“This book gives a new….how do they say it….dimension to Einstein’s character.
-- Thomas Pynchon
“Einstein on Israel and Zionism is a welcome and necessary contribution to the discussions about the Middle East crisis. You do not have to be a genius in order to understand the gravity of the situation, but it is essential to listen to one, especially if his name was Einstein. His thoughts make for fascinating reading, allow us new insights into the mind of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers and remind us that it is never too late."
-- Avraham Burg, author of The Holocaust is Over,
We Must Rise from the Ashes
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I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. …the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power….I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain – especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks…
- Einstein speech in New York, 1938.
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Einstein on Israel and Zionism focuses on correcting a widely accepted story – that Einstein was a major supporter, a “champion” of the state of Israel – a story told and retold primarily by the mainstream media.
While Einstein was a secular Jew and a Cultural Zionist – he supported the establishment of Jewish cultural centers within Palestine and elsewhere – he opposed the establishment of a Jewish state with borders and an army, and he never wavered from arguing forcefully for equal rights and equal power for the Arab whom he called “kinfolk” of the Jews.