Israel: Rav Steinsaltz Tapped for Presidential PrizeArutz Sheva also notes the story and lists the five other recipients of this year's Prize: State of Israel Honors Kissinger, Steinsaltz, Mehta.
(Thursday, February 9th, 2012) (The Yeshiva World)
HaRav Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar.
Rav Steinsaltz was a recipient of the Israel Prize in 1988 for his outstanding contribution to the field of education. The rav was hailed by Time Magazine as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar”.
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Background on the Steinsaltz Talmud translation (into Modern Hebrew) is here with many links.