Proud, yes, tonight I'm proud, proud of a fellow Israeli, a fellow Jew.
It used to be that I'd feel proud of any Jew or Israeli who got international recognition, but now I'm selective. I became selective because I've found the behavior and attitude of many Jews and Israelis embarrassing and dangerous.
But tonight, once Shabbat was out in Sweden, Hebrew University Professor Robert J. Aumann received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics! Professor Aumann is an Orthodox Jew. His entire family, or as the Israeli news announcer said, tribe, was there with him. There's a very beautiful article in The Jerusalem Post Magazine about how the previous Orthodox Jew to win a Nobel Prize, the writer Shai Agnon, managed to keep the Sabbath, while in Sweden for the ceremony. For some reason, I can't find the link to it. If anyone can, please send it to me, thanks.
Tonight, after Shabbat, we were able to see Professor Aumann's family in the audience when he got his prize. The men and boys had kippot on their heads, and the married women wore hats, and the professor in his long full beard was applauded by all.
Shavua Tov. It's so nice to have something good to write about.
2 comments:
Apparently,
his tux had to be made in Israel when the tux sent to him from sweden was found to have shaatnez.
Baruch hashem for giving us the internet:
The economics part starts at 1 hour and 30 seconds, or you can bypass the blah, blah, and go to 1 hour 6 minutes for the presentation.
Video
high bandwidth:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel/events/video/ceremony-banquet-05/sthlm-prizeaward-hi.ram
low bandwidth:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel/events/video/ceremony-banquet-05/sthlm-prizeaward-lo.ram
Thanks for the links.
That JPost Magazine article mentioned the tux and shatness. It was such a pleasure to see his family on tv.
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