[moralestapia]

"As a young boy, he was very interested in mathematics and his father sent him to the best high school in Haifa, where he studied under mathematician Elisha Netanyahu, who was then a high school teacher."

Interesting. Some people are lucky enough to find their vocation quite early in life.

[redwood]

Wow hadn't heard of him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Netanyahu

[myth_drannon]

What a small world. But the entire extended family are professors. Too bad one became a politician.

[keybored]

Benzion?

> Benzion Netanyahu ... A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state.

[beagle3]

Benzion’s son (and Elisha’s nephew) Benjamin Netanyahu is the Israeli prime minister.

[keybored]

Then there are at least two.

[moralestapia]

Yeah.

Everything is intertwined at some level.

Interesting.

[nephihaha]

That's Benjamin Netanyahu's brother apparently.

Sad that the only thing that shows up nowadays in searches tends to be Wikipedia. I miss the democratic internet with lots of quirky sites you could find with ease.

[jojomodding]

actually his uncle.

[nephihaha]

Very cliquey at the top. Rabin is the name of a former Israeli PM as well, so wouldn't be surprised if they were related.