Barbra Streisand wins the Jewish Nobel prize

Barbra Streisand wins the Jewish Nobel prize

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norman lebrecht

May 03, 2023

The singer has been chosen as the tenth winner of the $1 million Genesis Prize.

Itzhak Perlman writes:
‘I couldn’t be happier at the news that @BarbraStreisand is the 10th Anniversary Genesis Prize Laureate. As one of the most influential and iconic Jewish artists, her remarkable achievements in music and cinema are only matched by her Jewish identity and values, which have informed her art, her ardent social activism, and her philanthropy. Mazel tov, Barbra, and welcome to the @TheGenesisPrize family!’

Comments

  • Ed says:

    Mazel tov Barbara!

  • samach says:

    “Jewish Nobel Prize” is redundant.

  • J Barcelo says:

    I don’t mind people who accomplish great things being given prizes…but she already has more money than she can ever spend. Give the money to a deserving Jewish charity.

  • SlippedChat says:

    [Note: good-humoured sarcasm alert]

    So glad to see that Barbra is finally getting some recognition after laboring in obscurity for so many years.

  • Jeffrey Biegel says:

    A beautiful honor – to a living legend. Her legacy is rich, spanning many decades, music, film, theater, philanthropy- she’s done it all. Congratulations. Mazel tov! Or, as my friends know, the word I concocted: congratu-mazel-ations-tov!

  • Mr. Ron says:

    She deserves it.

    • Gene Hodges says:

      Congratulations Barbara Streisand is one of my favorite singers. Her lyrics are beautiful and when I listen to her songs I feel free.

  • trumpetherald says:

    Well deserved!!!!!!

  • Gustavo says:

    It’s kitsch, and you know it!

  • Anthony Sayer says:

    Congratulations. Barbra is brilliant.

  • Alank says:

    The only Pop singer who was so pretentious she once hired a foreign policy advisor. I doubt she would donate the money to charity. She typifies the Hollywood mogul who lives and acts like a monarch but promotes socialism for everyone else. Shhe was notable for not being a very nice colleague if I recall correctly. Milton Friedman would have been a far greater choice for the Jewish Noble Prize were he still alive!

  • Tamino says:

    Isn’t it incredibly racist and divisive, to hand out an award based on belonging to a certain religiously constructed ethnicity, rather than based on all humanity embracing achievements, like the Nobel Price does?

  • Brian says:

    Everything about “Jewish identity and values” except religious faith and practice.

  • Sharon S Girth says:

    CONGRATULATIONS!!
    BETTER THAN BUTTER!!
    YOU ARE THE BEST!! NOT ONLY ARE YOU THE BEST IN TALENT, YOU HAVE A HEART IF GOLD.

    I’M 77 YEARS OLD AND I CAN’T IMAGINE GOING THRU THESE YEARS AND NOT KNOWING ABOUT
    BARBRA STREISAND…MY TOTAL PLEASURE!!

  • Diva K says:

    Definitely deserved !

  • Isaac Nachman Sebag says:

    A nasty leftist hag with that sniffy Speilberg who was just spotted in Barcelona with the Communist/Islamist Obozo and his tranny “wife” Big Mike. People like this cause anti-Semitism with their leftist nonsense. Who will they pick next year George Soros or Louis Farrahkan? Thank President TRUMP for being the truest friend Israel ever had in the White House.

  • Tamino says:

    Daniel Barenboim would have been a much worthier recipient. But probably he wouldn’t have accepted this highly partisan prize, that awarded Israeli politicians who enforced building settlements on by international law disputed land, in short people who saw hate.

  • Kristina says:

    Thank you so much!!!
    She is certainly a gift of the Living God to us all.

  • Helen Kamioner says:

    Poppa, can you see me?

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