The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/albert-einstein/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:42:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Albert Einstein | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/albert-einstein/ 32 32 With Albert Einstein safe in NJ, how vengeful Nazis hunted down his cousin Robert https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-albert-einstein-safe-in-nj-how-vengeful-nazis-hunted-down-his-cousin-robert/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:58:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3563964 Acclaimed British author Thomas Harding's new book 'The Einstein Vendetta' focuses on brutal murders in a remote Italian villa during the final hours of the German occupation

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]]> Signed Albert Einstein quote on sale for $65,000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/signed-albert-einstein-quote-on-sale-for-65000/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:30:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3166426 Card stating 'The greatest value of knowledge lies in knowledge itself' is available for purchase online

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]]> Mysterious antimatter observed falling down due to gravity for the first time https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-antimatter-observed-falling-down-due-to-gravity-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:49:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3107077 Hailed as a 'huge milestone' in physics, research involving Israeli scientist confirms prediction made by Einstein's theory of relativity

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]]> Einstein archives get new home at Hebrew University https://www.timesofisrael.com/einstein-archives-get-new-home-at-hebrew-university/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:55:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3033693 A cornerstone is laid for Einstein House, a Daniel Libeskind-designed building to house theoretical physicist's items and files

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]]> In ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer, the atomic bomb is born https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-oppenheimer-trailer-the-atomic-bomb-is-born/ Thu, 11 May 2023 07:38:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3012902 Scottish character actor Tom Conti plays Jewish scientist who urged wartime US president Roosevelt to speed up development of nuclear weapons

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]]> Relatively unknown: Einstein’s risky 1933 Belgian stay after Hitler came to power https://www.timesofisrael.com/einsteins-risky-1933-belgian-stay-after-hitler-came-to-power/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 02:00:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3004057 Physicist spent six months in coastal resort of De Haan, walking the promenade, enjoying a morning coffee and playing violin with the queen, despite a Nazi price on his head

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]]> Israel allocates millions for Einstein museum, set to be world’s largest of its kind https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-allocates-millions-for-einstein-museum-set-to-be-worlds-largest-of-its-kind/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:44:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2857647&preview=true&preview_id=2857647 Physicist bequeathed his archives to the Hebrew University, and curator Roni Grosz says its 85,000 items make it the world's most extensive collection

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]]> Cabinet set to approve construction of Albert Einstein museum in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-set-to-approve-construction-of-albert-einstein-museum-in-jerusalem/ Sat, 22 Oct 2022 20:02:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2856968 Upon his death, the famous physicist bequeathed his writings and archive containing a multitude of items to the Hebrew University; these are now expected to go on display

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]]> Colombia presidential candidate says Hitler praise was meant for Einstein https://www.timesofisrael.com/colombia-presidential-candidate-praises-hitler-says-he-meant-einstein/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:28:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2782280 Rodolfo Hernandez, one of two nominees in runoff election, has won an unlikely following with a self-funded social media campaign despite history of off-color remarks

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]]> Stradivarius used by Einstein’s teacher sells for $15.3 million https://www.timesofisrael.com/stradivarius-used-by-einsteins-teacher-sells-for-15-3-million/ Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:07:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2778896 Instrument belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who played it in 'Wizard of Oz'; he and Einstein participated in 1933 concert to support fleeing German Jewish scientists

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]]> Letter in which Einstein urged world to attack Nazis up for auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/letter-in-which-einstein-urged-world-to-attack-nazis-up-for-auction/ Thu, 12 May 2022 17:59:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2761683 'There are diseases that cannot be overcome without surgery. I cannot deny this even though I abhor the knife,' the physicist wrote in 1936

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]]> Einstein’s letter to a 12-year-old boy from LA up for auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/einsteins-letter-to-a-12-year-old-boy-from-la-up-for-auction/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:52:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2751643 In 1928 letter, written by Einstein shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize, he replies to a question posed by Arthur L. Cohen about the physics of motion

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]]> Rare Einstein notes on theory of relativity sell for record $13 million https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-einstein-notes-on-theory-of-relativity-sell-for-record-13-million/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:46:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2654681 Manuscript containing preparatory handwritten notations on physicist's signature achievement fetches quadruple the expected price at auction

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]]> Handwritten Einstein letter up for auction describes ‘tremendous’ US antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/handwritten-einstein-letter-up-for-auction-describes-tremendous-us-antisemitism/ Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:57:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2653324 Rare missive, sent to a friend in 1936, warns that prejudice in academia 'simmers' intensely below the surface; complains academic positions handed out through personal connections

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]]> How the hydroelectric genius of Einstein’s dad lit up an Italian town in 1899 https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-hydroelectric-genius-of-einsteins-dad-lit-up-an-italian-town-in-1899/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:38:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2623747 The mill in Canneto sull’Oglio is again generating green energy, over a century after Hermann Einstein made the village one of the first in its region with electric streetlamps

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