Genesis Prize
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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