German poet Gunther Grass slams Israel in second poem
Jewish Journal
October 1, 2012
Gunter Grass, Germany\’s Nobel Prize-winning author, has published another poem criticizing Israeli policy.
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nobel prize
The week that was in Israel
Uri Dromi
December 16, 2011
Two Israelis made world headlines this week. In freezing Stockholm, Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Haifa Technion (Israel’s Institute of Technology) won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. In sunny Perth, Australia, Lee Korzits won the gold medal at the women’s Sailing World Championships, bringing her closer to the 2012 London Olympics.
Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2011
Accepting his Nobel Prize, Israel\’s Dan Shechtman encouraged entrepreneurship among the young.
What is it about Israel that wins Nobels?
Jewish Journal
October 11, 2011
Dan Shechtman remembers the day he was kicked out of a research group because of the theory that last week won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Israeli among 4 Jewish scientists to win Nobels
Jewish Journal
October 5, 2011
An Israeli scientist won the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and Jewish scientists also took prizes in physics and medicine.
Two Jewish scientists win Nobel Prize for medicine
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2011
The Nobel Prize for medicine reportedly was awarded to two Jewish scientists, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler.
Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Nobel Prize winner
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2011
Baruj Benacerraf, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1980 for medicine for breakthroughs in immunology, and later headed Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, died Aug. 2 at 90.
Briefs: Krugman wins Nobel Prize, UWash cops sue for discrimination
Jewish Journal
October 16, 2008
Paul Krugman, a columnist for The New York Times, won the Nobel Prize for economics. Krugman, who also teaches at Princeton University, won for his analysis of international trade patterns
Happy birthday to me
Marty Kaplan
August 21, 2008
But by and large, despite those enticing pitches, adulthood turns out to mean acceptance — of how you played the hand you were dealt, of mortality, of beshert — even if it sometimes includes flashes of 40-f—ing-8-like fury at the way the world turns out to work.
Why is this award different from all others?
Gina Nahai
May 4, 2007
When Eric R. Kandel says that this award means as much to him as the Nobel, a chuckle rises from the audience and quickly spills into applause. But Kandel isn\’t joking. \”I\’ve been asking myself,\” he says, \”what the difference is between being here and being in Stockholm.\” Again, there\’s laughter from the audience.
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