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Two Israeli Professors Awarded Prestigious Wolf Prize in Mathematics
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By ליאם ריזמן
What happened
Two Israeli mathematicians, Professors Yosef Bernstein and David Kazhdan, have been awarded the 2026 Wolf Prize for their significant contributions to representation theory, automorphic forms, and algebraic geometry. The prestigious award, considered second only to the Nobel Prize, was announced at the President's Residence and will be presented at the Knesset in June 2027.
- 01Two Israeli mathematicians won the 2026 Wolf Prize.
- 02The prize recognizes work in representation theory and algebraic geometry.
- 03Professors Yosef Bernstein and David Kazhdan are the recipients.
- 04The Wolf Prize is considered highly prestigious, second to the Nobel.
- 05The award ceremony will be held at the Knesset in June 2027.
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