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.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
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."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Who are the 2023 'Israeli Nobel' Wolf Prize winners?

The eight outstanding scientists and artists from abroad received their awards in the fields of chemistry, medicine, mathematics, agriculture and art.

JUNE 16, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, President Isaac Herzog and Michal Herzog (front row center) with the winners of the Wolf Prizes for 2023.

We interviewed an AI chatbot. Here's what it had to say on Israel

From Jews and Nobel prizes to the leaders of the Zionist movement, this is what an AI chatbot thinks.

JUNE 2, 2023ByMICHAEL KLEINER/MAARIV
Artificial intelligence (illustrative)

Grapevine May 25, 2023: Georgia on my mind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 27, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ESTHER PANITCH with Prof. Yoram Weiss.

Israel would have more Nobel winners if it invested more in research - Prof. Shectman

“Every US government department has research labs, so most Nobel laureates are from the US."

APRIL 27, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Prof. Yisrael Aumann, Prof. Dan Shechtman and Michal Schwartz in a panel at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference.

Biden's pick to lead World Bank, Ajay Banga, is gaining support

Ajay Banga, an Indian-born American former business executive, is gaining momentum to head the World Bank.

MARCH 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Ajay Banga at the World Economic Forum

To Israel's Nobel Prize-winning scientist: Don't hate haredim - opinion

For every hassidic rabbi I’ve treated, I’ve had the merit of working with an Israeli soldier. All have been special, meaningful experiences.

MARCH 8, 2023ByYAAKOV FREEDMAN
‘FOR ALL of the difficulties my religious beliefs caused me, I never once doubted my faith and used it all to fuel my passion to live in Israel,’ says the writer.

Belarus court sentences Nobel Peace Prize winner to 10 years in prison -TASS

Byalyatski is a pro-democracy activist and founder of the Viasna human rights group which provided aid to Belarusian protesters in 2020.

MARCH 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020.

Seven Israeli Nobel laureates warn against judicial overhaul

In their letter, the Nobel Prize winners said that scientific excellence can only thrive in democratic nations with full freedom.

FEBRUARY 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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Belarus puts Nobel Prize-winning rights defender on trial

Byalyatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties in October, was arrested in 2021 along with two co-workers.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByREUTERS
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, sits inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus January 5, 2023.

Russia wants Ukraine to be 'dependent dictatorship' - Nobel Peace Prize winner

Byalyatski's wife accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in his name and in the name of all "prisoners of conscience in Belarus."

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Natalia Pinchuk, wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Byalyatski from Belarus, addresses the news conference at the Nobel Institute, as Bialiatski, Memorial and CCL receive the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their work for human rights in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, in Oslo, Norway December 9, 2022.