Earlier this year, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas became the second winner of the $1 million Genesis Prize, popularised as a kind of Jewish equivalent of the Nobel. Its recipient has to combine professional excellence with an inspirational example of dedication to the Jewish community and/or Israel.
Among those saluting the film star's commitment to his Jewish heritage have been Jewish Agency chairman and former refusenik Natan Sharansky, who chairs the Genesis selection committee, and Nobel peace laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, a prize judge.
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