Israel Prize

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.
US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump to receive 2026 Israel Prize for 'special contribution towards the Jewish people'

Israel-Prize winning filmmaker Ram Loevy.

Israel Prize-winning director Ram Loevy passes away at 85

ACCEPTING THE Israel Prize on Independence Day, May 1

Breaking the mold: The story of Israel Prize recipient Yonina Eldar - interview


Grapevine September 28, 2023: Prize-worthy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 YOAV FLATTO-SHARON with his late father, Shmuel.

Israel Prize recipient stresses need to resolve judicial reform crisis

The recipients of the Israel Prize included scientists, academics and social activists from throughout Israeli society.

 2023 Israel Prize ceremony

Shlomo Artzi refuses Israel Prize due to 'divisions within Israeli society'

"My body and soul are trembling because I am full of worry of the division, the rift, the fracture we have fallen into," the Israeli music icon said.

 Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi seen backstage before perfoming at Park haYarkon, in Tel Aviv, on July 02, 2015

Famed actor-turned-rabbi Uri Zohar dies at 86

Zohar was one of the most distinguished directors and entertainers in Israeli history, who became religiously

URI ZOHAR is the subject of ‘Zohar: The Return.’

Israel Prize winners call for Belgium to boycott West Bank products

A group of Israel Prize winners and former officials led by Prof. Oded Goldreich called on Belgium to lead a boycott of Israeli West Bank goods.

A Palestinian man walks by a grafitti sign calling to boycott Israel seen on a street in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on February 11, 2015.

Independence Day: Israel Prize 2022 ceremony begins - watch

The Israel Prize ceremony for 2022 began on Thursday evening as Independence Day celebrations waned down. 

 President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal at the Israel Prize ceremony 2022, May 5, 2022.

In Parkinson's Awareness Month, Parkinson's pioneer wins Israel Prize

Technion Prof. Emeritus Moussa Youdim was among the first to identify the genes that are changed in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease.

 ISRAEL PRIZE winner Prof. Moussa Youdim has developed drugs for neurodegenerative diseases.

Prof. Oded Goldreich to receive Israel Prize, ending year-long legal battle

The High Court of Justice overruled Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton's decision to deny Goldreich the prize due to his signing a petition in 2021 calling on the EU to boycott Ariel University.

Israelis gathered in real-time for Israel's 2021 Israel Prize Ceremony, which took place on Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

Actor, director Oded Kotler to receive Israel Prize for theater, dance

"groundbreaking work and achievements in the Israeli theater, as an actor and as a director"

Acclaimed actor/director Oded Kotler will be one of seven to be awarded the EMET prize early next month

Avihu Medina to receive the Israel Prize for Hebrew Singing

Avihu Medina, a pillar of Mizrahi music , will receive the Israel prize at the upcoming ceremony on Israeli independence day

Avihu Medina