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, Dec. 7, 1919.
49
. Isaiah Berlin, “Einstein and Israel,” in Holton and Elkana, 282. See also, from his stepson-in-law Reiser, 158: “The word relativity was confused in lay circles and, today, is still confused with the word relativism. Einstein’s work and personality, however, are far removed from the ambiguity and the concept of relativism, both in the theory of knowledge and in ethics . . . Ethical relativism, which denies all the generally obligatory moral norms, totally contradicts the high social idea which Einstein stands for and always follows.”
50
. Haldane, 123. For a contemporary book treating, in more sophisticated depth, many of the same topics, and sharing a title, see Ryckman 2005.
51
. Frank 1947, 189–190; Clark, 339–340.
52
. Gerald Holton, “Einstein’s Influence on the Culture of Our Time,” in Holton 2000, 127, and also Holton and Elkana, xi.
53
. Miller 2001, especially 237–241.
54
. Damour 34; Marcel Proust to Armand de Guiche, Dec. 1921.
55
. Philip Courtenay, “Einstein and Art,” in Goldsmith et al., 145; Richard Davenport-Hines,
(New York: Bloomsbury, 2006).
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE WANDERING ZIONIST
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of London, Nov. 28, 1919.
2
. Kurt Blumenfeld, “Einstein and Zionism,” in Seelig 1956b, 74; Kurt Blumenfeld,
(Stuttgart: Verlags-Anstalt, 1962), 127–128.
3
. Einstein to Paul Epstein, Oct. 5, 1919.
4
. Einstein to German Citizens of the Jewish Faith, Apr. 5, 1920, CPAE 7: 37.
5
. Einstein, “Anti-Semitism: Defense through Knowledge,” after Apr. 3, 1920, CPAE 7: 35.
6
. Einstein, “Assimilation and Anti-Semitism,” Apr. 3, 1920, CPAE 7: 34. See also Einstein, “Immigration from the East,” Dec. 30, 1919, an article in
, CPAE 7:29.
7
. Einstein, “Anti-Semitism: Defense through Knowledge,” after Apr. 3, 1920, CPAE 7: 35; Hubert Goenner, “The Anti-Einstein Campaign in Germany in 1920,” in Beller et al., 107.
8
. Elon, 277.
9
. Hubert Goenner, “The Anti-Einstein Campaign in Germany in 1920,” in Beller et al., 121.
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