JERUSALEM (JTA) — The architect who designed the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem was among the winners of the 2019 Wolf Prize. Moshe Safdie, 80, chosen for architecture, was one of five recipients honored Wednesday at the president’s residence in Jerusalem. The Wolf Prize is given by the president of Israel on…
The American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry previously won Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize. Professor William E. Moerner of Stanford University shared the 2008 Wolf Prize with h Allen J. Bard of the University of Texas-Austin for developing the field of single molecule optical imaging. Moermer shared this year’s Nobel with an American…
Seven scientists and an architect have been named recipients of Israel’s prestigious 2013 Wolf Prizes. The $100,000 prizes, which will be presented in May by Israeli President Shimon Peres during a special Knesset session, were announced Wednesday in Jerusalem by Israeli Minister of Education and Wolf Foundation Council Chair Gideon Sa’ar. The prizes are awarded…
In her final days, in the last letter she sent home, Simone Weil reassured her parents: “You have another source of comfort.” She was referring to her niece, Sylvie Weil. Sylvie — with her myopia, pale complexion and dark, cropped hair — bears an unnerving resemblance to her aunt, and has spent her life battling…
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