• news

• News in Israel

• Events in Israel

Israel celebrates 73

Independence Day 2021: Israel Awards Ceremony

The Independence Day event was pre-recorded with the participation of the Prime Minister, President and Minister of Education. The Prime Minister and Minister of Education will present awards to eight winners, including groundbreaking researchers in the fields of life sciences, biblical literature, literature and the Far East (Sonia Gorodisky)

Tags

• Independence Day

• Israel Prize

Sonia Gorodisky

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 18:30 Updated: 18:45

• Share on Facebook

• Share on WhatsApp

• Share on general

• Share on general

• Share on Twitter

• Share on Email

0 comments

Israel Prize Ceremony

The Israel Awards Ceremony will be held tonight (Thursday), and will be the last of the 73rd Independence Day events.

The ceremony will begin in 18: 30 and will be attended by President Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Knesset Chairman Yariv Levin, Chief Justice Esther animals, Yoav Galant education minister and mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon.

Among this year's award recipients are Prof. Eli Keshet for life science research; Yair Zakovitch on biblical studies; Nurit Mizrahi Hebrew literature and poetry, creating and translating and Prof. Nitza Ben-Dov on the study of Hebrew literature and general.

more are Israel prize are Professor Ben-Ami curtains on the scientific exploration Far East Prof. Ariela Lebenstein on the study of social work and the study of criminology; Michal Bat Adam on the art of cinema and Dr. Yosef Ciechanover on a life enterprise - a special contribution to society and the state.

More on Walla!

Celebrating Independence: The Great Moments of the Beacon Lighting Ceremony

To the full article

Buildings of the Nation, Tonight (Photo: Screenshot, None)

Israel Prize winner Yosef Ciechanover with Education Minister Galant (Photo: Government Press Office, Oded Karni)

The ceremony was held this year in the shadow of a storm over the non-awarding of the prize to Prof. Oded Goldreich by Education Minister Yoav Galant, after he was on the list of winners.

This is against the background of an appeal by the right-wing movement "If You Will" which revealed that Prof. Goldreich supported, through a petition, a boycott of Ariel University.

The bride of the Israel Prize, director and film actress Michal Bat-Adam, protested this week during the filming of the ceremony against the decision not to award Prof. Goldreich the prize.

While receiving the figurine, a human being approached the microphone and said that "I am very happy to receive the award. And I am very sad that we are four and four tonight, because one winner is missing here."

The High Court last week accepted the Education Minister's request to examine whether he could refuse to award the Israel Prize in Mathematics and Computer Science to Prof. Goldreich. High Court judges supported Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's position on the issue.

About two weeks ago, Goldreich signed a petition of academics from Israel and around the world calling on the European Union not to allow research programs appointed by it to collaborate with Ariel University.

The High Court ruled that Goldreich was behind the signing of the petition, but that he made it clear that he did not support the BDS movement. "Given all this, we believe that the Minister of Education should be allowed to review matters and make a decision within a month. The High Court ruled.

Galant decided not to award him the prize.

Prof. Goldreich (Photo: Official Website, Wikipedia)

About a month ago, another storm broke out with the publication of an investigation in Haaretz in which evidence was published according to which former ZKA chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav, who was declared the winner of the Israel Prize about a week earlier, allegedly sexually assaulted children, boys and women.

Golden Silk decided to give up receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing to society and the state.

Following the investigation, the Intelligence and Investigations Division of the police began an investigation into the allegations.

Golden Silk has denied the allegations against him.

• Share on Facebook

• Share on WhatsApp

• Share on general

• Share on general

• Share on Twitter

• Share on Email

0 comments