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Finance Ministry Employee with Special Needs Honored as Outstanding Worker

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich honored Shimon Cohen, an employee with special needs, as the 'Outstanding Employee of the Year' during a ministry event. The award recognized Cohen's consistent, cheerful greetings to the minister each morning.

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What happened

  1. 01Finance Minister Smotrich awarded an employee with special needs.
  2. 02The employee, Shimon Cohen, was named 'Outstanding Employee of the Year'.
  3. 03Cohen's daily cheerful greetings to the minister were cited as the reason.
  4. 04The moment was described as emotional and resonated online.
Translated and summarized by baba from Kikar HaShabbat, the latest report. Read Kikar HaShabbat’s original

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