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- From: fsyael@ottoicomp (Shaye Yungster)
- Subject: Einstein and the jews as a race
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.150537.22872@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: fsyael@otto (Shaye Yungster)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:05:37 GMT
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- In previous posts, Wayne Mcguire has been claiming that Albert Einstein
- asserted that jews constitute a race in the biological sense.
- This is simply a lie, as the following excerpt from one of Einstein's
- articles demonstrates
-
- "In the foregoing I have conceived of Judaism as a community of tradition.
- Both friend and foe, on the other hand, have often asserted that the Jews
- represent a race; that their characteristic behavior is the result of
- innate qualities transmitted by heredity from one generation to the next.
- This opinion gains weight from the fact that the Jews for thousands of years
- have predominantly married within their own group. Such a custom may indeed
- preserve a homogeneous race - if it existed originally; it cannot produce
- uniformity of the race - if there was originally a racial intermixture.
- The Jews, however, are beyond doubt a mixed race, just as are all other
- groups of our civilization. Sincere anthropologists are agreed on this point;
- assertions to the contrary all belong to the field of political propaganda
- and must be rated accordingly."
-
- Albert Einstein
- "Why Do They Hate The Jews"
- From: Collier's Magazine, New York, Nov. 26, 1938.
- also in
- "Ideas and Opinions", by Albert Einstein
- Bonanza Books, New York.
-
- Clearly, Mr. Mcguire has been quoting Einstein out of context in order to
- promote his antisemitic ideas.
- To get a complete view of Einstein's wonderful thoughts about judaism I
- would recommend reading the chapter entitled "On the Jewish People" in the
- above mentioned book.
-
-
- Shaye Yungster.
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-