Levin • Nazia Faro • Bracha Kapach • Alex Kalbitzky • Ilma Radai • Mordechai Tamir |
| 1983 | Heroism of Israel | Yosef Avidar • Ziva Arbell • Yehoshua Cohen • Yaakova Cohen • Ben Zion Litner • Rafael Saban • Milya Flazenstein • Yonatan Frieden • Moshe Kravitz • Simcha Rotem • Gad Shahar • Sara Shimooni |
| 1982 | 100 years of settlement since the First Aliyah – descendants of the founders | Yardena Elmakiyes • Mati Ariel • Nimrod Ben Aharon • Inbar Goldstein • Hani Gisin • Orit Ganor • Uziya Hovav • Danit Frag • Amit Friedman • Efrat Freiman • Amos Peretz • Nadav Tsabari |
| 1981 | Representatives of the educational enterprise in Israel | Corinne Biton • David Benvenisti • Zefania Drori • Ali Muhammad Kharib • Kalman Yakov Man • Shoshana Sofer • Abraham Satri • Annette Kadmon • Shlomo Kodesh • Agnes Keleti • Naomi Tavori |
| 1980 | People of science, industry and agriculture | Amatzya Abudram • Rahamim Avizeda • Tamar Gal • Eliezer Gun • Dan Katz • Daniel Levi • Yitzhak Levi • Yitzhak Meshulem • Dan Ratter • Israel Pollak • Meir Kumrov • Rachel Shalon |
| 1979 | Peace treaty with Egypt and the continuity of the Yishuv in the Land of Israel | Haim Yissakhar Abulafia • Menashe Elishar • Oded Burla • Hanan Varker • Hamda Zinder • David Zinti • Yissakhar Luria • David Koren • Asher Eliezer Rivlin • Iri Richi • Amihood Schwartz • Daniela Shamir |
| 1978 | 12 descendants of fighters for the establishment of Israel (30th anniversary of independence) | |
| 1977 | Sons and daughters of Jerusalem, its defenders and fighters | Eldar Avidar (representing Armored Corps) • Ben Zion Avni (representing Civil Guard) • Yosef Avni (representing Etzel) • Yossi Ohana (representing Jerusalem Brigade) • Sigal Almog (girl born on 28 Iyar) • Amos Gol (representing Paratroopers Brigade) • Aviva Gusarsky-Kaplan (representing Harel Brigade) • Yael Miuhas (representing the generations of Jerusalem) • Moshe Mashalei (representing the Jewish Quarter) • Akev Salman (representing Etzioni Brigade) • Yerachmiel Atzion (representing Haganah) • Zvi Shoami (representing Lehi) |
| 1976 | Young people carrying the banner of connection with the Jewish diaspora | |
| 1975 | Volunteerism and personal example in the civilian sector | Mohsen Dagesh |
| 1974 | 6 representatives of IDF branches and 6 representatives of frontier settlements | |
| 1973 | Heroes of Israel (25th anniversary of independence) | Abraham Avigdorov • Leah Ben-Tal • Yochai Ben-Nun • Emil Brieg • Eliyahu Gana • Yaakov Horvitz • Abraham Zibel • Ben Zion Litner • Arieh Atzmon • Gedalyahu Armoni • Ron Feller • Ilana Karniel |
| 1972 | Representatives of diaspora communities and 2 young Sabras | |
| 1971 | Representatives of Soviet immigrants and veteran immigrants from Arab countries | |
| 1970 | 12 boys and girls from front-line communities | Ziv Ofir • Smadar Blaeski • Rotem Danieli • Dani Zait • Yitzhak Yehuda • Peleg Mor • David Malka • Malka Nitzan • Nir Ofer • Rivka Roz • Haran Rivlin • Daniel Shoshan |
| 1969 | Representatives of frontier settlements | |
| 1968 | Representatives of jubilees and security events | Abraham Avigdorov • Michael Ben-Ari • Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi • Haim Hazaz • Sid Cohen • Shalom Cohen • Havka Folman Raban • Meir Kumrov • Hanna Rovina • Pinhas Rosen • Yosef Yoel Rivlin • Haim Moshe Shapira |
| 1967 | Representatives of the 11 settlements established in the Negev in 1947 and the first child born in Beersheba | Shmuel Avni • Abraham Eisenberg • Yoav Altman • Shimon Anshi • Nissim Ben Aryeh • Israel Brand • Hana Goldstein • Mordechai Glitzenstein • David Harar (Tkuma) • Shulamit Lev • Zvi Keren (Hatzerim) • Yitzhak Shamir |
| 1966 | 18th year of the state – sons and daughters of fighters in the War of Independence | Atzion Ben-Nekht • Yael German • Dorit Henegbi • Dror Zeigerman • Tzameret Harlap • Ruth Yafe • Niva Livne • Yosefa Simbol • Ilana Seri • Ehud Inbar • Ruth Shiloni • Nira Shinbaum |
| 1965 | 17 torches marking 17 years of the state, under the theme of volunteering for the Jewish Battalions, the Jewish Brigade, and Mahal fighters | |
| 1964 | Illegal immigration | Shlomo Dagan (Bulgarian Jewish community) |
| 1963 | Year of the Pioneers – representatives of the 12 moshavot founded before 1891 | Kadish Luz (Degania Bet) • Negba David (Mikveh Israel) • Meir Romem (Ness Ziona) • Giora Shochat (grandson of Yehuda Raab, founder of Petah Tikva) • Chava Tamari (Mishmar HaYarden) |
| 1962 | Representatives of manual laborers | |
| 1961 | Children born on 5 Iyar 5708 celebrating their bar mitzvah on the date of the ceremony | |
| 1960 | 100th anniversary of Herzl's birth – 12 torchbearers: 6 veteran Zionists and 6 representatives of immigrant communities | Martin Buber • Berta Berger • Yitzhak Gruenbaum • Yosef Tunik • Cornel Iancu • Yosef Cohen • Mordechai Nurock • Richard Siman-Tov • Eliyahu Abed (Hebron) • Murray Rosenberg • Alberto Romano • Gizela Schey |
| 1959 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | David Amid (Iran) • Nahum Ashkenazi (veteran Yishuv – Yesod HaMa'ala) • Helena Bar (Poland) • David Hoffman (Hungary) • Werner Hecht (Switzerland) • Yosef Hartom (Italy) • Aryeh Ziv (South Africa) • Dan Yeshayani (Prisoner of Zion, Romania) • Meir Kahlon (Libya) • Yosef Perlmutter (Argentina) • Amram Sophia (Morocco) • Yahya Karni (Yemen) |
| 1958 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | Aryeh Lubin |
| 1957 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | Moshe Bahar (Egypt – Machaneh Yisrael) • Edmondo Barmak (South America – Haifa) • Reuven Gamzon (France – Herzliya) • Haim Haferit (North Africa – Azzata) • Moshe Weiss (Hungary – Kvutzat Yavne) • Harold Salzman (South Africa – Beersheba) • Yaakov Michaelson (Poland – Migdal HaEmek) • Haim Nashpitz (Russia – Haifa) • Yahya Samidi (Yemen – Megiddo) • Raouf Samah (Iraq – Ramat Gan) • Zvi Yehuda Kook (Old Yishuv – Jerusalem) • Mordechai Shamir (Cochin, India – Meslat Zion) |
| 1956 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | |
| 1955 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | Yitzhak Eliyahu (Youth torch – Jerusalem) • Abraham Elmaleh (Old Yishuv – Jerusalem) • Zechariah Moshe Ben Moshe (Yemen – Kfar Yavetz) • Abraham Harpaz (England – Samaria) • Bat-Sheva Libner (Belgium – Givat Brenner) • Yosef Shafer (Hungary – Kfar Hahoresh) |
| 1954 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | |
| 1953 | Representatives of diaspora communities and ethnic communities from across the country | |
| 1952 | Single torchbearer | Isaiah Press |
| 1951 | Single torchbearer | Yosef Sprinzak |
| 1950 | Single torchbearer | Yosef Sprinzak |
| 1949 | Single torchbearer | Yosef Sprinzak |
References
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