Israel Prize

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The Israel Prize ( Hebrew פרס ישראל pras jisraʾel ) is the highest cultural award of the State of Israel . It is awarded once a year on the eve of Israeli Independence Day in a state ceremony in Jerusalem . The prize was founded in 1953 on the initiative of the Minister of Education, Ben-Zion Dinur , who himself was awarded the prize in 1958 and 1973.

The price

The prize is awarded in the following areas (the exact sub-areas are subject to constant changes):

  • The exact and natural sciences
  • mathematics
  • Humanities and social sciences as well as Jewish studies
  • Jurisprudence
  • Culture and art
  • literature
  • sculpture
  • Hebrew song
  • Economics
  • Lifetime Achievement (since 1972)

The prize money is currently 75,000 NIS (approx. 18,870 €, as of 2020).

The winners

The winners are Israeli citizens or organizations that have achieved special importance in their field or who have made significant contributions to Israeli cultural life. The winners are selected by a committee of experts who forward their proposals to the Minister of Education.

Although the award is only given to Israeli citizens, the native Indian Zubin Mehta received a special award when it was awarded in 1991.

Award winners

year Surname Award area
1953 Gedaliah Alon Judaic Studies
1953 Chaim Hasas literature
1953 Ya'akov Cohen literature
1953 Dina Feitelson-Schur education
1953 Mark Dvorzhetski Social sciences
1953 Lipman Heilprin medicine
1953 Zeev Ben-Zvi sculpture
1953 Shimshon Amitsur Exact sciences
1953 Jacob Levitzki Exact sciences
1954 Moshe Zvi Segal Judaic Studies
1954 Samuel Hugo Bergman Humanities
1954 David Shimoni literature
1954 Shmuel Yosef Agnon literature
1954 Arthur Biram education
1954 Gad Tedeschi Law
1954 Franz Heinrich Ollendorff Exact sciences
1954 Michael Zohary Life sciences
1954 Friedrich Simon Bodenheimer Agriculture
1954 Ödön Pártos music
1955 Ephraim Urbach Judaic Studies
1955 Isaac Heinemann Judaic Studies
1955 Zalman Shneur literature
1955 Yitzhak Lamdan literature
1955 Michael Fekete Exact sciences
1955 Israel Reichart Life sciences
1955 Yaakov Ben Gate Life sciences
1955 Akiva Vroman Life sciences
1955 Benjamin Shapira medicine
1955 Sara Hestrin-Lerner medicine
1955 Netanel Hochberg Agriculture
1955 Zahara sweetheart Painting and sculpture
1956 Naftali heart Tur Sinai Judaic Studies
1956 Yigael Yadin Judaic Studies
1956 Yehezkel Abramsky Rabbinical literature
1956 Gershon Shufman literature
1956 Miriam Yalan-Shteklis Children's literature
1956 Nechama Leibowitz education
1956 Jacob Talmon Social sciences
1956 Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel Exact sciences
1956 Manfred Aschner Life sciences
1956 Ernst Chaim Wertheimer medicine
1956 Hanna Rovina theatre
1957 Chaim Schirmann Judaic Studies
1957 Yohanan Levi Humanities
1957 Yaakov Fichman literature
1957 Uri Zvi Greenberg literature
1957 Paltiel Daykan Law
1957 Siegfried Lehmann education
1957 Shlomo Hestrin Exact sciences
1957 David Feingold Exact sciences
1957 Gad Avigad Exact sciences
1957 Saul Adler medicine
1957 Shmuel Horowitz Agriculture
1957 Paul Ben-Haim music
1957 Reuvein Margolies Rabbinical literature
1957 Eliezer Smoli Children's literature
1957 Dov Karmi architecture
1958 Joseph Gedalja Klausner Judaic Studies
1958 Ben Zion Dinur Judaic Studies
1958 Gershom Scholem Judaic Studies
1958 Yehezkel merchant Judaic Studies
1958 Yitzhak Baer Judaic Studies
1958 Isaac HaLevy Duke Rabbinical literature
1958 Yehuda Leib Maimon Rabbinical literature
1958 Yosef Zvi HaLevy Rabbinical literature
1958 Martin Buber Humanities
1958 Shmuel Yosef Agnon literature
1958 Isaac Dov Berkowitz literature
1958 Ya'akov Cohen literature
1958 Child and Youth Aliyah education
1958 Rachel Katznelson-Shazar Social sciences
1958 Giulio Racah Exact sciences
1958 Marcus Reiner Exact sciences
1958 Leo Picard earth sciences
1958 Bernhard Zondek medicine
1958 Blessed Eugen Soskin Agriculture
1958 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Painting and sculpture
1958 Habimah theatre
1958 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra music
1959 Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbinical literature
1959 Leo Aryeh Mayer Humanities
1959 S. Yizhar literature
1959 Ezra Fleischer literature
1959 Ephraim Katchalski (Katzir) Life sciences
1959 Michael Sela Life sciences
1959 Hillel (Heinz) Oppenheimer Agriculture
1959 Joseph Zaritsky painting
1959 Yehoshua Bertonov theatre
1960 Abraham Shalit Judaic Studies
1960 Avraham Arnon education
1960 Shabtai Rosenne Law
1960 Aharon Meskin theatre
1960 Isaac Michaelson medicine
1960 Franz Sondheimer Exact sciences
1961 Shlomo Goren Rabbinical literature
1961 Yechezkel coachman Humanities
1961 Yehuda Burla literature
1961 Aharon Katzir Life sciences
1961 Ora Kedem Life sciences
1961 Jacob van der Hoeden Agriculture
1961 Menachem Avidom music
1962 Hanoch Yelon Judaic Studies
1962 Joseph Bentwich education
1962 Yitzhak Kanav Social sciences
1962 Ze'ev Lev Exact sciences
1962 Zvi Sliternik medicine
1962 Arieh Sharon architecture
1963 Menachem Mendel Kasher Rabbinical literature
1963 Nathan Rotenstreich Humanities
1963 Eliezer Steinman literature
1963 Avraham Fahn Life sciences
1963 Mordechai Ardon painting
1964 Ze'ev Ben-Haim Judaic Studies
1964 Moshe Zilberg Law
1964 Moshe Rachmilewitz medicine
1964 Meir Margalit theatre
1965 Shlomo Zemach literature
1965 Shlomo Dykman literature
1965 Karl Frankenstein education
1965 Israel Defense Forces education
1965 Judith Shuval Social sciences
1965 Amos de Shalit Exact sciences
1965 Igal Talmi Exact sciences
1965 Shmuel Stoller Agriculture
1965 Mordecai Seter music
1966 Shlomo Morag Judaic Studies
1966 Yitzhak Arieli Rabbinical literature
1966 Hans Jakob Polotsky Humanities
1966 Moshe Rudolf Bloch Life sciences
1966 Alfred Mansfeld architecture
1966 Dora Gad architecture
1967 Avraham Shlonsky literature
1967 Ernst Simon education
1967 Benjamin Akzin Law
1967 Aryeh Leo Olitzki medicine
1967 Marcel Janco painting
1968 Ovadia Hedaya Rabbinical literature
1968 Moshe Yechiel Epstein Rabbinical literature
1968 Shmuel Yeivin Judaic Studies
1968 Benjamin Mazar Judaic Studies
1968 Dov Sadan Judaic Studies
1968 Shmuel Sambursky Humanities
1968 Shlomo Pines Humanities
1968 Avigdor Hameiri literature
1968 Natan Alterman literature
1968 Yaakov Berman education
1968 Alexander Dushkin education
1968 Shoshana Persitz education
1968 David Horowitz Social sciences
1968 Shimon Agranat Law
1968 Emanuel Goldberg Exact sciences
1968 Ernst David Bergmann Life sciences
1968 Chaim Sheba medicine
1968 Hanan Openheimer Agriculture
1968 Yitzhak Danziger sculpture
1968 Yosef Milo theatre
1968 Gertrud Kraus dance
1968 Benjamin Idelson architecture
1969 Yosef Qafih (Kapach) Judaic Studies
1969 Joshua Prawer Humanities
1969 Shneior Lifson Life sciences
1969 Shimon Finkel theatre
1969 Yuval Ne'eman Exact sciences
1970 Ovadia Yosef Rabbinical literature
1970 Abba Kovner literature
1970 Leah Goldberg literature
1970 Don Patinkin Social sciences
1970 Josef Valley music
1970 Andre De Vries medicine
1971 Saul Lieberman Judaic Studies
1971 Haim Ormian education
1971 Zeev Tseltner Law
1971 Itzhak Arnon Agriculture
1971 Aria Aroch painting
1972 David Ayalon Humanities
1972 Yocheved Bat-Miriam literature
1972 David Ginsburg Exact sciences
1972 Leo Sachs Life sciences
1972 Ya'acov right architecture
1972 Avraham Harzfeld Special service for the state and society
1973 Yehuda Even-Shmuel Judaic Studies
1973 Yad Harav Duke Rabbinical literature
1973 Dorothea Krook-Gilead Humanities
1973 Shalom Yosef Shapira (" Shin Shalom ") literature
1973 Ben Zion Dinur education
1973 Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt Social sciences
1973 Aryeh Dvoretzky Exact sciences
1973 Heinrich Mendelssohn Life sciences
1973 Richard Stein medicine
1973 Haim Halperin Agriculture
1973 Reuven Rubin painting
1973 Hanna Marron theatre
1973 Sarah Levy-Tanai dance
1973 Arieh Elhanani architecture
1973 Pinchas roses Law
1973 Shaul Avigur Special service for the state and society
1973 Yad Vashem Special service for the state and society
1974 Shraga Abramson Judaic Studies
1974 Raphael David Levine Exact sciences
1974 Isaac Berenblum Life sciences
1974 Yedidia Admon music
1974 Samuel Hugo Bergmann Special service for the state and society
1974 Yehoshua Aluf Special achievement for the state and society in sport
1975 Shimon Halkin literature
1975 Arieh Simon education
1975 Joel Zussman Law
1975 Aharon Barak Law
1975 Miriam Bernstein-Cohen theatre
1975 Golda Meir Special service for the state and society
1975 Helena Kagan Special service for the state and society in charitable work
1976 Eliezer Waldenberg Rabbinical literature
1976 Joseph Rome Engineering and technology
1976 Gabriel Baer Arabic linguistics
1976 Ezra Mani Arabic linguistics
1976 Mordechai (Moti) cherry tree Radio, television and film
1976 Simcha Holzberg Special service for the state and society
1976 Ezra Korine Special service for the state and society
1976 Rivka Guber Special service for the state and society
1976 Yakov Maimon Special service for the state and society
1977 Raphael Mahler History of the Jews
1977 Menahem star History of the Jews
1977 Nahman Avigad Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1977 David Amiran geography
1977 Shmuel Avitzur Culture
1977 Zvi Avidov Agriculture
1977 Jacob Ephrat Agriculture
1977 Elisheva Cohen design
1977 Yona Fischer design
1977 Dani Karavan sculpture
1977 Esther Levit Special achievement for work
1977 Avraham Yaakov Special achievement for work
1977 Avraham Klier Special service for industry
1978 Nachum Guttman Children's literature
1978 Anda Pinkerfeld Amir Children's literature
1978 Levin Kipnis Children's literature
1978 Avraham Even-Shoshan Hebrew language
1978 Haim Baruch roses linguistics
1978 Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman Social sciences
1978 Nathan J. Saltz medicine
1978 Gary Bertini music
1978 Rachel Janait Ben-Zvi Special service for the state and society
1978 Moshe Zvi Neria Special service for the state and society
1979 Isaiah Tishbi Judaic Studies
1979 Menachem Elon Mishpat Ivri (Jewish Law)
1979 Baruch Ben-Yehuda education
1979 Yitzchak Raphael Halevi Etzion education
1979 Hans Lindner Exact sciences
1979 Orna Porat theatre
1979 Raphael Klatchkin theatre
1979 Tal Brody Special achievement for the state and society in sport
1979 Yosef Yekutieli Special achievement for the state and society in sport
1980 David Flusser History of the Jews
1980 Jacob Katz History of the Jews
1980 Chaim Cohn Law
1980 Chaim body of pekeris physics
1980 Pinchas Litbinovsky painting
1980 Anna Ticho painting
1980 Yosl Bergner painting
1980 Yad LaBanim (in Petach Tikva ) Special service for the state and society
1980 Baruch Oren Special service for the state and society
1980 Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Special service for the state and society for the environment
1980 Amotz Zahavi Special service for the state and society for the environment
1980 Azaria Alon Special service for the state and society for the environment
1980 Yoav Sagi Special service for the state and society for the environment
1981 Abraham Sofer Rabbinical literature
1981 Joram Lindenstrauss mathematics
1981 Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro mathematics
1981 Meir Jacob Kister Arabic linguistics
1981 Gurit Kadman dance
1981 Kvutza Degania Aleph Special achievement for the state and society in the social sphere
1981 Recha suitor Special service for the state and society ( child and youth alijah )
1982 Joshua Jortner chemistry
1982 David Benvenisti Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1982 Zev Vilnay Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1982 Amir Gilboa Hebrew poetry
1982 Yehuda Amichai Hebrew poetry
1982 Roberto Bachi Demographics
1982 Avraham Yaski architecture
1982 Ruth Amiran Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1982 Chaim Gwati Special achievement for the state and society in work and industry
1983 Saul Friedländer history
1983 Aron Saltman history
1983 Aharon Appelfeld literature
1983 Naomi Shemer Hebrew song (lyric and melody)
1983 Moshe Wilensky Hebrew song (melody)
1983 Haim Hefer Hebrew song (lyric)
1983 Serach Truly Special achievement for the state and society for the further development of Jewish law
1984 Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz Children's literature
1984 Moshe (Max) pity History of science
1984 Aron (Alfred) Bondi Agriculture
1984 Shlomo Ravikovitch Agriculture
1984 Shmuel Rodansky theatre
1984 Nachal Special service for the state and society
1984 Project "Israeli Development City" Special service for the state and society
1985 Abraham Sutzkever Yiddish literature
1985 Joshua Blue Linguistics and Hebrew language
1985 Henry E. Neufeld medicine
1985 Baruch Padeh medicine
1985 Yad Ben Zvi Jewish literature
1985 Israeli television in Arabic Special service for the state and society
1986 Yeshayahu Avrech journalism
1986 Shalom Rosenfeld journalism
1986 Michael Evenari Life's work in desert research
1986 Yoel De Malach Life's work in desert research
1986 Ulpan Akiva Life's work in education
1986 Shulamith Katznelson Life's work in education
1986 HaKfar HaYarok Life's work in education
1986 Gershon Zak Life's work in education
1986 Batya Lichansky Life's work in sculpture
1986 Yechiel Shemi Life's work in sculpture
1986 Yona Sayid Life's work for hard work
1986 Eldin Khatukai Life's work for hard work
1987 Alex leg Zionism
1987 Ezra Zion Melamed Rabbinical literature
1987 Menahem Yaari Economics
1987 Ovadia Harari Engineering
1987 Miriam Zohar Acting
1987 Lia Koenig Acting
1987 Makram Khoury Acting
1988 Moshe Goshen-Gottstein Judaic Studies
1988 Adin Steinsaltz Judaic Studies
1988 Natan Goldblum Life sciences
1988 Haim Gouri Hebrew poetry
1988 Moshe Shamir Hebrew literature
1988 Alexander "Sascha" Argov Hebrew song
1988 Shoshana Damari Hebrew song
1988 Aria "Lova" Eliav Special service for the state and society
1988 Reuben Hecht Special service for the state and society
1988 Teddy Kollek Special service for the state and society
1989 Shmuel Werses Hebrew literature
1989 Israel Yeivin Hebrew language
1989 Haim Harari Exact sciences
1989 Yakir Aharonov Exact sciences
1989 Elihu Katz Social sciences
1989 Wingate Institute Sports
1989 Ian Froman Sports
1989 Ya'akov Hazan Special service for the state and society
1989 Bethsabee de Rothschild Special service for the state and society
1989 Israel Exploration Society Special service for the state and society
1990 Meir Weiss Judaic Studies
1990 Nathan Spiegel Humanities
1990 Zvi Yavetz Humanities
1990 Moshe Altbauer Humanities
1990 Moshe Prywes Life sciences
1990 Meir Wilchek Life sciences
1990 Alexander Levitzki Life sciences
1990 Yehezkel Streichman painting
1990 Amin tariff Special service for the state and society
1990 Raanan Weitz Special service for the state and society
1990 Israel Polack Special service for the state and society
1991 Haim leg type Judaic Studies
1991 Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1991 Moshe Landau Law
1991 Daniel Friedmann Law
1991 Elhanan Helpman Economics
1991 Shmuel Agmon Exact sciences
1991 Dov Frohman Exact sciences
1991 Devorah Bertonov theatre
1991 Yossi Yadin theatre
1991 Miriam Ben-Porat Special service for the state and society
1991 Stef Wertheimer Special service for the state and society
1991 Yeshivat Hesder Special service for the state and society
1991 Zubin Mehta Special price for a foreigner
1992 Shaul Yisraeli Judaic Studies
1992 Yehuda Kiel Judaic Studies
1992 Daniel Sperber Judaic Studies
1992 Moshe Lissak Social sciences
1992 David Navon Social sciences
1992 Reuven Feuerstein Social sciences
1992 David Erlich Social sciences
1992 Yitzhak choice Life sciences
1992 Emil Habibi Arabic literature
1992 Avoth Yeshurun Hebrew poetry
1993 Dan Miron Hebrew literature
1993 Gershon Shaked Hebrew literature
1993 Moshe Bar-Asher Hebrew language
1993 Gideon Goldenberg Hebrew Language and Linguistics
1993 Yehoshua Arieli history
1993 Hava Lazarus-Yafeh history
1993 Michael Confino history
1993 Yehoshafat Harkabi Political science
1993 Hillel Furstenberg Exact sciences
1993 Shlomo Alexander Exact sciences
1993 Jacob Ziv Exact sciences
1993 Ram Loevy Radio and television
1993 Yaacov Farkas (“Ze'ev”) journalism
1994 Moshe Greenberg Bible studies
1994 Moshe Weinfeld Bible studies
1994 Haim Zalman Dimitrovsky Talmudic Studies
1994 Eliezer Schweid Jewish Thought
1994 Shneur Zalman Feller Law
1994 Robert John (Israel) Aumann Economics
1994 Michael Bruno Economics
1994 Avram Hershko biochemistry
1994 Nathan Sharon biochemistry
1994 Eliahu Swirski Agriculture
1994 Hanoch Avenary music
1994 Yaakov Orland Hebrew song
1994 Aria Shapira composition
1994 Yad Sarah Special service for the state and society
1994 Neot Kedumim Special service for the state and society
1994 Noga HaReuveni Special service for the state and society
1995 Claire Epstein archeology
1995 Dov Nir geography
1995 Amos spark stone Jewish history
1995 Yehuda Amir psychology
1995 Rina Shapira education
1995 Israel Dostrovsky Exact sciences
1995 Michael O. Rabin Computer science
1995 Natan Zach Hebrew poetry
1995 Abraham B. Yehoshua Hebrew literature
1995 Lea Nikel painting
1995 Menashe Kadishman sculpture
1995 David Resnick architecture
1995 Yitzchak Ben Aharon Special service for the state and society
1995 Ada Sereni Special service for the state and society
1996 Yehuda Ratzaby Jewish languages
1996 Chone Shmeruk Jewish languages
1996 Shimon sandbar translation
1996 Shlomo Avineri Political science
1996 Moshe Barash Art history
1996 Moshe Piamenta Middle East Studies
1996 Meir Sternberg literature
1996 Ilan Chet Agriculture
1996 Yehezkel stone medicine
1996 Nissim Aloni dramaturgy
1996 Moshe Efrati dance
1996 Aria Navon Production design
1996 Marcel-Jacques Dubois Special service for the state and society
1996 Meir Shamgar Special service for the state and society
1997 Yaakov Sussmann Talmudic Studies
1997 Joseph Dan Jewish thought
1997 Shemaryahu Talmon Bible studies
1997 Yehoshua Bacharach Rabbinical literature
1997 Hayim David HaLevi Rabbinical literature
1997 Izhak Englard Law
1997 Yitzhak Zamir Law
1997 Ben-Zion Orgad music
1997 Abel Honest music
1997 André Hajdu music
1997 Haim Yavin Jewish thought
1997 David Rubinger communication
1997 Uzia Galil Special service for the state and society
1997 Israel Valley Special service for the state and society
1997 Avraham Elimelech Firer Special service for the state and society
1998 Yehuda Bauer History of the Jews
1998 Moshe Gil Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
1998 Trude Dothan archeology
1998 Jona Rosenfeld Social work
1998 Arye Levy education
1998 Emanuel Marx sociology
1998 Yehudith Birk Agriculture
1998 Rami Rahamimoff medicine
1998 Saharon Shelah mathematics
1998 Dan Shechtman physics
1998 Dahlia Ravikovitch poetry
1998 Amos Oz literature
1998 Dan Tsur architecture
1998 Lippa Yahalon architecture
1998 Dan Reisinger design
1998 Hassia Levy-Agron Theater studies
1998 Yehudit Arnon Theater studies
1998 Yossi Banai Theater studies
1998 Yafa Yarkoni Hebrew song
1998 Ehud Manor Hebrew song
1998 Sara Stern-Katan Special service for the state and society
1998 Shlomo Hillel Special service for the state and society
1998 Haim Yisraeli Special service for the state and society
1999 Moshe Idel Jewish thought
1999 Aaron Mirski Hebrew literature
1999 Menahem Zevi Kaddari Hebrew language
1999 Menachem Banitt Jewish languages
1999 Mordechai Breuer Rabbinical literature
1999 Avraham Steinberg Rabbinical literature
1999 Myriam Yardeni history
1999 Shmuel Moreh Middle East Studies
1999 Bezalel Narkiss Art history
1999 Yehoshua Ben-Arieh geography
1999 Aria Shachar geography
1999 Michel Revel medicine
1999 Yigal Cohen Agriculture
1999 Haim (Howard) Cedar biology
1999 Menahem Golan Movie
1999 David Perlov Movie
1999 Yehoshua Rozin Sports
1999 Esther Roth-Shachamorov Sports
1999 Rebecca Bergman Special service for the state and society
1999 Jeshajahu vineyard Special service for the state and society
1999 Bracha Qafih (Kapach) Special service for the state and society
2000 Menahem Haran Bible studies
2000 Avraham Goldberg Talmudic Studies
2000 Yonah Frenkel Talmudic Studies
2000 Hillel M. Daleski Literary studies
2000 Harel fish Literary studies
2000 Gad Ben Ami Tsarfati linguistics
2000 Shaul Shaked linguistics
2000 Yirmiyahu Yovel philosophy
2000 Asa Kascher philosophy
2000 Raphael Mechoulam chemistry
2000 Yosef Zinger Engineering
2000 Amir Pnueli Computer science
2000 Amalia Kahana-Carmon Hebrew literature
2000 Meir Wieseltier Literature and Poetry
2000 Moshe Kupferman painting
2000 Michael Gross Painting and sculpture
2000 Micha Bar-Am photograph
2000 Shulamit Aloni Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2000 Aryeh Karol Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2000 Hagashash Hachiver Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2000 Gavriel (Gavri) Banai Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2000 Yeshayahu (Shaike) Levi Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2000 Yisrael (Poli) Poliakov Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2001 Aviezer Ravitzky Jewish thought
2001 Gavriel Salomon education
2001 Ya'akov edge education
2001 Ruth Ben Yisrael Law
2001 Yehoshua Weissman Law
2001 Marcel Elyakim medicine
2001 Ruth Arnon medicine
2001 Beracha Ramon medicine
2001 Yoseph Imry physics
2001 Shmuel Shtrikman physics
2001 Tzvi Avni music
2001 Yehezkel brown music
2001 Herzl Shmueli music
2001 Baruch Hagai Sports
2001 Abba Eban Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2001 Mordechai Ben Porat Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2001 Yitzhak Shamir Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2002 Asher Koriat psychology
2002 Moshe Barur geography
2002 Menashe Harel - 2002 Shmuel Safrai Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
2002 Avraham Biran archeology
2002 Jacob A. Frenkel Economics
2002 Ariel Rubinstein Economics
2002 Abraham Haim Halevy Agriculture
2002 Itamar Willner chemistry
2002 Ada Yonath chemistry
2002 Ram Karmi architecture
2002 David Tartakover design
2002 Dov Yudovsky media
2002 Nahum Rakover Jewish thought
2002 Eli Hurvitz Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2002 Ephraim Kishon Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2002 Jewish National Fund Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2003 Israel Ta-Shma Talmudic Studies
2003 Avraham Grossman Jewish history
2003 Shulamith Shahar history
2003 Bilha Manheim sociology
2003 Charles S. (Yehoshayahu) Liebman Administrative science
2003 Menahem Amir Criminology
2003 Shlomo Giora Shoham Criminology
2003 Aaron Ciechanover biology
2003 Avinoam Libai Engineering
2003 Zvi Ben Avraham earth sciences
2003 Yosef Bar Yosef theatre
2003 Zaharira Harifai theatre
2003 Yehudit Hendel literature
2003 Aharon Megged literature
2003 Aharon Amir translation
2003 Geula Cohen Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2003 Meir Amit Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2003 Yad Vashem Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2004 Sarah Yefet Bible studies
2004 Menahem Brinker literature
2004 Dov Noy literature
2004 Avraham Doron Social work
2004 Ziva Amishai maisels Art history
2004 Aharon Razin biochemistry
2004 Joseph Bernstein mathematics
2004 David Harel Computer science
2004 Esther Samuel-Cohen statistics
2004 Yigal Tumarkin sculpture
2004 Gila Almagor-Agmon Movie
2004 Gil Aldema Jewish singing
2004 Yehoram Gaon Jewish singing
2004 Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2004 Lia van Leer Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2004 Moshe Schnitzer Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2005 Ben-Ami Sharpstein philosophy
2005 Miriam Erez management
2005 Yehezkel Dror management
2005 Aharon Dotan Hebrew language and linguistics
2005 Olga Kapeliuk linguistics
2005 Ya'akov Landau Middle East Studies
2005 Sasson Somekh Middle East Studies
2005 Rena Zeitzov medicine
2005 Shaul Feldman medicine
2005 Jacob Bekenstein physics
2005 Alex Livak photograph
2005 Ohad Naharin dance
2005 Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach literature
2005 Israel Pinkas poetry
2005 Shabtai Teveth Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2005 Yisrael Meir Lau Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2005 Cameri theater Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2006 Ya'akov Blidstein Jewish philosophy
2006 Haim Adler education
2006 Miriam Ben-Peretz education
2006 Ruth Lapidot Law
2006 Amnon Rubinstein Law
2006 Nahum Keidar Agriculture
2006 Zvi Rappoport chemistry
2006 Pnina Salzman music
2006 Mendi Rodan music
2006 Yaacov Hodorov Sports
2006 Ralph Klein Sports
2006 Dvora Omer Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2006 Al float Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2006 Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2007 Elisha Efrat geography
2007 Amnon Cohen Increase in knowledge about the land of Israel and the ties to home
2007 Shalom H. Schwartz psychology
2007 Nissan Liviatan Economics
2007 Zvi Selinger biology
2007 Zvi Hashin Engineering
2007 Yaacov Yaar architecture
2007 Ada Karmi-Melamede architecture
2007 Yarom Vardimon design
2007 Nahum Barnea communication
2007 Bar Ilan Responsa Project Rabbinical literature
2007 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2007 Gevatron Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2007 Dov Lautman Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2007 Alice Shalvi Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 David Weiss Halivni Talmudic Studies
2008 Anita Shapira history
2008 Benjamin Isaac history
2008 Sami Samoocha sociology
2008 Zeev star bright Political science
2008 Moshe Oren biochemistry
2008 Noga Alon mathematics
2008 Adi Shamir Computer science
2008 Pinchas Cohen Gan painting
2008 Rene Yerushalmi theatre
2008 Nissan native theatre
2008 Ida Fink literature
2008 Tuvia Rübner Hebrew poetry
2008 Nili Mirsky translation
2008 Jewish Agency Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Manufacturers Association of Israel Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Youth Movements Council Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Ezer Mizion Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Perach Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Na'amat Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2008 Emunah Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2009 Emanuel Tov Bible studies
2009 Israel Levin literature
2009 Reuven Tsur literature
2009 Zahava Solomon Social work
2009 Mordechai Rotenberg Social work
2009 Amihai Mazar archeology
2009 Zvi Laron medicine
2009 Itamar Procaccia physics
2009 Micha Ullman sculpture
2009 Yehuda (Judd) Neeman Movie
2009 Nachum (seam) Heiman Jewish singing
2009 Dov Seltzer Jewish singing
2009 Israel Democracy Institute Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2009 Ruth Rasnic Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2009 Mordechai Shani Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2010 Avishai Margalit philosophy
2010 Hanoch Bartov literature
2010 Aryeh Sivan poetry
2010 Abraham Valley Hebrew linguistics
2010 Arye Levin linguistics
2010 Moshe Adad Criminology
2010 Yair Aharoni management
2010 Abraham Nitzan chemistry
2010 Yehoshua Kolodny earth sciences
2010 Jonathan Gressel Agriculture
2010 Peter Mirom photograph
2010 Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater dance
2010 Aharon Jadlin Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2010 Yardena Cohen Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2010 Kamal Mansour Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2010 ILAN - Israel Foundation for Handicapped Children Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2011 Michael Schwarz Jewish thought
2011 Yosef Shiloh Life sciences
2011 Ruth Gavison Legal studies
2011 Pnina Klein education
2011 David Harari Engineering
2011 Ya'acov Dorchin performing Arts
2011 Noam sheriff music
2011 Shimon Mizrahi Sports
2011 Hulda Gurevitch Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2011 Eli Alaluf Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2012 David Kazhdan Mathematics and computer science
2012 Shlomo Bentin psychology
2012 David Milstein Chemistry and physics
2012 Ruth Katz Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2012 Dalia Cohen Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2012 Azaria Alon Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2012 Chaim Druckman education
2012 Yoav Benjamini statistics
2012 Nathan Shaham Hebrew literature and poetry
2012 Ya'akov Ahimeir media
2013 Gideon Dagan geography
2013 Nathan Nelson Life sciences
2013 Yosef Kaplan History of the Jews
2013 Chava Turniansky Jewish language and linguistics
2013 Adam Mazor architecture
2013 Yoram Bilu Sociology and Anthropology
2013 Nola Chelton Theater studies
2013 Eliyahu Hacohen Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2013 Ron Nachman Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2014 Shamma Y. Friedman Talmudic Studies
2014 Mordechai Segev Chemistry and physics
2014 Yaacov Katan Agriculture
2014 Irad Malkin Agriculture and environmental science
2014 Aharon Lichtenstein Jewish literature
2014 Martha Weinstock-Rosin medicine
2014 Michal Na'aman performing Arts
2014 Haim Levy management
2014 Avinoam Naor Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2014 Adina Bar Shalom Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2015 Chaim Topol Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2015 Erez Biton literature
2015 Zelig Eshhar Life sciences
2016 Meir Lahav Chemistry and physics
2016 Leslie Leiserowitz Chemistry and physics
2016 Edit Doron linguistics
2016 Nurit Hirsh Hebrew songs
2016 Eli Sadan Lifetime achievement & special achievement for society and state
2016 Doron Almog Lifetime achievement & special achievement for society and state
2016 Yohanan Friedmann Middle East Studies
2016 Eviatar Nevo Life sciences
2016 David Shulman Religious Studies and Philosophy
2016 Hadas Efrat theatre
2016 Yossi Katz Geography, Archeology and Land Israel Studies
2017 Ágnes Keleti Sports
2017 Tzvika Levy Lifetime achievement & special achievement for society and state
2017 David Beeri Lifetime achievement & special achievement for society and state
2017 Yosef Yarden Life sciences
2017 Aria Vardi music
2017 Malka Margalit education
2017 Yehuda dear Jewish thought
2017 Uri Shaked Engineering
2018 Natan Sharansky Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2018 Miriam Peretz Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2018 David Levy Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2018 Elisha Qimron Judaic Studies
2018 Gil Shved Technology and innovation
2018 Yehudit and Yehuda Bronicki Industry
2018 Yitzhak Schlesinger psychology
2018 Nava Ben-Zvi pedagogy
2018 Edwin Seroussi music
2018 Ron Ben-Yishai journalism
2018 Yehuda Harel Agriculture and housing development
2018 David Grossman literature
2018 Alexander Lubotzky Mathematics and computer science
2018 Sergiu Hart Economy
2018 Shlomo Havlin physics
2019 Rona Ramon Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2019 Naomi Polani performing Arts
2019 Aharon Maman Jewish languages ​​and literature, popular culture
2019 Amnon Ben Tor Geography, regional studies of Eretz Israel, archeology
2019 Dan Eytan Architecture and design
2019 Mordechai Akiva Friedman History of the people of Israel
2019 Dan Yakir earth sciences
2019 Deborah Bernstein Sociology and Anthropology
2019 Miri and Haim Erental Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2019 Adi Kimchi Life sciences
2020 Avishay Braverman Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2020 Naomi Stuchiner Lifetime Achievement & Special Achievement for State and Society
2020 Gideon Rechavi medicine
2020 Sarah Breitberg-Semel performing Arts
2020 Benjamin Z. Kedar history
2020 Joseph fathoms Chemistry and physics
2020 Vered Noam Talmudic Studies
2020 Yaakov Ariel Torah literature
2020 Avraham Ben-Zvi Economics
2020 Dani Zamir Agriculture and the environment

Criticism of the award

Web links

Commons : Israel Prize  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Israel Prize. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998, accessed on October 17, 2017 (English): “The Israel Prize is the most important and prestigious prize of the State of Israel. It was initiated in 1953 by the then Minister of Education, Benzion Dinur, and has been bestowed continuously since then. Every year the judges' committee submit to the Minister of Education their recommendations to give the prize in various fields of activity and creation in Israel. "
  2. ^ Bernard Reich, David H. Goldberg: Historical Dictionary of Israel . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-7185-2 , p. 278.
  3. a b c פרסי ישראל׃ על הפרס
  4. a b c Israel Prize for Literature awarded to Ida Fink, Tuvya Ruebner and Nili Mirsky
  5. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sharpest Brains, Widest Hearts, Gifted Minds: The Fantastic 16 to Win the 2018 Israel Prize , May 7, 2018.
  6. a b c d e f g h i j Bennett to Israel Prize winners: Our world advances thanks to you , The Jerusalem Post, May 9, 2019.
  7. a b c d e f g h i j Rivlin congratulates Israel Prize recipients , Arutz Sheva, April 29, 2020.
  8. Uri Avnery : Like a lonely comet in the sky: Yeshayahu Leibowitz in memory. In: hagalil.com. Haaretz , September 15, 2004, accessed February 23, 2017 .
  9. Netanyahu withdraws veto against jury members. Süddeutsche.de, February 13, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2015 .
  10. Israel Prize: Netanyahu gives in | DW | 02/13/2015. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com), February 13, 2015, accessed on January 1, 2020 (German).