Posts Tagged: Albert Einstein
How a Hebrew Letter Can Teach Us the Lasting Power of Humility
The great Hasidic master, Rav Nachman of Breslov, famously said, "If you believe you can break something, believe you can fix it." A Hasidic wag later...
Incredible Imbecility
JNS.org - "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” — Euripides “Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity, and I’m not...
Letter Reveals Albert Einstein’s Plan to Save Academic From Nazi Germany
A recently unveiled letter by Jewish physicist Albert Einstein being auctioned next month reveals his attempts to help a German academic leave Nazi Germany. In the...
New Book on Einstein Gives Laughs and Facts
“In case I die, here’s how you release the parachute,” Benyamin Cohen writes, recalling a pilot’s words in his sensational book “The Einstein Effect: How...
‘Greatest Scientist of our Time’: Israel to Spend $18 Million to Build Albert Einstein Museum in Jerusalem
The Israeli government on Sunday approved a $18 million project to build a museum in Jerusalem which will display the entire archive of the world-renowned...
Albert Einstein Letter Describing ‘Enormous Degree of Antisemitism’ in US Academia Put Up for Auction
i24 News – The auction house Kedem announced on Sunday the sale of a handwritten letter by physicist Albert Einstein, in which he warned a...
What Einstein Would Have Thought of J Street, JVP, and IfNotNow
The American Council for Judaism was started in 1942 as an anti-Zionist Jewish group that tried to split the American Jewish community. Its position (since somewhat...
The Founding Fathers of Israel’s Scientific Legacy
While technically a failure, the crash landing of an Israeli space probe on the moon’s surface was successful in many respects. It was also the...
Albert Einstein’s Brilliance, Humor, and Literal Connection to Israel
JNS.org - One thing is for sure: While the writing on the pages lying under a clear protective glass appeared to be nonsensical gibberish --...
Trove of Einstein Papers Goes on Display in Jerusalem
Israel's Hebrew University put on display on Wednesday a collection of 110 manuscript pages written by Albert Einstein, many of which it said had never...
Albert Einstein’s Judaism
Albert Einstein, the greatest physicist since Isaac Newton, was a Jew. That is a simple and obvious statement, but what does it mean? Einstein's relationship with...
‘Revisionist’ New York Times Suddenly Discovers New Love for Jabotinsky, Begin
The New York Times runs a truly overheated and ridiculous “Memo From Jerusalem” by Isabel Kershner under the headline “Is the End of Israeli Democracy...
Einstein TV Show Distorts Jewish Refugee Issue
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time. His contributions to physics revolutionized our understanding of the universe. A current television series based...
History Channel Removes Tendentious Wording About Einstein and Israel
JNS.org - On July 11, the History Channel reaffirmed its commitment to accuracy and truth by revising its “Albert Einstein: Fact or Fiction?” webpage to replace erroneous wording tending...
