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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Israel Prize

President Isaac Herzog shakes hands with Israel Prize recipient Eyal Waldman at the award ceremony in Sderot, May 14, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
May 14, 2024, 11:12 pm
Israel Prize ceremony goes ahead after selection process marred by controversies
Awards, held in war-battered Sderot, given in two new prize categories — Societal Responsibility and Citizen Heroism — created to mark October 7 massacre and war on Hamas
By ToI Staff and Gavriel Fiske
An aerial view of Sderot. (Golan Sabag/Sderot municipality)
March 28, 2024, 11:29 pm
Minister says Israel Prize event to be held in Gaza-adjacent Sderot; more winners named
Prominent government critic Eyal Waldman awarded prize after controversy; six new laureates announced
By Gavriel Fiske
Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Knesset on January 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 6:14 pm
Minister backtracks, reinstates regular Israel Prize categories amid court petitions
Government undoes Yoav Kisch’s controversial February decision to only award Israel’s highest civilian honor this year in two new war-related categories
Illustrative: Houses destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, seen on October 25, 2023. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
March 19, 2024, 5:19 pm
Israel Prize for heroism goes to two civilians who rescued dozens at Kibbutz Be’eri
Education minister names ‘Team Elhanan’ survivors as winners of one-off award, with cancelation of regular categories mired in controversy
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a hearing of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee, January 30, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 14, 2024, 1:32 pm
High Court gives Kisch, government a week to respond to Israel Prize allegations
Petitioners demand reversal of decision to pare down 2024 prize amid allegations this was done to avoid honoring a government critic whose daughter was murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7
By Jeremy Sharon
Eyal Waldman speaks in the Knesset Science Committee in Jerusalem, March 3, 2024, breaking down when talking about his daughter, who was murdered by Hamas on October 7. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
March 3, 2024, 10:17 pm
Israel Prize nominee accuses Netanyahu associate of sabotaging his award
Mellanox CEO Eyal Waldman tells Knesset Science Committee that instructions ‘came from above’ to cancel prize categories so he would not win award
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a committee meeting in the Knesset on December 19, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 26, 2024, 10:30 am
Minister scraps Israel Prize categories over nomination of government critic – report
Unsourced report says Yoav Kisch, whose Education Ministry oversees award, pushed back against nomination of Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman, but selection committee wouldn’t back down
By ToI Staff
File: (L to R) Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog at the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Independence Day, April 26, 2023 (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)
February 14, 2024, 8:22 pm
Israel Prize to skip traditional categories this year, award civilian wartime efforts
Prestigious prizes will be given for ‘Societal Responsibility’ and ‘Citizen Heroism’ only; regular categories to return next year, government says
By Gavriel Fiske
Hebrew University professor and former Foreign Ministry chief Shlomo Avineri speaks at a panel on Israeli-German relations in Jerusalem on January 12, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 1, 2023, 3:22 pm
Prominent political scientist and veteran diplomat Shlomo Avineri dead at 90
Avineri known for his research into Marx, Hegel; held senior roles at Hebrew University; was a former Foreign Ministry director-general; won Israel Prize in 1996
By Michael Horovitz
Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator, at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 11:07 am
Alice Shalvi, trailblazing feminist and educator, dies at 97
The Israel Prize laureate, longtime principal of Jerusalem’s revered Pelech school for girls and founder of Israel Women’s Network, was an agent for change
By Jessica Steinberg
Prof. Yair Zakovitch in his Hebrew University of Jerusalem office, May 23, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
May 25, 2023, 6:21 am
What Matters Now to Yair Zakovitch: Using ‘Ruth’ as a blueprint for creative halacha
Israel Prize-winning Bible scholar dives into Shavuot scroll’s meaning, laments lack of biblical literacy in secular society, but sees hope in anti-judicial overhaul demonstrations
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israel Prize winner Amnon Shashua speaks during the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's Independence Day, on April 26, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)
April 26, 2023, 11:11 pm
Meeting PM at Israel Prize event, two recipients warn of danger to society
Artist hands Netanyahu letter expressing concerns over societal rift, while entrepreneur says in his speech Israel must maintain strong, independent democratic institutions
By Michael Horovitz
Israel Prize recipient Prof. Michal Schwartz (Courtesy of Weizmann Institute of Science)
April 26, 2023, 6:38 am
For scientist Michal Schwartz, Israel Prize is rewarding milestone in ongoing journey
Weizmann Institute neuroimmunologist bucked convention to prove that brain is not isolated from immune system, leading to possible therapies to treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israeli poet and translator Meir Wieseltier in Tel Aviv in 2000. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
March 30, 2023, 10:35 pm
Israeli poet Meir Wieseltier dies at age 82
Prolific writer and translator was known for his overtly political works as well as his love poems, remembered as ‘one of the leaders of Hebrew poetry’
By ToI Staff
Singer Shlomo Artzi perfoms live in the southern city of Ashdod, August 4, 2021 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 27, 2023, 4:55 pm
Shlomo Artzi to forgo Israel Prize, says time not right when Israel ‘hurt and torn’
Ministry instead awards top honor to Mizrahi singer Daklon, as Artzi says he will pass on the prize while hoping for a return to ‘loving, embracing, democratic Israel’
By Amy Spiro
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