Updated On: 20 April, 2018 08:55 PM IST | | IANS
The Genesis Prize is given to those who are considered an inspiration to the future generation of Jews through their commitment to Jewish values


Natalie Portman
Los Angeles, April 20 (IANS) Actress Natalie Portman pulled out of an Israeli award ceremony in light of "recent events" in the country. The Oscar-winning actress, who has dual Israeli-American citizenship was announced as the honouree in last November by The Genesis Prize Foundation with the Genesis Prize Laureate, Israel's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, reports people.com.