Genesis Prize
Israeli actress and "Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot attends the opening ceremony of the Jerusalem Film Festival on June 17, 2025. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
November 11, 2025, 4:49 pm
Gal Gadot wins Genesis Prize for ‘defense of Israel’ as Gaza war divides Hollywood
The prize foundation cited the “Wonder Woman” star’s “moral clarity” in her advocacy for Israeli hostages in Gaza.
By Shira Li Bartov
Argentine President Javier Milei gives a speech during a ceremony honoring Malvinas Veterans Day on April 2, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images, via JNS)
May 27, 2025, 8:26 am
Argentina’s President Milei to receive $1m Genesis Prize in Israel
Organizers say Milei will donate the prize money to launch an initiative aimed at improving diplomatic relations between Israel and Latin American countries and fighting antisemitism in the region.
By JNS Staff
Argentinean President Javier Milei prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Feb. 6, 2024. (Courtesy Israel Foreign Ministry)
January 14, 2025, 2:38 pm
Javier Milei, Argentina’s pro-Israel president, is first non-Jew to win ‘Jewish Nobel’
Milei, the first head of state to get the Genesis Prize, is also famously drawn to Judaism and says he intends to convert once he leaves office.
By Philissa Cramer
Stan Polovets (right) cofounder of the Genesis Prize, with some of the 2024 awardees, the parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Rachel Goldberg (center) and Jon Polin (left), for their activism on the hostages held in Gaza.
February 28, 2024, 4:31 pm
Groups working to support Israeli hostages and their families awarded 2024 ‘Jewish Nobel’
The $1 million prize is aimed toward supporting medical and psychological treatment for former hostages and hostages' families.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Natan Sharansky, the Genesis Prize cofounder and board member, visits with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelesnky in Kyiv in October 2022. (Courtesy Genesis Prize Foundation)
January 18, 2023, 1:04 pm
This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ goes to Jewish activists supporting Ukraine
Recognizing the extraordinary nature of events, the selection committee "decided to depart from the usual custom of awarding the prize to a single Jewish individual."
By Philissa Cramer
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla delivers a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the company's new center for Digital Innovation and Business Operations and Services, in Thessaloniki, Oct. 12, 2021. (Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images)
January 19, 2022, 10:13 am
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla awarded Genesis Prize for work developing COVID vaccine
He pledged his winnings to projects aimed at preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
By Shira Hanau
Natalie Portman decided she would not accept the Genesis Prize, awarded to celebrities who embody Jewish traits and character. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Environmental Media Association)
January 29, 2020, 10:08 am
Controversy-plagued ‘Jewish Nobel’ cuts ties with Netanyahu’s office
Previous recipients stirred controversy
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
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