This Israeli Professor is Also a Baby Whisperer

A professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is making headlines after a student posted a photo of him during one of his lectures. According to the student, the professor–Dr. Sydney Engelberg–allows his students to bring their babies to class.

When one of the babies starts crying, instead of shaming the student and making them leave, Engelberg picks up the baby and soothes them…while continuing the lecture completely uninterrupted. He apparently has a rather high success rate.

A belated Mother’s Day success story:Dr. Sydney Engelberg was teaching his Organizational Management class at Hebrew…

Posted by YRF Darca on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Talk about a mensch!

Suzanne Samin

Suzanne Samin is a former editorial assistant for Kveller.com. She is a writer, editor, social media maven, and recovering local news reporter from NYC. Her writing can also be found on Bustle and xoJane. She is passionate about feminism, politics, pop culture, video games, and cuddly animals. Suzanne received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013. When she isn't writing, she's working on her feminist fantasy novel and singing improvisational ballads to her corgi.