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.

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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

Inspired by President Milei’s vision and funded by the Genesis Prize Foundation, American Friends of Isaac Accords is building a web of Israel-Latin America ties designed to outlast political cycles

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH GENESIS PRIZE
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

The CNN commentator and civil rights advocate said the Jewish people remain “the most microscopic minority” and warned against abandoning Israel.

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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

The minister is scheduled to return to Israel as early as Wednesday, after conducting an intensive marathon of meetings in the United States with key Latin American figures.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Ginsburg will be the inaugural recipient of the prize, which is being given to mark the 5th anniversary of the Genesis Prize, dubbed the "Jewish Nobel."

NOVEMBER 15, 2017BySHOSHANA KRANISH
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

2018 'Jewish Nobel' goes to Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman said she was "deeply touched and humbled" by the honor.

NOVEMBER 7, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman

The Meaning and Impact of The Genesis Prize

The Genesis Prize Foundation’s new president weighs in on how the organization can help inspire and unite Jews.

AUGUST 24, 2017ByNOA AMOUYAL
Steve Rakitt (Courtesy)

Making the world a better place

The Genesis Prize strengthens the bond between Israel and the Diaspora, says Deputy CEO Sana Britavsky

AUGUST 2, 2017BySTEVE LINDE
Genesis Prize 2015 Laureate Michael Douglas with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, Genesis Prize Ceremony MC Jay Leno and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.