British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor donated $1 million to five charities working with refugees worldwide on Wednesday, in a bid to alleviate a record-breaking global displacement crisis. Kapoor, who was born to an Indian father and Iraqi Jewish mother, won the Genesis Prize - dubbed the Jewish Nobel - last year, for his commitment to Jewish values. Kapoor, who lived in Israel briefly before settling in Britain in the 1970s, won the Turner Prize in 1991 and created a Holocaust memorial for London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue. Winners of the Genesis Prize, which is granted by the Israeli government, award $1 million to charities of their choice, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of Jews. He is also providing food for refugees in Greece and France and medical care for Syrian refugees.

Source: Hindustan Times January 17, 2018 10:30 UTC