Ruth Bader Ginsburg wins 'Jewish Nobel's' first lifetime achievement award

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has won The Genesis Prize Foundation's first lifetime achievement award.

The Genesis Foundation's $1 million Genesis Prize, known as the 'Jewish Nobel', honours people "who have attained excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields, and who inspire others through their engagement and dedication to the Jewish community and/or the State of Israel." 

This year's prize winner was Natalie Portman and she, along with former winners actor Michael Douglas, violinist Itzhak Perlman, sculptor Anish Kapoor and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg selected Justice Ginsberg as the recipient of the Inaugural Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Justice Ginsburg, who is the longest-serving Jewish justice on the US Supreme Court, was awarded the prize "as an outstanding daughter of the Jewish people who made an enduring contribution to human civilization, who is an example of talent and achievement and who is committed to bettering the world."