Science
Jennifer Mnookin: work, influence and a contemporary legacy
First President of the State of Israel, pioneering chemist and biochemist, Zionist statesman, key figure behind the Balfour Declaration and founder of the Weizmann Institute of Science
German-born Jewish theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, founder of relativity, pioneer of quantum theory, humanist, peace advocate and a defining figure in the scientific and Jewish heritage of the modern world
The science-fiction writer and science communicator who made knowledge, technology and responsibility subjects for a worldwide readership
Israel’s first astronaut, connecting space research with memory and hope
Physiologist and astronaut expanding the possibilities of research and representation in space
Discoverer of quasicrystals, transforming the understanding of order in matter
The psychologist who transformed the study of judgment and decision-making
Computer scientist and entrepreneur linking research, industry and public policy
Chemist and institution builder who helped establish Israeli scientific capacity
Israeli computer scientist, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist whose work turned computer vision into global systems for safety, accessibility and artificial intelligence
The mathematician who reshaped algebra and linked symmetry with conservation laws
A builder of Israel’s research tradition in modern algebra
The mathematician who gave space and time a shared geometric language
Physicist and inventor connecting scientific imagination with human responsibility
Immunology pioneer, Copaxone co-developer and a builder of scientific and cultural life
Immunologist, Copaxone co-developer and a leader of Israel’s scientific community
The biochemist whose sustained research helped bring Copaxone to patients
Computational chemistry pioneer explaining how molecules and enzymes work
The physician and biochemist who helped explain selective protein breakdown
Ubiquitin researcher connecting fundamental cell biology with medicine
Pioneer of ribosome structure research and Nobel laureate in chemistry
A pioneer of computational biology connecting molecular structure with function
Agronomist and naturalist connecting knowledge of the land with public action
Jewish-American computer scientist and entrepreneur, co-founder of Google and Alphabet, who turned internet search into a central infrastructure of the digital world
Israeli scientist, philosopher, Orthodox Jewish thinker, editor of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica, Hebrew University professor and one of the sharpest public voices in Israeli debates on faith, science, statehood, morality and Judaism
Jewish-American computer scientists and entrepreneurs, co-founders of Google, developers of PageRank, and architects of the search, information and internet revolution that changed how humanity finds and uses knowledge
The historian and philosopher who transformed our understanding of scientific knowledge and change
Sephardic rabbi, legal codifier, philosopher, physician and communal leader whose Mishneh Torah, Commentary on the Mishnah and Guide for the Perplexed reshaped Jewish learning, law and thought