Jewish Nobel Prize winners

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.

|ByJAMES GENN
Israeli Nobel laureate Ada Yonath pictured in 2016.
President of Argentina Javier Milei poses holding the Genesis Prize with Stan Polovets and Israeli President Isaac Herzog during the Genesis Prize ceremony at The Museum of Tolerance on June 12, 2025 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Argentinian President Javier Milei will use ‘Jewish Nobel’ to launch ‘Isaac Accords’

Argentinian President Javier Milei was the first non-Jew and first head of state to receive the prize in January for his staunch support for Israel and efforts to improve Argentine-Israeli relations.

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
Professor Hanoch Gutfruend is a physics professor, former Hebrew University president, and Academic Head of the Einstein Archive. He showed The Jerusalem Post around the archives to mark 100 years of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hebrew University's centennial: Einstein's legacy and the guardian of a scientific icon

Einstein's letters, theories, and Jewish legacy will live on in the hills of Jerusalem at the Hebrew University.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Messenger RNA

Nobel prize for medicine goes to US duo who discovered microRNA

Ruvkun, who is Jewish, is half of the duo whose findings advance scientific knowledge in diseases such as epilepsy.

|ByREUTERS, MATHILDA HELLER

Nobel prize committee struggles to get a hold of Bob Dylan

Dylan also has not made a public statement about the honor, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

OCTOBER 19, 2016ByJTA
US musician Bob Dylan performs during on day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012.

Dylan’s son-in-law Peter Himmelman: He deserves the prize

“It certainly is a prestigious award, and there’s no question that he deserves it,” said Himmelman, who is married to Dylan’s daughter Maria

OCTOBER 14, 2016ByDAVID BRINN
US musician Bob Dylan performs during on day 2 of The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent on June 30th 2012.

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.

Héros du peuple juif

« Elie Wiesel n’a pas survécu. Il a triomphé. »

JULY 5, 2016ByYOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ
Elie Wiesel