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Wine Talk: The journey continues

Adam Montefiore recounts 50 years shaping Israeli wine, from pioneering oak barrels to international awards.

|ByADAM MONTEFIORE
Successful service: Presenting the Yarden Award for Wine Service with Segev Yerovam (C) to Avi Ben Ami (R).
PROF. YIFAT MERBL. Just last year, she received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category, which is given to scientists for groundbreaking or innovative research that has the potential to advance the health of mankind

Israeli scientist makes ‘Nature’ journal’s top ten list of shapers of science in 2025

‘Peptide detective’ Weizmann immunologist Prof. Yifat Merbl was recognized for a new hidden immune mechanism.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
NEOT SEMADAR has a dazzling desert view

Kibbutz Neot Semadar: Israel's desert oasis quenches thirst for tranquility, nature’s raw beauty

Neot Semadar’s large variety of tours and workshops offers something for everyone. Perhaps this unconventional community has found the balance it was looking for after all.

|ByAUDREY LYNN LEINOFF
PRIZE-WINNING composer Lior Navok.

Israeli Lior Navok wins prestigious Engel Prize for Ukraine war composition

Navok describes his 10-minute orchestral piece, 'Blue, Yellow, Smoke,' composed during the early days of the Russia-Ukraine War, as trying to 'capture the melancholic mood of war.'

|ByLIRAN GURKIEWICZ

‘No Other Land’: The Israeli-Palestinian documentary at the Oscars

The film has already won numerous awards worldwide, and it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at this year’s Oscars, which took place on Sunday night.

MARCH 3, 2025ByHANNAH ROZENBLAT
FILMMAKER YUVAL ABRAHAM talks about ‘No Other Land’ with moderator Idit Avrahami at Cinema Spiegel in Jerusalem in February.

Adam Brody, Adrien Brody nab best actor Critics Choice awards for portraying Jewish characters

The awards ceremony also generated the first known public photos of Brody and actor Adrien Brody together.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Adam Brody, left, poses with fellow actor Adrien Brody at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, Feb. 7, 2025.

Teen novel about women vampires wins a top prize for Jewish children’s books

The awards were announced Monday by the Association of Jewish Libraries at the American Library Association’s  LibLearnX conference in Phoenix.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
CUSTOMERS REVIEW the shelves at a Jerusalem bookstore.

2nd Jewish Media Awards: A beautiful celebratory night honoring Jewish talent, values

Allison Josephs described the event as an “evening of elevating Jewish values,” and noted that Jews of all backgrounds, “from Hollywood to Hassidim,” were being honored and in attendance. 

JANUARY 12, 2025ByEVE GLOVER
DANIEL POSNER, founder of Athletes for Israel, gives a speech before being honored with the Lion of Israel Award by Allison Josephs.

‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez,’ both with Jewish and Israeli elements, win big at Golden Globes

In a year of rising antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment, the two big winners of the night, The Brutalist and Emilia Perez, both featured Jewish and Israeli characters and themes.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
Karla Sofia Gascon (center) and Zoe Saldana in ‘Emilia Perez.’

Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to Jewish same-sex marriage activist, philanthropist

Biden is awarding the medal to 20 people in total, including former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, and Bobby Sager, a Jewish photographer and philanthropist.

JANUARY 3, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
U.S President Joe Biden gives former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) the Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the country's highest civilian honors, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 2, 2025.

'The Post's' Chen Schimmel wins top photojournalism award for Kibbutz Be'eri photo

Jerusalem Post photojournalist Chen Schimmel won the top prize of the Eretz Israel Museum's prestigious Local Testimony 2024 competition, for her photo of a ZAKA volunteer in Be'eri post-Oct. 7.

DECEMBER 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A ZAKA volunteer is seen collecting human remains from where an elderly man was murdered by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre, taken at Kibbutz Be'eri on Nov. 5, 2023. This photo has won the Picture of the Year at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv's Local Testimony 2024 contest.

'We come and roll up our sleeves and do the work'

Jewish National Fund-USA National President Deb Lust Zaluda at JPost Miami Summit.

DECEMBER 15, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jewish National Fund-USA National President Deb Lust Zaluda with Zvika Klien, editor-in-cheif The Jerusalem Post

'I am very emotional, and I could cry, but today I choose to smile'

ZAKA head presented with Jerusalem Post Heroism Award at Miami Summit

DECEMBER 11, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein presenting Dubi Weissenstern, CEO of ZAKA, with the Heroism Award at the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit

IDF Spokesperson R. Adm. Daniel Hagari to receive 2024 Israel Security Spokesperson Award

The association chose to honor Hagari for his responsible, professional, and calm frequent appearances during challenging moments and for reporting on the successes of the IDF.

NOVEMBER 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Brigadier-General Daniel Hagari, former IDF spokesperson.