Nobel Prize

This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

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Baba Baruch, heir of Baba Sali, speaks to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir during traditional ceremonies in Netivot, 1988.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is pictured arriving for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, shown attending a separate event later in the day, in this combination of images taken at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 15, 2026.

Maria Corina Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal

The Norwegian Nobel Institute has said the prize cannot be transferred, shared or revoked.

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FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

UN rights experts, influential women condemn Iran’s 'sham' trial of activist Zahra Tabari

Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Rasht in October on the grounds of armed rebellion, in an online trial that lasted less than ten minutes.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

María Corina Machado reveals she fled Venezuela with help from US government - report

Machado, who is now in Oslo, Norway, to join the festivities around the Nobel Prize ceremony, told journalists that she "had support from the United States government."

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UNRWA makes the Nobel Peace Prize nominations shortlist

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 will be announced at 11 am on Friday, October 11, 2024, and is chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Three Israeli groups nominated for Nobel Peace prize amid Hamas war

EcoPeace Middle East and two sister peace movements – one Palestinian and one Israeli – were nominated for the prize.

JANUARY 7, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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Israeli, Palestinian women sister orgs. nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The two organizations have closely cooperated over the last three years, demanding both Palestinian and Israeli leadership listen to the “Mothers' Call” to stop the conflict.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli, Palestinian women sister orgs. nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Kissinger's legacy: Can statesmanship end the Israel-Hamas war? - opinion

Faced with a devastated, post-Hamas Gaza, Kissinger would have created a new political energy and international alignment.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
HENRY KISSINGER, then serving as US national security advisor, speaks to the press at Orly Airport ahead of talks on the Paris Peace Accords with the Vietnamese, June 1973.

Tehran attacks 'anti-Iranian' move to award jailed activist Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammedi, a campaigner for women's rights and against the death penalty, is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence

OCTOBER 6, 2023ByREUTERS
Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen announces the winner of Nobel Peace Prize for 2023.

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.

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of a screen inside the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced, in Stockholm

Nobel Prize accidentally reveals chemistry prize winners ahead of time

The award-giving institute said the decision was still hours away.

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of a screen inside the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced, in Stockholm, Sweden, October 4, 2023

Gigawatt Global sister NGO to fuel sustainability in African communities

Israeli solar pioneer Josef Abramowitz made the announcement days before he hopes to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for his climate initiatives.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
From right: Gigawatt Global CEO Josef Abramowitz, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, President Isaac Herzog and a Zambian student studying in Israel at the President's Residence in August 2023.

Nobel cancels Iran, Russia, and Belarus invites to annual prize awards

Last year, the foundation left out the ambassadors of Russia and its ally Belarus because of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023ByREUTERS
Facade of the Nobel peace center in Oslo, Norway

Reconsidering Henry Kissinger's legacy - opinion

Kissinger recently waffled quite awkwardly – no, embarrassingly – about how to best address the raging conflagration in Ukraine. He deserves attention, but veneration too? Most assuredly not.

JUNE 17, 2023ByMARK ELOVITZ
THE WRITER poses with Henry Kissinger in a photo taken in 1990.