Genesis Prize cancels ceremony after 2018 winner #Natalie_Portman said she won’t visit Israel | Jta | clevelandjewishnews.com
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On Thursday, the Genesis Prize Foundation, which awards what it calls the “Jewish Nobel,” said it was “very saddened” that the Israeli-American actress would not take part in the ceremony. The foundation said that Portman’s representative notified it that “[r]ecent events in #Israel have been extremely distressing to her and she does not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel” and that “she cannot in good #conscience move forward with the ceremony.”
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