This must be a very high class place. This is the sign that adorns all
the entrances of all the buildings at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot
Israel... even the coffee shop where I and other members of our Mission
group used the bathrooms. By the way, if you go to Israel, it is important
to know how to say "Where is the bathroom?" You say, "Afo Sheruteem?"

About the Weizmann Institute (from www.weizmann.ac.il):

The Weizmann Institute of Science, located in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the
top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions in the world. Noted for
its wide-ranging exploration of the sciences and technology, the Institute
gathers together 2,500 scientists, technicians and research students devoted
to adventuring into the unknown. In their labs, located in a landscaped campus
environment, they share a vision: To better understand nature and our place within
it. Inquisitiveness is their predominant trait. It is this curiosity that
propelled Homo sapiens up the slope of evolution. It is this driving curiosity
that sees man -- and woman -- through their greatest discoveries. It is the force
which pushed earliest civilization to develop agriculture, to learn the hows of
constructing shelter, to create the written word, to harness electricity to the
wagon of industry and commerce, to contemplate far-off galaxies, to find the cure
for disease, to form new materials, and to decipher the genetic code stamped on all
living things, be they plant or animal. The desire to continue in this forward
stride is the force behind every Institute scientist's efforts to penetrate realms
formerly incomprehensible to humankind. And what dwells in these domains? The
unknown. The only certainty: revelation encountered along their path. We invite
you along to view a selection of landmark discoveries established by Weizmann
scientists on a number of their scientific excursions. To look over the shoulder
of these scientific trailblazers who go that one step more in furthering this,
our civilization. The Weizmann Institute of Science: Shaping the future.

Photo by Michael Weinberg Photography of Scranton and Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.

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