Jewish Nobel Prize winners

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.

 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.
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Nobel prize for medicine goes to US duo who discovered microRNA

 A view of a screen inside the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced, in Stockholm

Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights

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Jewish American scientist wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for COVID vaccines


This Jewish Nobel Prize laureate has helped find new ways to treat pain

No. 19 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Nobel Prize laureate Prof. David Jay Julius.

 Jewish Nobel Prize laureate Prof. David Jay Julius.

Nobel Prize won by Kindertransport survivor auctioned for nearly $500K

The Nobel Prize was awarded to Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of the density-functional theory.

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Walter Kohn in 1998 was sold at auction for $457,531.

American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

The literature prize has been dogged by controversy over the past several years.

US President Barack Obama awards the 2015 National Humanities Medal to poet Louise Gluck at the White House, September 22, 2016.

Google Doodle honors Nobel laureate who fled Nazis

Jewish writer Nelly Sachs, who penned works about the Holocaust, is celebrated on her birthday.

Google Doodle in honor of Nelly Sachs

Scientist who fled Nazis among Nobel Prize in Physics winners

Professor Rainer Weiss, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, were awarded the prize for the discovery of gravitational waves.

Nobel prize winner MIT Professor Emeritus of Physics Rainer Weiss delivers a lecture on gravitational waves

Neuroscientist, the son of a cantor, wins Nobel Prize for Medicine

The prize awarded to Rosbash, 74, and two others was for their discoveries about molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s daily rhythm.

Michael Rosbash, a Brandeis University professor, proof-reads a press release after being named as a co-winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Bob Dylan to receive Nobel prize in Stockholm

"The good news is that the Swedish Academy and Bob Dylan have decided to meet this weekend," Sara Danius said in a blog post.

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

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize mention deleted from his website

Dylan has not acknowledged the award at any of his performances in the week since the Nobel committee’s Oct. 13 announcement.

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

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.

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

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.

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