{"id":124,"date":"2014-10-18T03:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T03:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.1.64.124\/~feldenkr\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2014-12-19T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T06:06:07","slug":"weizmann-institute-of-science-moshe-feldenkrais","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/his-life\/weizmann-institute-of-science-moshe-feldenkrais","title":{"rendered":"Weizmann Institute of Science and<br> Dr Moshe Feldenkrais"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8695b2;\">During the Second World War, in 1940, Mosh\u00e9 Feldenkrais escaped from Paris, France, on the last boat to cross the channel to England, as the Germans were marching on Paris.<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_126\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sir-Winston-Churchill-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Winston Churchill\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sir-Winston-Churchill-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sir-Winston-Churchill.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sir Winston Churchill<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Dr. Feldenkrais Does Research for British Admiralty<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Feldenkrais took all the secret papers and research with him when he fled France. <\/p>\n<p>He handed all the information personally to Prime Minister Winston Churchill.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Feldenkrais was then recruited by the British Admiralty as a scientist to do research during the war. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Dr. Feldenkrais Is Invited to Israel<\/h3>\n<p>Afterwards, Mosh\u00e9 Feldenkrais stayed on in England and continued working there until he was invited by the then Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion to come and help establish the Missile Research Unit for the Israeli Army. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Below is a communication between Mosh\u00e9 Feldenkrais and the Weizmann Institute of Science, while he was residing in England. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Click on the image to enlarge the letter.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weizmann-Institute.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weizmann-Institute-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Weizmann Institute letter to Feldenkrais\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weizmann-Institute-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weizmann-Institute.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feldenkraismethod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weizmann-Institute-of-Science.png\" alt=\"Weizmann Institute of Science\" width=\"253\" height=\"57\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel. It is one of the world&#8217;s top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions. <\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Weizmann Institute of Science<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Second World War, in 1940, Mosh\u00e9 Feldenkrais escaped from Paris, France, on the last boat to cross the channel to England, as the Germans were marching on Paris. Dr. Feldenkrais Does Research for British Admiralty Dr. Feldenkrais took all the secret papers and research with him when he fled France. 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