Nobel Prizes Israel

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.
Baba Baruch, heir of Baba Sali, speaks to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir during traditional ceremonies in Netivot, 1988.

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

The commemorative stamp, with a face value of 9 shekels, was designed by Studio Mench and is available for purchase through the Israel Post Philatelic Service website.

Hebrew University marks centennial with official new commemorative stamp

oel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University who won the 2025 Nobel economics prize alongside Peter Howitt of Brown University and Philippe Aghion of the College de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, speaks at a press conference on campus in Evanston, Illi

Israeli-American Prof. Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economics


Israeli-American Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, who reframed economic decision-making, dies at 90

Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in economics for “having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science.”

Former US president Barack Obama awards Daniel Kahneman the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 at the White House

Is there a connection between Nobel Prize winners and the Technion?

Two of the three Nobel Prize in Physics laureates for 2022 received honorary doctoral degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

The Computer Science Faculty building at Technion University in Haifa, Israel

Meet the winners of the EMET Prize, Israel’s Nobel

Watch the awards presentation of the 20th EMET Prize Awards here.

 EMET Prize

Netanyahu, UAE Crown Prince nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The nomination was made by Lord William David Trimble – himself a past recipient.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed display their copies of signed agreements normalizing relations between Israel and the UAE, in Washington, in September.

Italian MP nominates Netanyahu for Nobel Prize

The Young Likud group on Monday wrote to the 2005 Nobel economics laureate, Yisrael Aumann, who is known for his right-wing views, asking him to nominate Netanyahu.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu istens prior to participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2020

A day defined by unity

Hundreds of thousands of students from around the world participated.

The Jerusalem Unity Prize

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

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

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