Israel Prize

Israel Prize award ceremony to be held in Sderot this year

Education Minister Kisch announces 1st Israel Prize award ceremony since massacre to be held in southern Israel in solidarity with the heroic residents who are rebuilding after October 7.

Israel Prize:

HR expert awarded for work publicizing Hamas crimes

Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, head of the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children and a human rights law expert at Hebrew University, was awarded the Israel Prize in the field of Solidarity (Arvut Hadadit) for her work to raise worldwide awareness of the atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist organization on October 7.

Education Min. backtracks:

Israel Prize will be awarded this year

Education Minister Yoav Kisch announces he is backing down from decision to cancel Israel Prize ceremony during war after attorney general refuses to defend move to Supreme Court.

Israel Prize awarded to heroes of Be'eri

Menachem Kalmenson and Itiel Zohar have been declared the winners of the Israel Prize for their rescue mission to Be'eri on October 7th.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef offered Israel Prize

Sephardi Chief Rabbi's office says Rabbi Yosef would not agree to accept the Israel Prize for Torah Literature, as in his opinion this is not the time for 'ceremonies and celebrations' due to the war.

Law to bypass gov't:

MK Tur-Paz: President to award the Israel Prize

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Moshe Tur-Paz proposes a bill to bypass the government when awarding the Israel Prize: 'when petty politicians are busy with petty politics, we need it.'

Israel Prize winner:

'I read Psalms every day. Why? Just because'

Actress Gila Alamagor disclosed in an emotional moment: “God threw me a rope. There is a synagogue here. It is one of my favorite places.”

Israel Prize for Hypocrisy

n my opinion, Grossman deserves a prize for chutzpah and hypocrisy, not writing. But what do I know? I voted to Ben Gvir and Smotrich. Op-ed

Former Minister and Israel Prize winner dead at 96

Israel's highest officials share their memories of Aharon Yadlin, former minister and winner of the Israel Prize.

A-G sides with prof. who called for boycott of Ariel University

Attorney General Mandelblit informs Supreme Court he opposes Education Minister's decision to deny Israel Prize to Prof. Oded Goldreich.

Prof. who urged boycott of Israeli university forfeits prize

Education Min. Yifat Shasha-Biton announces Israel Prize won't go to Prof. Oded Goldreich, who called for a boycott of Ariel University.

Supreme Court overturns decision to intervene in Israel Prize

Education Minister accused Prof. Goldreich of being a BDS supporter & unworthy of 2021 prize.

Education Min upholds decision to deny pro-BDS prof Israel Prize

Yifat Shasha-Biton announces she won't intervene on behalf of Prof. Oded Goldreich over his anti-Israel rhetoric.

Galant: Professor who supported BDS won't receive Israel Prize

Education Minister announces that Israel Prize in Computer Science will not be awarded to Professor Oded Goldreich.

Live: Israel Prize Award Ceremony 2021

8 men and women receive prestigious award for contributions in their fields to the State and to the world.

Supreme Court: Pro-BDS professor can't receive Israel Prize

Supreme Court grants Education Min. one month to find alternative nominee for Israel Prize, after ruling out pro-BDS professor as candidate.

'Shame Israel considers giving prize to someone who slanders it'

Israel Prize candidate signs new petition promoting boycott of Ariel University.

A fitting winner of the 2021 Israel Prize: Yehuda Meshi Zahav

One moving story showing the important contribution of Zaka, the organization founded by Meshi Zahav. Opinion.

ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav awarded Israel Prize

ZAKA Search and Rescue organization founder and chairman to receive prestigious Israel Prize for organization's work to save lives.

Commentator: 'Decision to pay extra for vaccine deserves prize'

Israel pays about $30 per vaccine. Commentator Amit Segal: 'Germany, where some of vaccines were developed, gets after us; US is crawling.'

Prof. Zeev Sternhell dies at 85

Hebrew U president says Israel Prize winner, leftist intellectual was "among the most important researchers to come out of" the university.

Rivlin congratulates Israel Prize recipients

“Continue to work, each one in their field, to have an influence on the world in which we live, and to create tomorrow’s world with us."

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel receives Israel Prize

Ramat Gan Chief Rabbi receives Israel Prize for contributions to Torah literature.

Supreme Court throws out petition against Rabbi Yaakov Ariel

Supreme Court ruled that it was impossible to strip Rabbi Ariel of the Israel Prize due to his statements on the LGBT community.

Israel Prize winner: Coronavirus won't stop us helping families

Chaim Ehrental, founder of Zichron Menachem, tells Arutz 7 that coronavirus won't stop them from helping cancer sufferers & their families.

First female recipient of the Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies

'She's an inspiration to a generation of women studying Torah.' Tel Aviv U. professor Vered Noam wins Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies.

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel receives Israel Prize for Torah literature

Ramat Gan Chief Rabbi wins 2020 Israel Prize for his contributions to spread, development of Torah study.

Israel Prize laureates against Nationality Law

40 Israel Prize laureates to petition Supreme Court against law stating that Israel is the Jewish people's nation state.

Israel Prize to Rona Ramon, 'Mom, we're proud of you'

The Israel Prize was awarded on Thursday to 11 winners.

Zichron Menachem founders receive Israel Prize

Chaim and Miri Ehrental, who founded an organization to help pediatric cancer patients and their families, named Israel Prize winners.

'G-d will put me in the right place for the Jewish people'

Israel Prize laureate who lost two sons in Israel's wars reacts to calls she run for president after inspirational speech at award ceremony.

Miriam Peretz's Israel Prize speech to be taught in school

Bennett: speech given by Israel Prize winner who lost 2 sons in combat about choosing life to be taught in Israeli schools.

Anti-Israel Prize

Bennett: We are all 1 family

Education Minister addresses annual Israel Prize awards ceremony, says right does not have a monopoly on patriotism, left on human rights.

Bennett attempts to solve Independence Day speech impasse

Bennett says Netanyahu can speak instead of him at Israel Prize ceremony in order to solve tensions over speech at official state event.

'I'm not a man who gets excited, but this is exciting'

Israel Prize winner Natan Sharansky recalls the conversation with Minister Bennett in which he was informed he won the prize.

Former refusenik Natan Sharansky wins Israel Prize

Jewish Agency chief and former minister jailed for 9 years by Soviet Union selected for Israel Prize's lifetime achievement award.

Bereaved mother wins Israel Prize

Miriam Peretz, mother of fallen soldiers Uriel and Eliraz, wins Israel Prize for strengthening the Jewish-Israeli spirit.

Former Likud minister David Levy wins Israel Prize

Naftali Bennett announces that former Foreign Minister David Levy wins Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

'Respect women's right to be different'

Why do so few women win the Israel Prize?

'Too many Ashkenazi men winning the Israel Prize'

Zionist Union MKs play gender card, argue that fact that only one woman to receive Israel Prize in 2018 is a 'disgrace'.

Who will receive the new Israel Prize in Hi-Tech?

New Israel Prize category awards achievements in Hi-Tech.

World famous Israeli mathematician to receive 2018 Israel Prize

Prof. Alex Lubotzky: 'We have become a world superpower in Mathematics. We have many, many reasons to be proud of our small country.'

In honor of State's 70th year: Israel Prize for Settlement

Education Ministry publishes Israel Prize for life project categories, one of which is 'settlement' as addition for anniversary celebrations

'We're all a 'handful,' and we're all one proud nation'

Education Minister Bennett responds to leftist artist's accusations that a 'handful' rule the country.

Bennett vetos giving Israel prize to Yair Garbuz

Leftist whose diatribe against right and religious goes viral in Israel, kept from receiving coveted prize.

City of David activist to be awarded Israel Prize

Be'eri wins prize for turning City of David into site of heritage, education, national, and international tourism of highest order.

'Why are Sephardim excluded from Israel Prize?'

Culture Minister Miri Regev objects to absence of Sephardi Israel Prize winners this year.

96-year-old Holocaust survivor wins Israel Prize

Agnes Keleti, 96-year-old former gymnastic Olympic medalist, established gymnastic training in Israel after immigrating in 1957.

Israel Prize winner to donate prize money to anti-Israel org

Professor David Shulman says he'll donate all 75,000 NIS to Taayush, whose leader Ezra Nawi helped the PA torture Palestinians.

'Religious-Zionist revolutionary' Rabbi Sadan wins Israel Prize

Rabbi Sadan, founder of first religious IDF prep school, and Entebbe operation commander Almog win Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.

Bennett names radical leftist activist as Israel Prize winner

Prof. Shulman, senior activist in radical Ta'ayush whose members admitted to getting Arab land sellers executed, gets prestigious prize.

Druze Council Nominates Katz for Israel Prize; Leftists Protest

Transportation Min. Yisrael Katz nominated for Israel Prize, protestors picket his home over no public transport on Shabbat.

Israel Still Learning How Deal With Immigrants, Says Activist

After 67 years, Israel has still not learned how to deal with immigrants, but things are changing, a long-time activist said.

Fiddler on the Roof Star Chosen for Lifetime Achievement Award

Beloved actor Chaim Topol, best known for his iconic role in 'Fiddler on the Roof,' will be awarded Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.

Poet Erez Biton Tapped for Israel Prize

Biton, who has been named as this year's recipient of the Israel Prize for Literature: 'At first I couldn't believe it.'

Survey: PM Shouldn't Have Interfered in Israel Prize

New survey shows public thinks Netanyahu should have stayed out of Israel Prize selection process, but will likely form the next gov't.

Netanyahu Backtracks on Israel Prize After A-G Reprimand

PM Netanyahu backtracks on earlier decision to disqualify leftist judges from the Israel Prize's Literature Committee.

MK Regev: Stop the Hegemony of the Radical Left

Likud MKs Regev and Elkin defend Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from attacks by the Left over the Israel Prize controversy.

'Netanyahu is Not the Rubber Stamp of the Israeli Left'

PM's associates explain he disqualified two literature professors from Israel Prize committee because they support IDF draft-dodgers.