Einstein on Israel and Zionism, New Enriched Edition

Includes Fred Jerome's "The 1948 Killing of UN Mediator Count Bernadotte"

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Pub Date Oct 15 2024 | Archive Date Sep 30 2024

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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 in the mainstream media. Though he supported the goal of a “ Jewish Homeland” within Palestine, he opposed that of a “ Jewish State.” For him, the domination of Jew over Arab in Palestine, or the perpetuation of a state of mutual hostility between the two peoples, would mean the failure of Zionism. Fred Jerome objectively presents and contextualizes material spanning the years from 1919 to 1955 some of which had never been translated or published. Had Einstein’ s foresight and warnings been heeded, the never-ending wars in Palestine might have been avoided.

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...


A Note From the Publisher

Adds context to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

Fred Jerome (1939-2020) was a journalist, science writer, activist, and author of several books. His investigative reports or op-ed pieces appeared in dozens of publications including Newsweek, The New York Times and The Link.

Adds context to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

Fred Jerome (1939-2020) was a journalist, science writer, activist, and author of several books. His investigative reports or op-ed pieces...


Advance Praise

“Adds a new . . . how do they say it . . . dimension to Einstein's character.” Thomas Pynchon

“Fred Jerome’s Einstein on Israel and Zionism is a valuable and timely contribution. Einstein’s views of Zionisme were prescient.” Sivan S. Schweber, Author of Einstein and Oppenheimer and In the Shadow of the Bomb

“Reading the newly revealed correspondence in Fred Jerome’s book makes it clear that Einstein was a social commentator and humanitarian with a worldview worthy of his scientific genius. It’s a pity that the Zionist movement as embodied in the State of Israel took a direction so divergent from the path advocated by the Jewish people’s greatest intellect.” Michael Palumbo, author of The Palestinian Catastrophe and Imperial Israel

"Albert Einstein is all-too often depicted as a naïf about politics; he was anything but that. He followed international and national politics assiduously, corresponded with leaders and ordinary people, and brought a passionate moral stance to the whole, fighting antisemitism, racism, fascism, and nationalism. In this volume, Fred Jerome has assembled a myriad of documents bearing on Einstein's views of Zionism. Telegrams, letters, magazine articles, interviews, all contribute to a dense and heartfelt analysis of what it would mean to avoid the pitfalls of dogmatic nationalism, and to create a Jewish homeland utterly respectful of Palestinian rights and equality. Of course, Einstein's physics speaks to us still; astonishingly, we can still learn from his moral-political reflections." Peter Galison, author of Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps and Image and Logic

“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 centurys greatest thinkers and remind us that it is never too late." Avraham Burg, author of The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise From Its Ashes 

“Adds a new . . . how do they say it . . . dimension to Einstein's character.” Thomas Pynchon

“Fred Jerome’s Einstein on Israel and Zionism is a valuable and timely contribution. Einstein’s views...


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ISBN 9781771863667
PRICE $29.95 (USD)
PAGES 320

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