The Genesis Prize

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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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.
FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

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STAN POLOVETS, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation / Gal Gadot

Why was Gal Gadot Chosen to be the 2026 Laureate of the $1 Million Genesis Prize?

Genesis Prize Co-Founder and Chairman Stan Polovets discusses the thinking behind Gadot’s selection and how the prize funds will be used

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visits an area damaged by Russian military strikes, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 29, 2022.

This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists in Ukraine

The Genesis Prize Foundation said the war in Ukraine required a change in the approach it has taken since creating the prize, known by some as the "Jewish Nobel."

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Jewish Federations embrace intermarried couples

58% of US Jews have a non-Jewish spouse

NOVEMBER 16, 2015ByDANIELLE ZIRI
A man wears a kippa.

‘IMAGINE’ design competition for Genesis Prize statuette announced

The winner of the competition, entitled, IMAGINE: The Genesis Prize Design Competition, will be chosen by a committee of experts in the world of fine arts.

JULY 5, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Chairman of the Tate Gallery, Lord John Browne appointed chairman of the selection committee for the Genesis Prize Design Competition.

Education before ego

MAY 5, 2013ByERIC YOFFIE
The Jerusalem Post