he was also approached - among a few others - by david ben-gurion, israeli prime minister - to help answering the question on definition of jew for the state of israel. in his reply kahaneman wrote: "i see the vision of the return to zion in our generation as the revelation of the light of divine providence, which strengthens our hand and accompanies us through the evil waters that have risen against us … i see miracles every moment, every hour! i am sure that his honor [i.e., ben-gurion] sees the thing as i do, for who like the ship's captain standing at the wheel of the ship sees these miracles."