What if Einstein was the president of Israel?

When Israel was created Albert Einstein was suggested to become Israel's president. In OTL he rejected the offer but what if Einstein did become the president of Israel?
 
Dunno if it would've made much difference because from what I've heard, the Prime Minister has the power, not the president. I think Einstein died in 1955 so he wouldn't have had much time to do much even had he been PM.
 
I could see Einstein inviting Oppenheimer-
after the disgraceful business of him having
his security clearances revoked- to reside in
Israel. But as has been pointed out above, in
Israel the Presidency is an honorific post
wielding little real power.
 
He'd have been President of Israel.

Does the President of Israel actually do anything?

Not really. The President of Israel is an exceptionally ceremonial role, and they're basically just a symbol of the State. Think the British monarch in terms of actual power.

Einstein as President of Israel won't change that much, he was already in poor health by 1952 and he died in '55. The most that changes is a certain bit of prestige of having Einstein as president and a bit more international attention paid to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (he was one of the main contributors in the 1920s to it, and even was on the HUJ's first Board of Governors alongside Chaim Weizmann, Sigmund Freud, and Martin Buber).
 

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Muslim interest in theoretical physics is depressed to even lower levels than in OTL?

People make more extrapolations than they should about the juxtaposition, harmony or disharmony of religion and science?
 
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