Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize, Israel Prize laureate, Ada Yonath, dies aged 87

Professor Ada Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 and the Israel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. She was born in Jerusalem and worked at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.

Israeli Nobel laureate Ada Yonath pictured in 2016.
Map of Strait of Hormuz published by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Navy of the area controlled by the Iranian Armed Forces, May 4, 2026.

Oil and honor: The dire straits of martial propaganda in the US-Iran conflict - opinion

 A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023.

Iran keeps Nobel laureate from urgent heart care as experts warn her life is in danger

 An empty space showing that Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was not present during the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway December 10, 2023.

Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says


This week’s Jerusalem International Writers Festival to light up literary landscape

“Even during the war that is currently taking place, and in the incessant war since 1948, Israel continues to create and enrich the world with its culture."

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ will be appearing at the Jerusalem International Writers Festival and the Jerusalem International Book Forum.

This week in Jewish history: Buchenwald liberated, Paschal lambs sacrificed

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stripes.

Jacob Sheep

Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American Nobel Prize winner, died last year by assisted suicide

"I have believed since I was a teenager that the miseries and indignities of the last years of life are superfluous," he wrote in an email.

 Daniel Kahneman.

Can Israeli innovation end global world hunger? - opinion

The need for action is urgent, but the path forward is clear. Together, we can achieve a world without hunger.

NEGEV DESERT - APRIL 06 2011:Israeli farmers desert farming planting vines in a desert farm in the Negev, Israel. Israel is a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite its dry climate

Israeli Nobel laureates urge Trump to help free hostages, offer Nobel Peace Prize nomination

In a letter addressed to Trump on Wednesday, they stressed the urgent humanitarian and moral imperative of freeing the hostages.

 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2025.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei wins 2025 'Jewish Nobel Prize'

Genesis Prize Chairman Stan Polovets praised Milei’s support for Israel, achievements in reforming Argentina’s economy, and pursuit of justice for AMIA terror victims.

 Javier Milei at the Western Wall, February 6, 2024

This week in Jewish history: The Dreyfus Affair and birth of Zionism

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

Alfred Dreyfus

Trump's Middle East diplomacy deserves the Nobel Peace Prize - opinion

The Nobel Committee must award the prize based on results, not ideology. The Abraham Accords brought tangible peace to a region defined by turmoil, proving that diplomacy can persist over division.

 NOBEL PEACE Prize winner and 39th US president, the late Jimmy Carter greets a torchlight procession from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in downtown Oslo, Norway, in December 2002. US President-elect Donald Trump deserves the Nobel based on the Abraham Accords, the writer believes.

This week in Jewish history: Jerusalem seized, Nazi death camps begin

An abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

 The surrender of Jerusalem, December 9, 1917.

Trump and Biden can forge peace in Israel – and earn Trump the Nobel Prize - comment

Trump has a chance to transcend these odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize by joining forces with President Joe Biden to end the war in Israel.

Former US president Joe Biden meets with current President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2024.