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.

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’

 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

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Nobel prize for medicine goes to US duo who discovered microRNA


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

Established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and chemist Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901.

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

Jewish American scientist wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for COVID vaccines

The medicine prize kicks off this year's awards with the remaining five to be unveiled in the coming days.

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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.