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Israel Prizes

The Israel Prize is considered the highest honor awarded by the State of Israel. Since 1953 it has been presented to Israeli citizens or organizations that have broken new ground, displayed excellence in their field or contributed significantly to Israeli culture. The prize is presented every year on the eve of Israel's Independence Day, in the presence of the president, prime minister, speaker of the Knesset and Supreme Court president, among others. Of the almost 700 prizes awarded thus far, more than forty per cent have been awarded to faculty or alumni of the Hebrew University.

Israel Prize winners from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

2010-2015

 

2015

Prof. Zvi Schiffrin, Scientific Research of the Far East

Prof. David Weisburd, Social Work and Criminological Research

2014

Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin, Medicine

Prof. Yaacov Katan, Agricultural & Environmental

2012

Prof. David Kazhdan, Mathematics & Computer Science

Prof. Shlomo Bentin, Psychology

Prof. David Milstein, Chemistry & Physics*

Prof. Ruth Katz, Musicology

Prof. Dalia Cohen, Musicology

Prof. Yoav Benjamini, Economics & Statistics*

Yaakov Ahimeir, Journalism*

2011

Prof. Ruth Gavison, Law

Prof. Noam Sheriff, Philosophy*

Prof. Michael Schwartz, Jewish and Arabic language & literature*

Prof. Yosef Shiloh, Human Genetics*

Eli Elaluf, Political Science*

2010

Prof. Aryeh Levin, Linguistics

Prof. Yehoshua Kolodny, Earth Sciences

Prof. Abraham Tal, Linguisitics*

Aryeh Sivan, Hebrew Poetry*

Hanoch Bartov, Literature*

Prof. Abraham Nitzan, Chemistry*

Prof. Avishai Margalit, Philosophy (former faculty)*

 

* = alumnus only

 

2000-2009

 

2009

Prof Emanuel Tov, Bible

Prof. Israel Levin, Hebrew Literature*

Prof. Reuven Tsur, Literature*

Prof. Mordechai Rotenberg, Social Work

Prof. Amihai Mazar, Archaeology

Prof. Zvi Laron, Medicine*

Prof. Itamar Procaccia, Physics*

Prof. Yehdua Judd Neeman, Cinema*

Prof. Mordechai Shani, Lifetime Achievement*

2008

Prof. Noga Alon, Mathematics*

Prof. Pinchas Cohen Gan, Art*

Prof. Zeev Sternhell, Political Science

2007

Nahum Barnea, Communications* 

Prof. Amnon Cohen, Land of Israel Studies

Prof. Elisha Efrat, Geography*

Prof. Nissan Levitan, Economics

Prof. Shalom Schwartz, Psychology

Prof. Zvi Selinger, Biology

Prof. Alice Shalvi, Lifetime Achievement

2006

Prof. Chaim Adler, Education

Prof. Miriam Ben-Peretz*

Prof. Nachum Kedar, Agriculture

Prof. Ruth Lapidoth, Law

Prof. Zvi Rappoport, Chemistry

Prof. Amnon Rubinstein*

2005

Prof. Jacob Bekenstein, Physics

Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Political Science

Prof. Shaul Feldman, Medicine

Prof. Olga Kapeliuk, Linguistics

Prof. Jacob Landau, Middle Eastern Studies

Shabtai Teveth, Lifetime Achievement*

2004

Prof. Menachem Brinker, Literature

Prof. Abraham Doron, Social Work

Prof. Sara Japhet, Bible

Prof. Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Art History

Prof. Dov Noy, Hebrew & General Literature

Prof. Aharon Razin, Biochemistry

Prof. Ester Samuel-Cahn, Statistics

Lia Van Leer, Lifetime Achievement*

2003

Aharon Amir, Hebrew Translation*

Prof. Menachem Amir, Criminology

Geula Cohen, Lifetime Achievement*

Prof. Avraham Grossman, Jewish History

Prof. Israel Ta-Shma, Talmud

2000

Prof. Hillel M. Daleski, General Literature

Prof. Jonah Fraenkel, Talmudic Literature

Prof. Abraham Goldberg, Talmudic Literature

Prof. Menahem Haran, Bible

Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, Chemistry

Prof. Shaul Shaked, Linguistics

Prof. Yirmiyahu Yovel, General Philosophy

2002

Prof. Abraham H. Halevy, Agriculture

Eli Hurvitz, Lifetime Achievement*

Prof. Shmuel Safrai, Land of Israel Studies

Prof. Itamar Willner, Chemistry

2001

Prof. Marcel Eliakim, Medicine

Prof. Avi Ravitzky, Jewish Thought

Prof. Joshua Weisman, Law

 

* = alumnus only

 

1990-1999

 

1999

Prof. Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, Geography

Prof. Haim Cedar, Biology

Prof. Moshe Idel, Jewish Thought

Prof. Aharon Mirsky, Hebrew Literature

Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Middle Eastern Studies

Prof. Bezalel Narkiss, Art History

Prof. Arie S. Shachar, Geography

Prof. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbinic Literature

1998

Prof. Yehuda Bauer, History of the Jewish People

Prof. Yehudith Birk, Agriculture

Prof. Trude Dothan, Archaeology

Shlomo Hillel, Special Contribution to Society*

Ehud Manor, Hebrew Song*

Amos Oz, Literature*

Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Medical Science

Prof. Yona Rozenfeld, Social Work

Prof. Saharon Shelah, Mathematics

1997

Prof. Joseph Dan, Jewish Thought

Prof. Izhak Englard, Law

Prof. Jacob Sussman, Talmud

Prof. Shemaryahu Talmon, Bible

Haim Yavin, Communications*

Prof. Itzhak Zamir, Law

1996

Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Political Science

Prof. Moshe Barasch, Art History

Prof. Ilan Chet, Agriculture

Prof. Marcel Dubois, Special Contribution to the State

Prof. Moshe Piamenta, Middle Eastern Studies

Prof. Shimon Sandbank, Hebrew Translation of Literature

Prof. Meir Shamgar, Special Contribution to the State

Prof. Chone Shmeruk, Jewish Languages

Prof. Yechezkiel Stein, Medicine

1995

Prof. Dov Nir, Geography

Prof. Michael Rabin, Computer Science

1994

Prof. Robert J. Aumann, Economics

Prof. Michael Bruno, Economics

Prof. Haim Z. Dimitrovsky, Talmud

Prof. Schneyour-Zalman Feller, Law

Prof. Moshe Greenberg, Bible

Prof. Avram Hershko, Biochemistry*

Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Jewish Thought

Prof. Nathan Sharon, Biochemistry*

Prof. Moshe Weinfeld, Bible

1993

Prof. Shlomo Alexander, Exact Sciences

Prof. Yehoshua Arieli, History

Prof. Moshe Bar-Asher, Hebrew Language & Jewish Languages

Prof. Hillel (Harry) Furstenberg, Exact Sciences

Prof. Gideon Goldenberg, Hebrew Language & General Linguistics

Prof. Yehoshafat Harkabi, Political Science

Prof. Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, History

Prof. Dan Miron, Hebrew Literature

Prof. Gershon Shaked, Hebrew Literature

1992

Prof. Moshe Lissak, Social Sciences

1991

Prof. Shmuel Agmon, Exact Sciences

Prof. Haim Beinart, Jewish Studies

Prof. Miriam Ben-Porat, Special Contribution to Society

Prof. Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan, Land of Israel Studies

Prof. Dov Frohman, Exact Sciences

Prof. Moshe Landau, Law

1990

Prof. Moshe Altbauer, Humanities

Prof. Alexander Levitzki, Life Sciences

Prof. Moshe Prywes, Life Sciences

Prof. Nathan Spiegel, Humanities

Prof. Meir Weiss, Jewish Studies

Prof. Zvi Yavetz, Humanities*

 

* = alumnus only

 

1980-1989

 

1989

Prof. Haim Harari, Exact Sciences*

Prof. Elihu Katz, Social Sciences

Prof. Samuel Werses, Hebrew Literature

Prof. Israel Yeivin, Hebrew Language

1988

Prof. Natan Goldblum, Life Sciences

Prof. Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, Jewish Studies

Haim Gouri, Hebrew Poetry*

1987

Prof. Ezra Zion Melamed, Bible Studies

Prof. Menahem Yaari, Economics

1986

Prof. Michael Evenari, Lifetime Achievement in Desert Research

1985

Prof. Joshua Blau, Hebrew Language & Linguistics

Prof. Henry N. Neufeld, Medicine

1984

Prof. Aron (Alfred) Bondi, Agriculture

Prof. Shlomo Ravikovitch, Agriculture

1983

Aharon Appelfeld, Literature*

Prof. Saul Friedlander, History

Dr. Zerach Warhaftig, Special Contribution to Society

1982

Yehuda Amichai, Hebrew Poetry

Prof. Ruth Amiran, Land of Israel Studies*

Prof. Roberto Bachi, Demography

Prof. Joshua Jortner, Chemistry*

1981

Prof. Meir J. Kister, Arabic Linguistics & Middle Eastern Studies

Prof. Joram Lindenstrauss, Mathematics

1980

Prof. Haim Cohn, Law

Prof. David Flusser, History of the Jewish People

Prof. Jacob Katz, History of the Jewish People

 

* = alumnus only

 

1970-1979

 

1979

Prof. Menachem Elon, Jewish Law

Prof. Isaiah Tishby, Jewish Studies

1978

Prof. Louis (Eliahu) Guttman, Social Sciences

Prof. Haiim Baruch Rosen, Linguistics

Prof. Nathan Saltz, Medicine

1977

Prof. David Amiran, Geography

Prof. Zvi Avidov, Agriculture

Prof. Nahman Avigad, Land of Israel Studies

Prof. Menahem Stern, History of the Jewish People

1976

Prof. Gabriel Baer, Arabic Language

1975

Prof. Aharon Barak, Law 

Prof. Simon Leo Halkin, Literature

Dr. Helena Kagan, Special Contribution to Society

Prof. Yoel Sussman, Law

1974

Prof. Shraga Abramson, Jewish Studies

Prof. Hugo Shmuel Bergman, Special Contribution to the State

Prof. Raphael D. Levine, Exact Sciences

1973

Prof. Benzion Dinur, Education

Prof. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Exact Sciences

Prof. Samuel Noah Eisenstadt, Social Sciences

Prof. Haim Halperin, Agriculture

Prof. Dorothea Krook, Humanities

1972

Prof. David Ayalon, Humanities

1971

Prof. Isaac Arnon, Agriculture

Prof. Shaul Liberman, Jewish Studies*

1970

Prof. Andre De Vries, Medicine

Prof. Lea Goldberg, Literature

Prof. Don Patinkin, Social Sciences

Prof. Josef Tal, Musicology

 

* = alumnus only

 

1960-1969
1969

Prof. Shneior Lifson, Life Sciences*

Prof. Joshua Prawer, Humanities

1968

Prof. Simon Agranat, Law 

Prof. Ernst David Bergmann, Life Sciences

Prof. Alexander Mordecai Dushkin, Education

Prof. Benjamin Mazar, Jewish Studies

Prof. Shlomo Pines, Humanities

Prof. Dov Sadan, Jewish Studies

Prof. Samuel Sambursky, Jewish Studies

1967

Prof. Benjamin Akzin, Law

Prof. Aryeh Leo Olitzki, Medicine

Prof. Ernst Akiva Simon, Education

1966

Prof. Shlomo Morag, Jewish Studies

Prof. Hans Jacob Polotsky, Humanities

1965

Prof. Carl Frankenstein, Education

Prof. Amos De Shalit, Exact Sciences*

Prof. Judith T. Shuval, Social Sciences

1964

Prof. Zeev Ben-Hayyim, Jewish Studies

Prof. Moshe Rachmilewitz, Medicine

Prof. Moshe Silberg, Law

1963

Prof. Abraham Fahn, Life Sciences

Prof. Nathan Rotenstreich, Humanities

1962

Prof. Joseph S. Bentwich, Education

Prof. Ze’ev Lev (William Low), Exact Sciences

Prof. Hanoch Yalon, Jewish Studies

1961

Prof. Aharon Katzir, Life Sciences*

Prof. Eduard Yechezkel Kutscher, Humanities

1960

Prof. Isaac Chesar Michaelson, Medicine

Prof. Abraham Schalit, Jewish Studies

 

* = alumnus only

 

1950-1959

 

1959

Prof. Ezra Fleischer, Literature

Prof. Ephraim Katchalski (Katzir), Life Sciences*

Prof. Leo Arye Mayer, Humanities

Prof. Heinz (Hillel) Oppenheimer, Agriculture

Prof. Michael Sela, Life Sciences*

Prof. Yizhar Smilansky (S. Yizhar), Literature

1958

Prof. Yitzhak Baer, Jewish Studies

Prof. Martin Buber, Humanities

Prof. Benzion Dinur, Jewish Studies

Prof. Joseph Klausner, Jewish Studies

Prof. Yehezkel Kaufman, Jewish Studies

Prof. Leo Picard, Life Sciences

Prof. Giulio Racah, Exact Sciences

Prof. Gershom Scholem, Jewish Studies

Prof. Bernard Zondek, Medicine

1957

Prof. Saul Adler, Medicine

Prof. Gad Avigad, Exact Sciences

Prof. David Feingold, Exact Sciences

Prof. Shlomo Hestrin, Exact Sciences

Prof. Shmuel Hurwitz, Agriculture

Prof. Hans-Johanan Lewy, Humanities

Prof. Hayyim Schirmann, Jewish Studies

1956

Prof. Manfred Aschner, Life Sciences

Prof. Avraham Halevi Fraenkel, Exact Sciences

Prof. Jacob Laib Talmon, Social Sciences

Prof. Naphtali Tur-Sinai, Jewish Studies

Prof. Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Medicine

Prof. Yigael Yadin, Jewish Studies

1955

Prof. Yaacov Bentor, Life Sciences

Prof. Michael Fekete, Exact Sciences

Prof. Sarah Hestrin-Lerner, Medical Sciences

Prof. Israel Reichert, Life Sciences

Prof. Binyamin Shapiro, Medical Sciences

Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach, Jewish Studies

1954

Prof. Hugo Shmuel Bergman, Humanities

Prof. Frederick Simon Bodenheimer, Agriculture

Prof. Moses Hirsch Segal, Jewish Studies

Prof. Guido (Gad) Tedeschi, Law

Prof. Michael Zohary, Life Sciences

1953

Gedalia Allon, Jewish Studies

Prof. Shimshon Amitsur, Exact Sciences

Prof. Dina Feitelson, Education

Prof. Lipman Halpern, Medicine

Prof. Jacob Levitzki, Exact Sciences

 

* = alumnus only