Nobel Prizes and principles: We must always remember our humanity by Richard Shavei-Tzion
What could we have had if the Holocaust never happened?
It’s that time of year again when Nobel Prize laureates are being
announced. While you may argue the questionable merits of some of its
recipients, it is undeniable that Nobel Prizes represent pinnacles of
human achievement and contribution to the welfare of our species. The
vast majority on this role of honor have striven to further humankind’s
development and quality of life and without them, the world would be
much poorer.
Of the
975 recipients to date, approximately 210 of them are Jews or people of
half- or three-quarters Jewish ancestry. That is more than one in every
five, which is beyond astonishing, given that only one in every 500
people in the world is Jewish.
Among these esteemed Jews, there are 11 Holocaust survivors,
who majestically found the fortitude to rise from the ashes and advance
the welfare of mankind, which had failed them so fundamentally. These
include the 1966 Literature laureate Nelly Sachs, and 1986 Peace Prize
winner Elie Wiesel, who survived the horrors of Auschwitz.
It is astounding that the nation which has suffered the most at the hands of their fellow human beings are the people which pro rata has contributed the most to its advancement.
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