On Einstein and God

Published on November 8, 2012

On October 8, 2012, a handwritten letter was set for auction on e-bay. It sold, 10 days later, with a winning bid of over $3M. The handwritten letter was penned by Albert Einstein to Jewish philosopher Eric B. Gutkind in January 1954, a year before Einstein’s death. In the letter, the Nobel Prize winning physicist called religion childish and made light the idea of Jewish “chosenness.”

This Week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 5, 2012

Two American economists win Nobel Prize

Published on October 15, 2012

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, American economists with ties to Israeli universities, won the Nobel Prize for economics.

Jewish economist Alvin Roth ‘surprised,’ ‘delighted’ by Nobel Prize

Published on October 15, 2012

U.S. economist Alvin Roth, winner of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics on Monday with colleague Lloyd Shapley, was "surprised" and "delighted" when he got the midnight call at his California home telling him he had won.

Jewish doctor from New York co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Published on October 10, 2012

Robert J. Lefkowitz, a Jewish physician and path-breaking biochemist from New York, has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Brian K. Kobilka, a researcher at California’s Stanford University.

French Jew, American researcher share Nobel Prize in Physics

Published on October 9, 2012

Serge Haroche, a French-Jewish physicist, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with David Wineland from the United States.

German poet Gunther Grass slams Israel in second poem

Published on October 1, 2012

Gunter Grass, Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author, has published another poem criticizing Israeli policy.

The week that was in Israel

By Uri Dromi
Published on December 16, 2011

Two Israelis made world headlines this week. In freezing Stockholm, Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Haifa Technion (Israel’s Institute of Technology) won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. In sunny Perth, Australia, Lee Korzits won the gold medal at the women’s Sailing World Championships, bringing her closer to the 2012 London Olympics.

Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship

Published on December 12, 2011

Accepting his Nobel Prize, Israel's Dan Shechtman encouraged entrepreneurship among the young.

What is it about Israel that wins Nobels?

Published on October 11, 2011

Dan Shechtman remembers the day he was kicked out of a research group because of the theory that last week won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Israeli among 4 Jewish scientists to win Nobels

Published on October 5, 2011

An Israeli scientist won the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and Jewish scientists also took prizes in physics and medicine.

Two Jewish scientists win Nobel Prize for medicine

Published on October 4, 2011

The Nobel Prize for medicine reportedly was awarded to two Jewish scientists, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler.

Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Nobel Prize winner

Published on August 3, 2011

Baruj Benacerraf, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1980 for medicine for breakthroughs in immunology, and later headed Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, died Aug. 2 at 90.

Briefs: Krugman wins Nobel Prize, UWash cops sue for discrimination

Published on October 16, 2008

Paul Krugman, a columnist for The New York Times, won the Nobel Prize for economics. Krugman, who also teaches at Princeton University, won for his analysis of international trade patterns

Happy birthday to me

By Marty Kaplan
Published on August 21, 2008

But by and large, despite those enticing pitches, adulthood turns out to mean acceptance -- of how you played the hand you were dealt, of mortality, of beshert -- even if it sometimes includes flashes of 40-f---ing-8-like fury at the way the world turns out to work.

Why is this award different from all others?

By Gina Nahai
Published on May 3, 2007

When Eric R. Kandel says that this award means as much to him as the Nobel, a chuckle rises from the audience and quickly spills into applause. But Kandel isn't joking. "I've been asking myself," he says, "what the difference is between being here and being in Stockholm." Again, there's laughter from the audience.

Israelis, Palestinians deserve US/Euro push for peace

By M.J. Rosenberg
Published on October 26, 2006

Are Israelis simply too weary to make it in the long term? Why do Israelis and Palestinians deserve less than the Irish, the Cypriots, the Serbs, the Bosnians or the South Africans?

Community Briefs

Published on April 27, 2006

Community Briefs

Israeli Wins Nobel for Game Theory

By Dan Baron
Published on October 20, 2005

An Israeli who has educated the world on conflict resolution was named last week as the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in economics.

World Briefs

Published on October 9, 2003

A Syrian-led draft resolution condemning Israel is not getting support at the U.N. Security Council. Syria has been unable to convince Security Council members to vote on the resolution.