A Rare and Important Letter From Albert Einstein to Theodore R Nathan of the National Council of Young Israel
The Young Israel movement was founded in 1912 by a group of 15 young Jews on the Lower East Side. The three main founders were Max Grablowsky, Joshua Horowitz and Benjamin Koenigsberg (who was the first openly Orthodox Jewish attorney). Their goal was to make Orthodox Judaism more relevant to young Americanized Jews at a time when a significant Jewish education was rare, and most Orthodox institutions were Yiddish speaking and oriented to an older, European Jewish demographic. By 1925, Young Israel was extending into social services, and formed a support agency for Sabbath-observant employment that included job placement and vocational training .Later in the decade, the synagogue network grew to about 25. The central organization developed a Wall Street office with a full-time staff. The office began publishing material regularly for branches and Young Israel members. A few years later, branches started opening outside of New York. By 1935, there were branches in New York, New England, Chicago, and elsewhere in the Midwest, Canada, and Israel. In 1933, while visiting the United States, Einstein watched in horror as Hitler rose to power and decided to stay in New York. This letter was written two years after his arrival. It is the only known correspondence between the National council of Young Israel and Einstein.The letter is a response from Professor Einstein written in his native German to Theodore Nathan in response to a request by Nathan to write an article. What the subject matter is that the article is about is unspecified. It translates to: To my great regret I am not in a position to write the requested article with best regards.
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| Origin | November 23, 1935 |
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