Einstein, Zionism and Israel: Setting the Record Straight

30 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2009 Last revised: 17 Jan 2018

Date Written: September 11, 2009

Abstract

The Zionists, particularly political Zionists, are too quick to claim and label Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein as a Zionist. How valid or accurate is this claim? This paper examines that issue drawing on Zionist as well as Jewish sources and attempts to set the record straight.

Keywords: Einstein, Albert Einstein, Zionism, Israel, Zionists, Political Zionists, Cultural Zionists, Palestine, Herzl, Ben Gurion, Henry Kissinger

JEL Classification: z00

Suggested Citation

Farooq, Mohammad Omar, Einstein, Zionism and Israel: Setting the Record Straight (September 11, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1471907 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1471907

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