# EMET Prize
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{{short description|Israeli award for academic/professional excellence}}
{{Infobox award
| name = EMET Prize
| image = 100px
| awarded_for = Excellence in academic and professional achievements in Science, Art and Culture in Israel
| presenter = EMN Foundation
| country = [Israel](/source/Israel)
| year = {{start date and age|2002}}
| website = https://emetprize.com
}}
The '''EMET Prize''' for Art, Science and Culture is an Israeli prize awarded annually for excellence in academic and professional achievements that have far-reaching influence and make a significant contribution to society.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v34.n7/story5.html |title=Literary theorist wins Israel's EMET Prize for contributions |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000158/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v34.n7/story5.html |url-status=dead }}]
Prizes are awarded in the following five categories: the [Exact Sciences](/source/Exact_Sciences), [Life Sciences](/source/Life_Sciences), [Social Sciences](/source/Social_Sciences), [Humanities](/source/Humanities), and Culture and the Arts.
The prizes, totaling one million dollars, are sponsored by the '''EMN Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Art and Culture in Israel''', under the auspices of and in cooperation with the [Prime Minister of Israel](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Israel). It is awarded to Israeli citizens and, in certain circumstances, to non-citizens residing in Israel who consider Israel their permanent home.
The EMET Prize is administered by the Award Committee, composed of representatives appointed by the Prime Minister[[http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/PM+Office/Projects/emet.htm EMET Prize Prime Minister's Office]] and the EMN Foundation. Currently, the Chairman of the Award Committee is retired Supreme Court Justice [Jacob Turkel](/source/Jacob_Turkel).{{Update inline|date=April 2026|reason=Turkel died in 2023}}
==EMET Prize Laureates==
===2022===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Life Sciences || Brain Research || Professor [Hermona Soreq](/source/Hermona_Soreq) and Professor Rafael Malach
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| Social Sciences || Law || Professor [Ruth Lapidoth](/source/Ruth_Lapidoth) and Professor [Amnon Rubinstein](/source/Amnon_Rubinstein)
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| Humanities || Archeology || Professor [Oded Lipschits](/source/Oded_Lipschits) and Professor [Gideon Shelach-Lavi](/source/Gideon_Shelach-Lavi)
|-
|}
===2020===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Nano technology || Professor [Reshef Tenne](/source/Reshef_Tenne) and Professor Yechezkel Barenholtz
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| Life Sciences || Biochemistry || Professor [Dan Tawfik](/source/Dan_Tawfik)
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| Social Sciences || Psychology || Professor Ruth Feldman
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| Humanities || Biblical Research || Professor Devorah Dimant and Professor Eliezer (Ed) Greenstein
|-
| Culture and Arts || Architecture || Professor Bracha Chyutin and Professor. Shamai Asif
|}
===2019===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Physics and Space Research || Professor [Mordechai Segev](/source/Mordechai_Segev) and Professor [Tsvi Piran](/source/Tsvi_Piran)
|-
| Life Sciences || Bio-Medicine || Professor [Michal Schwartz](/source/Michal_Schwartz) Professor [Yair Reisner](/source/Yair_Reisner) and Professor Yinon Ben-Neriah
|-
| Social Sciences || Political Science and Strategy || Professor [Azar Gat](/source/Azar_Gat) and Professor Avner de Shalit
|-
| Humanities || History || Professor Mechal Sobel and Professor [Benjamin Z. Kedar](/source/Benjamin_Z._Kedar)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Translation - Poetry and Literature || Doctor Hannah Amit-Kochavi and Doctor David Weinfeld
|}
===2018===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Chemistry || Professor [Meir Lahav](/source/Meir_Lahav) and Professor [Leslie Leiserowitz](/source/Leslie_Leiserowitz)
|-
| Life Sciences || Genetics || Professor Hanna Engelberg-Kulka and Professor Ephrat Levy-Lahad
|-
| Social Sciences || Sociology and Anthropology || Professor [Eva Illouz](/source/Eva_Illouz) and Professor [Hanna Herzog](/source/Hanna_Herzog)
|-
| Humanities || Jewish Law || Professor [Nahum Rakover](/source/Nahum_Rakover)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Photography || Mrs. [Michal Rovner](/source/Michal_Rovner) and Mr. [Sharon Yaari](/source/Sharon_Yaari)
|}
===2017===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Computer & Electronic engineering || Professor [Jacob Ziv](/source/Jacob_Ziv)
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| Life Sciences || Cancer Research || Professor [Zelig Eshhar](/source/Zelig_Eshhar) and Professor [Alexander Levitzki](/source/Alexander_Levitzki)
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| Social Sciences || Economics || Professor [Assaf Razin](/source/Assaf_Razin)
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| Humanities || Philosophy || Professor David Heyd
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| Culture and Arts || Theater || Mr. [Oded Kotler](/source/Oded_Kotler) and Mr. [Yevgeny Aryeh](/source/Yevgeny_Aryeh)
|}
===2016===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Mathematics || Professor [David Kazhdan](/source/David_Kazhdan) and Professor [Joseph Bernstein](/source/Joseph_Bernstein)
|-
| Life Sciences || Brain Research || Professor [Haim Sompolinsky](/source/Haim_Sompolinsky)
|-
| Social Sciences || Social Work || Professor Zahava Solomon and Professor Rami Benbenishty
|-
| Humanities || Holocaust Research || Professor [Yehuda Bauer](/source/Yehuda_Bauer)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Hebrew Literature || Author [Abraham B. Yehoshua](/source/Abraham_B._Yehoshua) and Author [Ronit Matalon](/source/Ronit_Matalon)
|}
===2015===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Earth and Environmental Science || Professor Joseph Loya and Professor Daniel Rosenfeld
|-
| Life Sciences || Agriculture || Professor [Morris Soller](/source/Morris_Soller) and Professor Dani Zamir
|-
| Social Sciences || Education || Professor Bat-Sheva Eylon and Professor [Miriam Ben-Peretz](/source/Miriam_Ben-Peretz)
|-
| Humanities || Jewish Philosophy || Professor [Dov Schwartz](/source/Dov_Schwartz)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Music || Professor [Betty Olivero](/source/Betty_Olivero) and Professor [Tzvi Avni](/source/Tzvi_Avni)
|-
| Honoree of Emet Prize || ||Former Supreme Court Justice [Gabriel Bach](/source/Gabriel_Bach)
|}
===2014===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Computer Science || Professor [Shimon Ullman](/source/Shimon_Ullman)
|-
| Life Sciences || Biotechnology || Professor [David Wallach](/source/David_Wallach)
|-
| Social Sciences || Law || Professor [Yitzhak Zamir](/source/Yitzhak_Zamir) and Professor [Ariel Porat](/source/Ariel_Porat)
|-
| Humanities || Archaeology || Professor [Naama Goren-Inbar](/source/Naama_Goren-Inbar) and Professor [Yoram Tsafrir](/source/Yoram_Tsafrir)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Architecture || Architect [Shlomo Aronson](/source/Shlomo_Aronson_(landscape_architect)) and Architect [Yaacov Yaar](/source/Yaacov_Yaar)
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| Honoree of Emet Prize || ||Professor [Michael Sela](/source/Michael_Sela)
|}
===2013===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Physics || Professor [Moty (Mordehai) Heiblum](/source/Moty_(Mordehai)_Heiblum)
|-
| Life Sciences || Genetic || Professor Ben-Zion Shilo, Professor Giora Simchen, and Professor Gideon Rechavi
|-
| Social Sciences || Political Science || Professor [Shlomo Avineri](/source/Shlomo_Avineri)
|-
| Humanities || Jewish Languages || Professor [David M. Bunis](/source/David_M._Bunis)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Painting and Sculpture || Professor [Zvi Goldstein](/source/Zvi_Goldstein) (Painting), Professor [Nahum Tevet](/source/Nahum_Tevet) (Sculpture)
|}
===2012===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Chemistry || Professor [Raphael Mechoulam](/source/Raphael_Mechoulam) and Professor [Abraham Nitzan](/source/Abraham_Nitzan)
|-
| Life Sciences || Physiology || Professor Adi Kimchi and Professor Marshall Devor
|-
| Social Sciences || Economics || Professor [Menahem Yaari](/source/Menahem_Yaari)
|-
| Humanities || Linguistics || Professor [Ruth A. Berman](/source/Ruth_A._Berman) and Professor [Moshe Bar-Asher](/source/Moshe_Bar-Asher)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Acting || Mrs. [Lea Koenig](/source/Lea_Koenig)-Stolper
|}
===2011===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Mathematics || Professor [Saharon Shelah](/source/Saharon_Shelah) and Professor [Noga Alon](/source/Noga_Alon)
|-
| Social Sciences || Psychology || Professor Dan Zakay and Professor [Gershon Ben-Shakhar](/source/Gershon_Ben-Shakhar)
|-
| Humanities || Jewish Law || Professor Eliav Shochetman and Professor Berachyahu Lifshitz
|-
| Culture and Arts || Photography || [Miki Kratsman](/source/Miki_Kratsman) and Professor Hanan Laskin
|}
===2010===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Computer Science || Professor [Sarit Kraus](/source/Sarit_Kraus) and Professor [David Harel](/source/David_Harel)
|-
| Life Sciences || Brain Research || Professor [Moussa B.H. Youdim](/source/Moussa_B.H._Youdim) and Professor [Baruch Minke](/source/Baruch_Minke)
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| Social Sciences || Journalism || [Carmela Menashe](/source/Carmela_Menashe)
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| Humanities || Ancient Middle East and African Studies|| Professor [Itamar Singer](/source/Itamar_Singer) (Ancient Middle East Studies), Professor [David Dean Shulman](/source/David_Dean_Shulman) (African and Asian Studies)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Poetry and Literature || [Shin Shifra](/source/Shin_Shifra)
|}
===2009===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Physics || Professor [Harry J. Lipkin](/source/Harry_J._Lipkin)
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| Life Sciences || Cancer Research|| Professor [Chaim Cedar](/source/Chaim_Cedar) and Professor [Aharon Razin](/source/Aharon_Razin)
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| Humanities || Talmudic Studies and Jewish Philosophy || Professor Menahem Kahana (Talmud), Professor Zev Harvey (Jewish Philosophy)
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| Culture and Arts || Choreography and Dance || [Yair Vardi](/source/Yair_Vardi) and [Ohad Naharin](/source/Ohad_Naharin)
|}
===2008===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Chemistry || Professor [Joshua Jortner](/source/Joshua_Jortner) and Professor [Itamar Willner](/source/Itamar_Willner)
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| Life Sciences || Genetics || Professor [Batsheva Kerem](/source/Batsheva_Kerem) and Professor Yoram Groner
|-
| Social Sciences || Education || Professor Moshe Dov Caspi and Professor Rachel Elboim-Dror
|-
| Humanities || Middle Eastern Studies || Professor Etan Kohlberg and Professor [Sasson Somekh](/source/Sasson_Somekh)
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| Culture and Arts || Music || Professor Yizhak Sadai and [Yoni Rechter](/source/Yoni_Rechter)
|}
===2007===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences ||Computer Science and Mathematics || Professor [Micha Sharir](/source/Micha_Sharir) (Computer Science), Professor [Vitali Milman](/source/Vitali_Milman) and Professor [Shmuel Agmon](/source/Shmuel_Agmon) (Mathematics)
|-
| Life Sciences || Biochemistry and Microbiology || Professor Yosef Yarden (Biochemistry), Professor [Eliora Z. Ron](/source/Eliora_Z._Ron) (Microbiology)
|-
| Social Sciences || Law and Criminology ||Professor [Aharon Barak](/source/Aharon_Barak) (Law), Professor [Shlomo Giora Shoham](/source/Shlomo_Giora_Shoham) (Criminology)
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| Humanities ||Philosophy and History || Professor [Avishai Margalit](/source/Avishai_Margalit) (Philosophy), Professor [Myriam Yardeni](/source/Myriam_Yardeni) (History)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Literature || [Sami Michael](/source/Sami_Michael) and [David Grossman](/source/David_Grossman)
|}
===2006===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Physics and Earth Science || Professor [Yakir Aharonov](/source/Yakir_Aharonov) and Professor [Yoseph Imry](/source/Yoseph_Imry) (Physics) and Professor Zvi Garfunkel (Earth Science)
|-
| Life Sciences || Medicine and Biology || Professor [Peretz Lavie](/source/Peretz_Lavie) (Medicine), Professor [Ada Yonath](/source/Ada_Yonath) and Professor [Eli Keshet](/source/Eli_Keshet) (Biology)
|-
| Social Sciences || Economy and Management Science|| Professor Haim Levy and Professor [Ariel Rubinstein](/source/Ariel_Rubinstein)
|-
| Humanities || Talmudic Studies and Jewish Philosophy|| Professor [Yaakov Sussmann](/source/Yaakov_Sussmann) (Talmud), Professor [Yehuda Liebes](/source/Yehuda_Liebes) (Jewish Philosophy)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Architecture and Design || Zvi Narkis (Design) and [Nitza Metzger Szmuk](/source/Nitza_Metzger_Szmuk) (Architecture)
|}
===2005===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Chemistry and Chemical Engineering || Professor [Meir Wilchek](/source/Meir_Wilchek) (Chemistry), Professor [Zehev Tadmor](/source/Zehev_Tadmor) (Chemical Engineering)
|-
| Life Sciences || Cancer Research and Biology || Professor Yosef Shiloh (Cancer Research), Professor Zvi Selinger (Biology)
|-
| Social Sciences || Archaeology and Sociology || Professor [Amos Kloner](/source/Amos_Kloner) and Professor [Ephraim Stern](/source/Ephraim_Stern) (Archaeology), Professor [S.N. Eisenstadt](/source/S.N._Eisenstadt) (Sociology)
|-
| Humanities || Literary Research and Religion Research || Professor [R.J. Zwi Werblowsky](/source/R.J._Zwi_Werblowsky) (Religion), Professor [Benjamin Harshav](/source/Benjamin_Harshav) (Literature)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Director and Acting (Theater) || Michael Gurevich (Theatre director), [Orna Porat](/source/Orna_Porat) (Acting)
|}
===2004===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Computer Science and Mathematics || Professor [Michael O. Rabin](/source/Michael_O._Rabin) (Computer Science), Professor [Hillel Furstenberg](/source/Hillel_Furstenberg) (Mathematics)
|-
| Life Sciences || Biotechnology and Brain Research || Professor Michel Revel (Biotechnology), Professor [Moshe Abeles](/source/Moshe_Abeles) (Brain Research)
|-
| Social Sciences || Psychology and Education|| Professor Mario Mikulincer (Psychology), Professor Zvi Lamm and Professor [Haim Harari](/source/Haim_Harari) (Education)
|-
| Humanities || History and Jewish History and Biblical Research|| Professor Meir Benayahu (History), Professor [Emanuel Tov](/source/Emanuel_Tov) (Biblical Research)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Painting and Sculpture || [Yair Garbuz](/source/Yair_Garbuz) (Painiting), [Ya'acov Dorchin](/source/Ya'acov_Dorchin) (Sculpture)
|}
===2003===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Physics || Prof. [Igal Talmi](/source/Igal_Talmi), Prof. [Yuval Ne'eman](/source/Yuval_Ne'eman)
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| Life Sciences || Agriculture and Biology || Prof. [Varda Rotter](/source/Varda_Rotter) and Prof. Moshe Oren (Biology), Prof. [Ilan Chet](/source/Ilan_Chet) (Agriculture)
|-
| Social Sciences || Law || Prof. [Ruth Gavison](/source/Ruth_Gavison)
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| Humanities || History || Prof. [Michael Confino](/source/Michael_Confino), Prof. [Moshe Jammer](/source/Moshe_Jammer)
|-
| Culture and Arts || Classical Music and Dance || [Rina Schenfeld](/source/Rina_Schenfeld) (Dance), Prof. [Noam Sheriff](/source/Noam_Sheriff) (Music)
|}
===2002===
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! Award category !! Field !! Laureate(s)
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| Exact Sciences || Chemistry || Prof. [Dan Shechtman](/source/Dan_Shechtman), Prof. [Raphael Levine](/source/Raphael_Levine)
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| Life Sciences || Medicine and Genetics || Prof. [Avram Hershko](/source/Avram_Hershko), Prof. [Aaron Ciechanover](/source/Aaron_Ciechanover), Prof. [Leo Sachs](/source/Leo_Sachs)
|-
| Social Sciences || Economics || Prof. [Elhanan Helpman](/source/Elhanan_Helpman), Prof. [Israel Aumann](/source/Israel_Aumann)
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| Humanities || Talmudic Studies and Jewish Philosophy || Prof. [Israel Ta-Shma](/source/Israel_Ta-Shma) [(Talmudic Studies)](/source/Talmud), Prof. [Moshe Idel](/source/Moshe_Idel) ([Jewish philosophy](/source/Jewish_philosophy))
|-
| Culture and Arts || Literature || [S. Yizhar](/source/S._Yizhar) (Izhar Smilansky)
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://emetprize.com/en Official webpage in English]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100607081122/http://www.emetprize.org/English/ The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture]}} (official website)
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