Posts Tagged: Genesis Prize
Argentina’s Milei Receives Genesis Prize in Jerusalem, Award Money to Support Israel-Latin America ‘Isaac Accords’
Argentine President Javier Milei was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize in Jerusalem on Thursday, in recognition of his unwavering support for Israel and commitment...
Argentine President Milei Set to Visit Israel to Strengthen Ties, Boost Cooperation
Argentine President Javier Milei is set to arrive in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the Jewish state, where he is expected...
What Is It That Jews Actually Value?
JNS.org –We already knew that the Genesis Prize was not really the “Jewish Nobel Prize” as its public-relations flacks have trained so many journalists to call it. Since...
Dumbing Down the ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’
JNS.org - Did the Jewish people really need their own Nobel Prize? To the three wealthy Russian Jewish business “oligarchs” who endowed the Genesis Prize...
Do Jews Really Need Their Own Nobel Prize?
JNS.org - If the Genesis Prize was hoping for more media attention for its annual awards ceremony this year, it is certainly going to get...
And The Award for Best Performance Goes to…Natalie Portman
JNS.org – And the award for best performance by a non-supporting actor goes to ... Natalie Portman. In a 70th-anniversary present to the State of Israel, Portman...
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Likud Party Issues Ferocious Response to Natalie Portman
Israel's ruling Likud party hit back hard against a statement by Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman in which she said that the reason she refused to accept...
Natalie Portman Refuses to Attend Ceremony for Israeli Million-Dollar Prize
Israeli-American Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has refused to attend a ceremony in Israel to accept a million-dollar prize because of "distressing" events in the country,...
Actress Natalie Portman, Awarded 2018 Genesis Prize, Proud of ‘Israeli Roots’
JNS.org - Oscar-winning Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman has been awarded Israel’s 2018 Genesis Prize for her commitment to social causes, the prize’s organizers announced on Tuesday. The...
With Genesis Prize, Violinist Itzhak Perlman Eyes a More Inclusive World
JNS.org - In his book, To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks recalls how renowned Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue Itzhak Perlman came onto the...
Jay Leno on Upcoming Holy Land Trip: I am ‘Very Pro-Jewish, Pro-Israel’
Comedian Jay Leno, who will host the awards ceremony of the $1 million Genesis Prize, in Jerusalem, on May 22, said he considers himself...
The Jewish Nobel Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Genesis Philanthropy Group founder Mikhail Fridman announced the new Genesis Prize—worth...
