The students at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland, got a visit from an unexpected guest, Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in economics.
Nobel Laureate Tours Yeshiva During Visit to Warsaw
The students at the Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland, got a visit from an unexpected guest, Professor Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in economics.
In town for a conference at the prestigious Leon Kozminsky Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Aumann took his meals at the Chabad House directed by Rabbi Shalom DovBer and Dina Stambler. After a dinner attended by Polish business leaders and foreign dignitaries, he toured the yeshiva.
In his remarks at the yeshiva, the professor, an expert in game theory, touched on the Arab-Israeli conflict, which he said stemmed from a failure of Israeli leaders to value the nation’s land.
He said later that he was inspired by the presence of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries all over the world.
“I wished the bachurim success in their studies and other endeavors,” the professor said from his home in Israel.
