For the first time, Israelis have won Nobel Prizes in science.

Israeli professors Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko and American Irwin Rose received the Nobel Price in chemistry on Friday for their work in discovering a process that lets cells destroy unwanted proteins.

Hershko and Ciechanover are the first Israelis to receive a Nobel Prize in science. Their work has led to breakthroughs in the understanding and treatment of cancer, degenerative brain diseases, cystic fibrosis, and many other disorders.

Congratulations to them for doing something meaningful with their lives and reflecting well (whether they mean to or not) on all Jews everywhere.