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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. Source: Twitter.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wins 2022 Genesis Prize

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has won this year’s Genesis Prize, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Wednesday morning. The prize, referred to as the “Jewish Nobel Prize” by Time magazine, will be presented on June 29 by...
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Photo by ©Blake-Ezra Photography Ltd. 2013.

Genesis Prize Foundation to honor life and legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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The Genesis Prize Foundation announced plans to honor the late prominent scholar, theologian, philosopher and former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Lord Jonathan Sacks. In 2020, the foundation for the first time invited the...
Natan Sharansky speaks during a Limud event ahead of the Jewish mourning day of Tu B'Av, at the Israeli president's residence in Jerusalem on July 31, 2017. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Sharansky donates $1 million Genesis Prize to aid those affected by coronavirus

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Human-rights activist Natan Sharansky, the winner of this year’s $1 million Genesis Prize award, has asked the Genesis Prize Foundation to donate the money to help organizations and individuals impacted by the coronavirus, the...
Actor Michael Douglas, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and their children at the Red Carpet entrance to the Genesis Award ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, the year Douglas was presented the award, June 18, 2015. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Genesis Prize ceremony in Jerusalem

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Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones will co-host the Genesis Prize ceremony in Jerusalem on June 18, announced the Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) on Wednesday. Israeli politician and human-rights activist Natan Sharansky will be honored as...
Incoming Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog with outgoing chairman Natan Sharansky at the board of governors conference of the Jewish Agency at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Natan Sharansky is awarded 2020 Genesis Prize

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Natan Sharansky, the former Russian Prisoner of Zion who would later become head of Israel’s Jewish Agency, was named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize in recognition of his “extraordinary...
New England Patriots owner and Jewish philanthropist Robert Kraft, winner of the 2019 Genesis Prize, seen during the ceremony at the Jerusalem theater on June 20, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Genesis Prize Foundation launches ‘Speak out for Israel’ to counter anti-Semitism

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The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) and the 2019 Genesis Prize winner Robert Kraft announced the launch of “Speak Out for Israel”—an international campaign designed to help combat the global rise of anti-Semitism and attempts...

2018 ‘Jewish Nobel’ goes to Natalie Portman

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Jewish actress, director and social activist Natalie Portman is the winner of the 2018 Genesis Prize, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday. The annual $1 million award, dubbed “the Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine,...

Genesis Prize cancels award ceremony over plight of Syrians

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The Genesis Prize will not hold its annual award ceremony at the request of 2017 recipient Anish Kapoor, a refugee advocate who deemed a celebration inappropriate in light of the worsening Syria crisis. Kapoor, an...