Philosophy
"I want to express to the Institute my recognition for its work in the service to the education and research of Jewish nation. I see the search for education as the principle goal of Jews and Institute's work, especially during these times of persecutions, is of utmost value".
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in 1925 in Vilna (Wilno, Poland; now Vilnius, Lithuania), by key European intellectuals, including Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, to record and study the history, language, literature, and culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe. In 1940, YIVO moved its permanent headquarters to New York City, becoming the only pre-Holocaust institution to transfer its mission to the United States from Europe. During World War II, several of YIVO’s leading scholars managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and continue their work in the United States. The YIVO Library collection is ranked as the third largest Judaica collection in the Western Hemisphere with 385,000 volumes in 26 languages. The YIVO Archives holds over 24 million documents, photographs, recordings, posters, films, videotapes, and items of ephemera. These include the world’s largest collection of East European Jewish sound recordings; over 200,000 photographs; 400+ videos and films; and 50,000 posters documenting Jewish life from the 1900s to the present. YIVO is headquartered at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011-6301.
- Einstein's Jewish Science: First Review
The first review of Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and religion is up at Publishers Weekly. Prior to WWII, Nazi sympathizers dismissed Einstein?s theory of relativity as ?Jewish science.? Yet Einstein himself, notes...
- 80,000 Einstein Documents Now Online
"Original Einstein manuscripts posted online"byDaniel EstrinMarch 19th, 2012Associated PressAlbert Einstein's complete archives — from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research...
- 14 Grand For An Einstein Letter
"Albert Einstein's letter on Nazis sold for $14,000" October 12th, 2011 BBC NEWS A 1939 letter from Albert Einstein warning of the "calamitous peril" to Jews posed by the Nazis has been sold at auction for nearly $14,000 (£9,000). The Nobel-winning...
- Duel Celebration Days...einstein And Pi
Bring out the cake this Sunday...two pieces for everyone--Pi Day [3.14--March (3rd month) and 14th day] and Albert Einstein's birthday. Pi [Wikipedia] The Last Digit of Pi What more can be said about Albert Einstein. He would have been 131 and...
- Einstein...3.14...birthday
Well, Albert Einstein's birthday will be on March 14th and, as being the most popular and probably most famous physicist, it is fitting to review some of the selections on Einstein somewhat early. Annus mirabilis-1905 March is a time of...
Philosophy
Albert Einstein and YIVO
"I want to express to the Institute my recognition for its work in the service to the education and research of Jewish nation. I see the search for education as the principle goal of Jews and Institute's work, especially during these times of persecutions, is of utmost value".Albert Einstein wrote while at Princeton in 1935 to YIVO
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in 1925 in Vilna (Wilno, Poland; now Vilnius, Lithuania), by key European intellectuals, including Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, to record and study the history, language, literature, and culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe. In 1940, YIVO moved its permanent headquarters to New York City, becoming the only pre-Holocaust institution to transfer its mission to the United States from Europe. During World War II, several of YIVO’s leading scholars managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and continue their work in the United States. The YIVO Library collection is ranked as the third largest Judaica collection in the Western Hemisphere with 385,000 volumes in 26 languages. The YIVO Archives holds over 24 million documents, photographs, recordings, posters, films, videotapes, and items of ephemera. These include the world’s largest collection of East European Jewish sound recordings; over 200,000 photographs; 400+ videos and films; and 50,000 posters documenting Jewish life from the 1900s to the present. YIVO is headquartered at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011-6301.
- Einstein's Jewish Science: First Review
The first review of Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and religion is up at Publishers Weekly. Prior to WWII, Nazi sympathizers dismissed Einstein?s theory of relativity as ?Jewish science.? Yet Einstein himself, notes...
- 80,000 Einstein Documents Now Online
"Original Einstein manuscripts posted online"byDaniel EstrinMarch 19th, 2012Associated PressAlbert Einstein's complete archives — from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research...
- 14 Grand For An Einstein Letter
"Albert Einstein's letter on Nazis sold for $14,000" October 12th, 2011 BBC NEWS A 1939 letter from Albert Einstein warning of the "calamitous peril" to Jews posed by the Nazis has been sold at auction for nearly $14,000 (£9,000). The Nobel-winning...
- Duel Celebration Days...einstein And Pi
Bring out the cake this Sunday...two pieces for everyone--Pi Day [3.14--March (3rd month) and 14th day] and Albert Einstein's birthday. Pi [Wikipedia] The Last Digit of Pi What more can be said about Albert Einstein. He would have been 131 and...
- Einstein...3.14...birthday
Well, Albert Einstein's birthday will be on March 14th and, as being the most popular and probably most famous physicist, it is fitting to review some of the selections on Einstein somewhat early. Annus mirabilis-1905 March is a time of...