Aha! It looks like the Jewishness of Nobel Physics laureate Andre Geim has been proven. Geim, who is a Dutch citizen who resides in the UK, was born in Russia of German ancestry. But in an interview with an Israeli newspaper, he admits to having a Jewish maternal grandmother.
Excellent...
If she married a German man in pre-revolutionary Russia, she was almost certainly a convert and most certainly not an active practitioner of Judaism. It doesn't seem like Andre was embracing his Jewish roots in any way while growing up, and it's understandable, since being three quarters German must have been trouble enough.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a candidate for the "Barely" barrel.
спасибо! (which apparently means thank you.)
ReplyDelete5/10 of the US NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE winners this year are jews, but nothing new...
ReplyDeleteJust five? We are losing our grip. Our mothers will have a fit, I am afraid... I blame ice hockey.
ReplyDeleteIn the Soviet Union, religion was frowned upon, there were very very few who observed religion in secret.
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