Professor of Hebrew University has become a world celebrity and a symbol of Israel after the photo with a child

Sydney Engelberg with a child student
Photo: facebook

Hebrew University professor Sidney Engelberg woke up famous this morning. This happened after the publication of a photograph on the social network Facebook in which the professor was photographed during a lecture: with one hand he was gesturing, giving the lecture richness and emotionality, and with the other hand he was holding the baby of one of the students.

The child fell into the hands of Engelberg after capricious during the lecture: the mother-student came to the university with the baby. The student asked the professor for permission to go out, but he offered his help, picked up the child and continued the lecture.

“Show me another lecturer like this... Because my dad is the best,” wrote the daughter of a professor making repost photos on her social network page.

Sydney Engelberg in the blink of an eye became a world celebrity and a symbol of Israel. Answering a question from journalist Lindsay Beaver from the Washington Post, he explained that he doesn’t see anything special in photography: it’s customary to come to lectures with children in the country, since Israel is a country where family values ​​are very well developed and where babysitters are very expensive .