Genesis Prize

Gal Gadot's $3m. Genesis Prize initiative funds 24 Israeli mental health and trauma care NGOs

Recipients include Make-A-Wish Israel, United Hatzalah, and CareGivers Israel. The grants will support treatment, trauma counseling, caregiver training, and social work services.

A superhero in every field. Gal Gadot.
David Hatchwell, selection committee chairman, The Genesis Prize Foundation (L); President Milei; and Josh Reinstein, president of the Israel Allies Foundation, at Chairman’s Conference, Brazil 2026.

One year after Milei’s Genesis Prize, the Isaac Accords are forging a pro-Israel network across LA

KIND FOUNDER Dan Lubetzky in conversation with CNN contributor Van Jones at ADL's Never Is Now event at Javits Center on March 03, 2025 in New York City.

Van Jones joins Genesis Prize board, says humanity has ‘special responsibility’ to defend Jews

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Smotrich flies to Washington to meet Latin American leaders, expand Isaac Accords


Genesis honors Justice Ginsburg with Lifetime Achievement Award

“I am a judge, born, raised and proud of being a Jew,” said Ginsburg.

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg with Israeli Chief Justice Esther Hayut at Genesis Prize Ceremony, July 4, 2018

Chief Justice Hayut to RBG: You give a voice to the voiceless

"She betters the lives of those who suffer injustice in society... She gives voice to those who would otherwise remain voiceless and gives them hope that one day the law will change."

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Genesis Prize Foundation to infuse $1 million in women’s rights in Israel

“Over 70 years of its existence as an independent country, Israel has achieved enormous progress in the field of women’s rights and ensuring equal opportunity for its women.”

Women's empowerment

Genesis Prize: We won’t rescind award from Natalie Portman

The foundation said the actress waived her right to the money back in December and showed ‘disrespect’ to Israelis.

Natalie Portman poses at the premiere for "Annihilation" in Los Angeles, California, US, February 13, 2018.

On Natalie Portman’s Decision Not to Attend the Genesis Prize Ceremony in Jerusalem

Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman

Report: Natalie Portman first cited Gaza, not Netanyahu, for cancellation

Her representative worried it would not be "appropriate to hold the ceremony given the government actions and the recent escalation."

Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman

Why everyone is wrong about the Natalie Portman Genesis Prize scandal

The Israeli-born actress doesn’t support BDS, isn’t an antisemite, might still donate the money and isn’t the first to skip the award ceremony.

Natalie Portman speaks onstage during The 2018 MAKERS Conference at NeueHouse Hollywood on February 5, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

Open letter to Natalie Portman from an Israeli progressive

We are a family, indeed and you’ve made a mistake.

Natalie Portman poses at the premiere for "Annihilation" in Los Angeles, California, US, February 13, 2018.

Israeli Minister: Natalie Portman's decision borders on antisemitism

Peace Now starts pro-Portman campaign, using the slogan 'I’m with her'

Natalie Portman at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards show in Beverly Hills, California, US, January 8, 2017

Filmmaker Amos Gitai defends Portman’s ceremony boycott

‘Good artists were always critical’

Filmmaker Amos Gitai