Einstein on Israel and Zionism - New Enriched Edition
Includes Fred Jerome's "The 1948 Killing of UN Mediator Count Bernadotte"
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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.
Einstein was a secular Jew, but he had mixed feelings about Zionism. Though he supported the goal of a Jewish "homeland" within Palestine, he never wavered from arguing forcefully for equal rights and equal power for the Arabs, whom he called "kinfolk" of the Jews. His nationalism had no room for any kind of aggressiveness or chauvinism. 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.
Some material spanning the years from 1919 to 1955 had never been translated or published. Fred Jerome presents it objectively and puts some of the obscure references into context.
Had Einstein's foresight and warnings been heeded, the death and destruction we are witnessing today might not have occurred. Today they can help reach a peaceful solution.
Fred Jerome's article "The 1948 Killing of UN Mediator Count Bernadotte? reveals how, why, and by whom the UN peacemaker sent by the Security Council to ?promote a peaceful adjustment of the future situation in Palestine? was assassinated.
About this Author
Fred Jerome (1939-2020) was a journalist, science writer, activist, and author of several books including The Einstein File, The FBI's Secret War on the World's Most Famous Scientist and Einstein on Race and Racism. His investigative reports or op-ed pieces appeared in dozens of publications including Newsweek, The New York Times and The Link. As a reporter in the South during the early 1960s, he covered the explosive civil rights movement. He also taught at Columbia Journalism School, NYU and numerous other New York-area Universities.
Reviews
"Einstein on Israel and Zionism proves to be an important counteragent to the politically-motivated, overly-simplistic and, often, racially-motivated messaging we hear from prominent figures in Western media. [The book]allows readers to see step-by-step how the political machinations of Britain poisoned chances to build a peaceful binational state, which had been Einstein's dream. Einstein's letters and Fred Jerome's notes and research provide much-needed context to today's headline" Jeff Dupuis, The Miramichi Reader
"I invite the public to purchase the book and read the letters for themselves. Given the importance of Albert Einstein both as a scientist and social critic and his pertinent views on the question of Palestine and world Jewry, this new edition of Einstein On Israel And Zionism is an important historical document." Bruce Katz, Founding member and co-president of Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)
"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 Zionism 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 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 Its Ashes
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