Ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Israel’s first Nobel Prize
This year has been designated Agnon year, marking 50 years since Shmuel Yosef Agnon became the first Israeli to win a Nobel Prize.
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN and his wife, Nechama, present a certificate of recognition yesterday to Yisca Shaki, who won first prize in a writing competition for a story she wrote inspired by Shai Agnon, as Shaki’s mother looks on(photo credit: MARK NEYMAN / GPO)ByGREER FAY CASHMANUpdated: