[Avodah] Halakhos of a US Governor

[Daniel Israel]

Micha Berger wrote:
> I am recalling a shiur given on the topic by my LOR back when R' Prof
> Yisrael Auman won the nobel prize and would be dining at a meal
> attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

I heard that Agnon did indeed make the bracha when he received the 
prize.  I don't know if that was based on a specific psak.

-- 
Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu