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Hebrew University marks centennial with official new commemorative stamp

University officials said the centennial marks both a reflection on past achievements, including ten Nobel Prizes and two Turing Awards, and a framework for future growth.

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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.
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

Mokyr receives the prize for his development of a theory for sustained economic growth.

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

JUNE 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
EMET Prize

Netanyahu, UAE Crown Prince nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

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

NOVEMBER 24, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, ANNA BARSKY
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.

MAY 25, 2017ByAARON LYLE
The Jerusalem Unity Prize

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.