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


Professor wins Israel Prize for 'groundbreaking' electric cancer therapy

Palti, a physiology and biophysics professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, developed a "groundbreaking" electrodes-based treatment of a number of cancers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin and Education Minister Yoav Galant attend the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73 Independence Day, on April 05, 2021.

A-G asks High Court to override Shasha-Biton, grant Israel Prize to math prof.

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton decided to deny Prof. Oded Goldreich the Israel Prize because of allegations that he supports boycotts of Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin and Education Minister Yoav Galant attend the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73 Independence Day, on April 05, 2021.

A Jerusalem plaza has been named for David Rakia. Who is he?

Rakia, who fled Nazi Austria and took Jerusalem into his heart, soul and art, now has his own spot in the city that meant so much to him.

 David Rakia Plaza

Grapevine: Perpetuating her name

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

ZAKA leader Rabbi Yehuda Meshi-Zahav and members of ZAKA, attend a simulation drill on June 21, 2011. Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, aid in the identification of the victims of terror, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts

Not giving Goldreich the Israel Prize was correct - opinion

The government would have dishonored itself, and all of us, to have decided to award him the Israel Prize. 

 THEN-EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Gallant addresses this past year’s Israel Prize ceremony in April, in Jerusalem.

Goldreich crossed a red line by calling for boycott - editorial

Freedom of academia and freedom of speech are two central cornerstones of any democracy. But calling for a boycott is another matter.

Yifat Shasha-Biton at Presidential Meeting

Math prof again denied Israel Prize over call for Ariel U boycott - Shasha-Biton

Weizmann Institute math and computer science professor Oded Goldreich again will not receive the Israel Prize this year due to his support of a boycott of Ariel University.

MK Yifat Shasha-Biton attends the Knesset House Committee, December 28, 2020

Legendary Israeli theater director, Nola Chilton dies at 99

Director Nola Chilton was a key figure in the worlds of both Israeli and international theater. She was awarded the Israel Prize for her achievements in 2013.

 NOLA CHILTON in the 2013 documentary about her, ‘The Prayer of Man’ by Uri Barabash.

Israel Prize-winning film director Judd Ne’eman is dead at 84

In 1989, he made what the few who have seen it consider to be a work of brilliance, and one which certainly turned out to be prophetic, Streets of Yesterday.

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High Court: Shasha-Biton must reconsider giving Israel Prize to prof.

The court found no evidence that Prof. Oded Goldreich supported the BDS movement, and that he publically declared his opposition.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin and Education Minister Yoav Galant attend the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73 Independence Day, on April 05, 2021.