The Genesis Prize for the year 2024 will be awarded to Israeli organizations that provide care, counseling and support to the returning abductees and their family members - this is what the Genesis Foundation announced today (Wednesday).
It was also reported that the fund will contribute to the international awareness campaign to ensure that the issue of the abductees remains at the top of the global agenda.
The five organizations chosen by the fund are: The Family Headquarters for the Return of Abducted and Missing People, the Fund for Victims of Terrorism of the Jewish Agency for Land Israel, Lev Ehad - Emergency Civilian Aid, Netal: Trauma Victims Against the Background of War and Terrorism and One Family - Overcoming Terrorism Together.
The funds amount to one million dollars will be used to finance aid to the abductees and their families. The funded activities will include treatment, trauma counseling and social rehabilitation for hostages who have been released or rescued. Additional support will be given to Israeli citizens who were injured as a result of Hamas or Hezbollah attacks as well as to citizens evacuated in the surrounding and northern settlements.
Peres Bereshit founder Stan Polovts (right) with Doron Zaktzer, holding a photo of Idan Alexander, whom he hosted in his home in Israel as a lone soldier/Official website, Peres Bereshit Foundation
The founder and chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation, Stan Polovts, said: "The Genesis Prize is a humanitarian award, and this year it seeks to achieve three things - to ensure that the world does not forget the abductees;
to support organizations that focus on helping abductees and their families;
and to raise to a miracle the extraordinary work of all those civil organizations that sprung up spontaneously after October 7th.
The volunteers in these organizations are an inspiring example of Jewish strength and unity, and they have already earned a place in the history of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
The Genesis Prize for 2024 is a recognition of their purpose-driven spirit and the inspiration they give to all people of conscience around the world." The
Genesis Prize, dubbed by TIME magazine "the Jewish Nobel", is an annual award designed to celebrate extraordinary people for their professional achievements, their contribution to humanity, and their commitment to the values of Judaism. Past brides and grooms of the prize include Natan Sharansky, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Douglas, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Robert Kraft, Steven Spielberg, the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Albert Borla, Barbra Streisand, and more.
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