In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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David Ben-Gurion Quote
“The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.”
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