Jewish Nobel Prize winners

Argentinian President Javier Milei will use ‘Jewish Nobel’ to launch ‘Isaac Accords’

Argentinian President Javier Milei was the first non-Jew and first head of state to receive the prize in January for his staunch support for Israel and efforts to improve Argentine-Israeli relations.

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
President of Argentina Javier Milei poses holding the Genesis Prize with Stan Polovets and Israeli President Isaac Herzog during the Genesis Prize ceremony at The Museum of Tolerance on June 12, 2025 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Professor Hanoch Gutfruend is a physics professor, former Hebrew University president, and Academic Head of the Einstein Archive. He showed The Jerusalem Post around the archives to mark 100 years of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hebrew University's centennial: Einstein's legacy and the guardian of a scientific icon

Einstein's letters, theories, and Jewish legacy will live on in the hills of Jerusalem at the Hebrew University.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Messenger RNA

Nobel prize for medicine goes to US duo who discovered microRNA

Ruvkun, who is Jewish, is half of the duo whose findings advance scientific knowledge in diseases such as epilepsy.

|ByREUTERS, MATHILDA HELLER
A view of a screen inside the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced, in Stockholm

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights

Established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and chemist Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901.

|ByREUTERS

Dylan’s son-in-law Peter Himmelman: He deserves the prize

“It certainly is a prestigious award, and there’s no question that he deserves it,” said Himmelman, who is married to Dylan’s daughter Maria

OCTOBER 14, 2016ByDAVID BRINN
US musician Bob Dylan performs during on day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012.

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Literature was the last of this year's Nobel prizes to be awarded.

OCTOBER 13, 2016ByREUTERS
Bob Dylan performs with his band at the 34th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 25, 2003.

Héros du peuple juif

« Elie Wiesel n’a pas survécu. Il a triomphé. »

JULY 5, 2016ByYOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ
Elie Wiesel