Tag: Recognition and Awards
Stewart F. Lane Inducted into the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame
Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley - Tony Awards Red Carpet 2016
On Monday, May 14th, six time Tony Award winning producer, Stewart F. Lanewas inducted in to the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. The Manhattan Jewish Historical...
Natalie Portman refuses to receive Genesis Prize in Israel
Hollywood Actress and director Natalie Portman, who once said that she would not “you know, s**t on Israel,” has announced that she did not “feel comfortable” accepting an esteemed award in the Jewish state...
Guatemala receives highest award for truth-telling on Israel
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), the world’s oldest and largest Middle East media monitoring organization, announced that it will give its highest honor—the Emet Award—to the republic of Guatemala...
Israel Prize for lifetime achievement to go to veteran politician, bereaved mother
Former Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy and inspirational speaker Miriam Peretz, who lost two sons in battle, were named this week as this year’s recipients of the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement.
The Israel Prize...
Tel Aviv photographer in the running for Sony awards
Israeli photographer Ariel Tagar is listed on an 87-person short list in the Sony World Photography Awards competition for a series he shot in Uganda.
Of more than 320,000 photos submitted from some 200 countries,...
Awards to be granted at Salute to Jewish Educators
The 2018 Salute to Jewish Educators awards are to be granted to Jerry Benjamin and Ellie Gettinger, among others.
An awards event will be held 3 p.m., Sunday, March 11 at the Harry & Rose...
Israeli Startup MercuRemoval Wins 1st Place In LA Cleantech Open Awards
Israeli cleantech startup MercuRemoval won first place in the seed track of the 2017 Global Ideas competition at the Cleantech Open awards, held in Los Angeles last week, the company announced in a statement.
The environmental firm...
Paul McCartney wins Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize
Famed singer-songwriter and former Beatles bass guitarist Paul McCartney was announced as one of this year’s nine recipients of Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize.
In announcing the winners, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said that “together with...
Dead Sea Scrolls expert to receive Israel Prize in Jewish studies
Prof. Elisha Qimron of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will be awarded the Israel Prize in the category of Jewish studies for his research into the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Education Ministry announced on...
The Jews go to the Grammys, 2018 edition
he 60th Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Jan. 28 with late-night talk show host James Corden hosting and CBS broadcasting.
With this year marking the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein‘s birth, 2017 Tony winner Ben...