Einstein before Israel : Zionist icon or iconoclast? / Ze'ev Rosenkranz.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenkranz, Ze'ev
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description:xviii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "A vivid sense of strangeness": Einstein's path to the Zionist movement
  • A different kind of nationalism: Einstein's induction and mobilization into the Zionist movement
  • The "prize-winning ox" in "Dollaria": Einstein's fundraising trip to the United States in 1921
  • Secular pilgrim or Zionist tourist?: Einstein's tour of Palestine in 1923
  • The "botched university": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1924-1929
  • "A genuine symbiosis": Einstein on the 1929 clashes in Palestine
  • The "bug-infested house": Einstein's involvement in the Hebrew University, 1930-1933.