Israel’s bellicose P.M., Nathan the Yahoo, waxed effusive over the Chemistry Nobel; it was a monumental triumph for Israel and Jews everywhere in the cosmos. I don’t know if he intended religion-practicing Jews or just ethnic Jews, apparently far from equivalent groups.
The fact of the matter is, however, that for any technical Nobel Prize received by an Israeli, the research and work were primarily accomplished in the United States and certainly nearly entirely funded by us; this is an axiom. The latest winner, in fact, continues to flit merrily between the two countries and enjoy the advantages of citizenship in both. As for most Israeli achievements, the invoice is paid by U.S. welfare. (You ought to ask your Congresspersons why that is.)
It reminds me of the situation in certain branches of athletics. Abu Simbel, track star from the Cayman Islands, lives, trains, and perhaps studies in the U.S., all at U.S. expense. When he wins an Olympic gold medal, he ports it broadly back to the C.I., where the nation is agog with nationalistic zeal over his feat.
This stimulates another good question; if achievement is entirely due to genetics, shouldn’t America’s internal policies and spending be drastically changed?
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