Gal Gadot turns $1M ‘Jewish Nobel’ into $3M fund for Israeli trauma care

Gal Gadot’s $1 million Genesis Prize has grown into a $3 million initiative supporting trauma treatment and mental health care in Israel, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced. The funding will go to two dozen Israeli nonprofit organizations providing trauma care and supporting frontline mental health professionals as Israelis continue to grapple with the psychological effects of the October 7 attacks and the wars that followed. Gadot, the 2026 Genesis Prize laureate, chose not to keep the $1 million award associated with the prize, which TIME has described as the “Jewish Nobel.” Instead, she directed the money to organizations and professionals involved in Israel’s long-term psychological recovery. A matching initiative led by the Jewish Funders Network generated an additional $2 million in private and corporate donations, bringing the total funding to $3 million. “After three years of war, loss, and extraordinary hardship, I believe recovery starts from within,” Gadot said.