03044cam a2200481 a 4500 85147 20230410132910.0 090219s2009 nyu b 001 0deng 2009007175 (OCoLC)ocn312728096 DLC DLC C#P YDXCP BWX BUR ZJI VP@ CDX 9780312362287 0312362285 (OCoLC)312728096 a-is--- B QC 16 E35J 2009 530.092 GRAL Jerome, Fred. Einstein on Israel and Zionism : his provocative ideas about the Middle East / Fred Jerome. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009. xiii, 334 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index. Fighting anti-semitism, 1919-1929 -- Years of crisis, 1929-1939 -- The war years, 1939-1945 -- Struggle over the state, 1945-1948 -- The final years, 1948-1955 -- Epilogue: Making a myth -- Final note -- Texts attributed to Einstein -- Einstein's correspondents -- Sources for Einstein's articles, letters, and interviews. Albert Einstein thought and wrote extensively not just on the most difficult problems in physics, but also in politics. For the first time, this book collects his essays, interviews, and letters on the Middle East, Zionism, and Arab-Jewish relations. Many of these have never been published in English, and all of them contradict the popular image of Einstein as pro-Zionist. He was offered and refused the Presidency of Israel, but had he taken it, he might have said things the Zionists didn't want to hear; he favored a non-religious state that would welcome Jew and Palestinian alike. One person's letters, even Einstein's, cannot resolve the crisis in the Middle East, but decades later, when horrors of the conflict in the Middle East are familiar to everyone, the reflections of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers are a signpost, showing his commitment to social justice, understanding, and friendship between Jew and Arab.--Publisher description. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Political and social views. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Sources. Zionism Israel. Jewish-Arab relations. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 Pensamiento Sionismo Historia. Sionismo Historia Fuentes. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009007175-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2009007175-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009007175-s.html YBP Library Services YANK 2756809 Blackwell Book Service BBUS R6784609 $25.95 Coutts Information Services COUT 7220385 25.95 USD lcc bk mm C0 DRFGD 89800 89800 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 B QC 16 E35J 2009 00000078291 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk