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Comprehensive List of Israel Prize Winners Year Winner Category 1953 Gedaliah Alon Jewish studies 1953 Haim Hazaz literature 1953 Ya'akov Cohen literature 1953 Dina Feitelson-Schur education 1953 Mark Dvorzhetski social science 1953 Lipman Heilprin medical science 1953 Zeev Ben-Zvi sculpture 1953 Shimshon Amitsur exact sciences 1953 Jacob Levitzki exact sciences 1954 Moshe Zvi Segal Jewish studies 1954 Schmuel Hugo Bergmann humanities 1954 David Shimoni literature 1954 Shmuel Yosef Agnon literature 1954 Arthur Biram education 1954 Gad Tedeschi jurisprudence 1954 Franz Ollendorff exact sciences 1954 Michael Zohary life sciences 1954 Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer agriculture 1954 Ödön Pártos music 1955 Ephraim Urbach Jewish studies 1955 Isaac Heinemann Jewish studies 1955 Zalman Shneur literature 1955 Yitzhak Lamdan literature 1955 Michael Fekete exact sciences 1955 Israel Reichart life sciences 1955 Yaakov Ben-Tor life sciences 1955 Akiva Vroman life sciences 1955 Benjamin Shapira medical science 1955 Sara Hestrin-Lerner medical science 1955 Netanel Hochberg agriculture 1955 Zahara Schatz painting and sculpture 1956 Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai Jewish studies 1956 Yigael Yadin Jewish studies 1956 Yehezkel Abramsky Rabbinical literature 1956 Gershon Shufman literature 1956 Miriam Yalan-Shteklis children's literature 1956 Nechama Leibowitz education 1956 Yaakov Talmon social sciences 1956 Avraham HaLevi Frankel exact sciences 1956 Manfred Aschner life sciences 1956 Haim Ernst Wertheimer medicine 1956 Hanna Rovina theatre 1957 Haim Shirman Jewish studies 1957 Yohanan Levi humanities 1957 Yaakov Fichman literature 1957 Uri Zvi Grinberg literature 1957 Paltiel Daykan jurisprudence 1957 Siegfried Lehman education 1957 Shlomo Hestrin exact sciences 1957 David Feingold exact sciences 1957 Gad Avigad exact sciences 1957 Saul Adler medicine 1957 Shmuel Horowitz agriculture 1957 Paul Ben-Haim music 1957 Reuvein Margolies Rabbinical literature 1957 Eliezer Smoli children's literature 1957 Dov Karmi architecture 1958 Yosef Klausner Jewish studies 1958 Ben-Zion Dinur Jewish studies 1958 Gershom Scholem Jewish studies 1958 Yehezkel Kaufmann Jewish studies 1958 Yitzhak Baer Jewish studies 1958 Isaac HaLevi Herzog Rabbinical literature 1958 Yehuda Leib Maimon Rabbinical literature 1958 Yosef Zvi HaLevy Rabbinical literature 1958 Martin Buber humanities 1958 Shmuel Yosef Agnon literature 1958 Isaac Dov Berkowitz literature 1958 Ya'akov Cohen literature 1958 Youth Aliyah education 1958 Rachel Katznelson-Shazar social sciences 1958 Yoel (Giulio) Racah exact sciences 1958 Marcus Reiner exact sciences 1958 Leo Picard life sciences 1958 Bernhard Zondek medicine 1958 Selig Suskin agriculture 1958 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design painting and sculpture 1958 Habima Theatre theatre 1958 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra music 1959 Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbinical literature 1959 Leo Aryeh Mayer humanities 1959 S. Yizhar (Yizhar Smilansky) literature 1959 Ezra Fleischer literature 1959 Ephraim Katchalski (Ephraim Katzir) life sciences 1959 Michael Sela life sciences 1959 Hillel (Heinz) Oppenheimer agriculture 1959 Joseph Zaritsky painting 1959 Yehoshua Bertonov theatre 1960 Abraham Haim Shalit Jewish studies 1960 Avraham Arnon education 1960 Shabtai Rosenne jurisprudence 1960 Aharon Meskin theatre 1960 Isaac Michaelson medicine 1960 Franz Sondheimer exact sciences 1961 Shlomo Goren Rabbinical literature 1961 Yechezkel Kutscher humanities 1961 Yehuda Burla literature 1961 Aharon Katzir life sciences 1961 Ora Kedem life sciences 1961 Jacob van der Hoeden agriculture 1961 Menachem Avidom music 1962 Hanoch Yelon Jewish studies 1962 Joseph Bentwich education 1962 Yitzhak Kanav social sciences 1962 Ze'ev Lev exact sciences 1962 Zvi Sliternik medicine 1962 Arieh Sharon architecture 1963 Menachem Mendel Kasher Rabbinical literature 1963 Nathan Rotenstreich humanities 1963 Eliezer Steinman literature 1963 Avraham Fahn life sciences 1963 Mordechai Ardon painting 1964 Ze'ev Ben-Haim Jewish studies 1964 Moshe Zilberg jurisprudence 1964 Moshe Rachmilewitz medicine 1964 Meir Margalit theatre 1965 Shlomo Zemach literature 1965 Shlomo Dykman literature 1965 Karl Frankenstein education 1965 Israel Defense Forces education 1965 Judith Shuval social sciences 1965 Amos de-Shalit exact sciences 1965 Igal Talmi exact sciences 1965 Shmuel Stoller agriculture 1965 Mordechai Seter music 1966 Shlomo Morag Jewish studies 1966 Yitzhak Arieli Rabbinical literature 1966 Hans Jakob Polotsky humanities 1966 Moshe Rudolf Bloch life sciences 1966 Alfred Mansfeld architecture 1966 Dora Gad architecture 1967 Avraham Shlonsky literature 1967 Ernst Simon education 1967 Benjamin Akzin jurisprudence 1967 Aryeh Leo Olitzki medicine 1967 Marcel Janco painting 1968 Ovadia Hedaya Rabbinical literature 1968 Moshe Yechiel Epstein Rabbinical literature 1968 Shmuel Yeivin Jewish studies 1968 Benjamin Mazar Jewish studies 1968 Dov Sadan Jewish studies 1968 Shmuel Samborsky humanities 1968 Shlomo Pines humanities 1968 Avigdor Hameiri literature 1968 Natan Alterman literature 1968 Yaakov Berman education 1968 Alexander Dushkin education 1968 Shoshana Persitz education 1968 David Horowitz social sciences 1968 Shimon Agranat jurisprudence 1968 Emanuel Goldberg exact sciences 1968 Ernst David Bergmann life sciences 1968 Chaim Sheba medicine 1968 Hanan Openheimer agriculture 1968 Yitzhak Danziger sculpture 1968 Yosef Milo theatre 1968 Gertrud Kraus dance 1968 Benjamin Idelson architecture 1969 Yosef Qafih (Kapach) Jewish studies 1969 Joshua Prawer humanities 1969 Schneor Lipson life sciences 1969 Shimon Finkel theatre 1969 Yuval Ne'eman exact sciences 1970 Ovadia Yosef Rabbinical literature 1970 Abba Kovner literature 1970 Leah Goldberg literature 1970 Don Patinkin social sciences 1970 Josef Tal music 1970 Andre De Vries medicine 1971 Saul Lieberman Jewish studies 1971 Haim Ormian education 1971 Zeev Tseltner jurisprudence 1971 Itzhak Arnon agriculture 1971 Arie Aroch painting 1972 David Ayalon humanities 1972 Yocheved Bat-Miriam literature 1972 David Ginzburg exact sciences 1972 Leo Sachs life sciences 1972 Ya'acov Rechter architecture special contribution to society and the Avraham Harzfeld 1972 State 1973 Yehuda Even-Shmuel Jewish studies 1973 Yad Harav Herzog Rabbinical literature 1973 Dorothea Krook-Gilead humanities 1973 Shalom Yosef Shapira("Shin Shalom") literature 1973 Ben-Zion Dinur education 1973 Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt social sciences 1973 Aryeh Dvoretzky exact sciences 1973 Heinrich Mendelssohn life sciences 1973 Richard Stein medicine 1973 Haim Halperin agriculture 1973 Reuven Rubin painting 1973 Hanna Maron theatre 1973 Sara Levi-Tanai dance 1973 Aryeh Elhanani architecture 1973 Pinchas Rosen jurisprudence special contribution to society and the Shaul Avigur 1973 State Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' special contribution to society and the 1973 Remembrance Authority State 1974 Shraga Abramson Jewish studies 1974 Raphael David Levine exact sciences 1974 Isaac Berenblum life sciences 1974 Yedidia Admon music special contribution to society and the Schmuel Hugo Bergmann 1974 State special contribution to society and the Yehoshua Aluf 1974 State in sports 1975 Shimon Halkin literature 1975 Arieh Simon education 1975 Yoel Zussman jurisprudence 1975 Aharon Barak jurisprudence 1975 Miriam Bernstein-Cohen theatre special contribution to society and the Golda Meir 1975 State special contribution to society and the Helena Kagan 1975 State in community service 1976 Eliezer Waldenberg Rabbinical literature 1976 Josef Rom technology and engineering 1976 Gabriel Baer Arabic linguistics 1976 Ezra Mani Arabic linguistics 1976 Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum radio, television and cinema special contribution to society and the Simcha Holzberg 1976 State special contribution to society and the Ezra Korine 1976 State special contribution to society and the Rivka Guber 1976 State special contribution to society and the Yakov Maimon 1976 State 1977 Raphael Mahler history of the Jewish people 1977 Menahem Stern history of the Jewish people 1977 Nahman Avigad Land of Israel studies 1977 David Amiran geography 1977 Shmuel Avitzur cultural research 1977 Zvi Avidov agriculture 1977 Jacob Ephrat agriculture 1977 Elisheva Cohen design 1977 Yona Fischer design 1977 Dani Karavan sculpture 1977 Esther Levit special contribution to work 1977 Avraham Yaakov special contribution to work 1977 Avraham Klier special contribution to industry 1978 Nachum Guttman children's literature 1978 Anda Pinkerfeld Amir children's literature 1978 Levin Kipnis children's literature 1978 Avraham Even-Shoshan Hebrew language 1978 Haim Baruch Rosen linguistics 1978 Louis (Eliyahu) Guttman social sciences 1978 Nathan J. Saltz medicine 1978 Gary Bertini music special contribution to society and the Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi 1978 State special contribution to society and the Moshe Zvi Neria 1978 State 1979 Isaiah Tishbi Jewish studies 1979 Menachem Elon Hebrew law 1979 Baruch Ben-Yehuda education 1979 Yitzchak Raphael Halevi Etzion education 1979 Yokhanan (Hans) Lindner natural sciences 1979 Orna Porat theatre 1979 Raphael Klatchkin theatre special contribution to society and the Tal Brody 1979 State in sports special contribution to society and the Yosef Yekutieli 1979 State in sports 1980 David Flusser history of the Jewish people 1980 Jacob Katz history of the Jewish people 1980 Haim Cohn jurisprudence 1980 Chaim Leib Pekeris physics 1980 Pinchas Litbinovsky painting 1980 Anna Ticho painting 1980 Yosl Bergner painting special contribution to society and the State in the activity of perpetuating the Yad LaBanim
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