Albert Einstein

New AI tool allows users to chat with Jewish historical figures

Jewish Lives says the site is designed to “enrich reader exploration of the Jewish experience.” They’ve created lesson plans to help educators use Ask Jewish Lives in the classroom.

IMAGES OF Albert Einstein and Emma Goldman are featured in "Ask Jewish Lives," an AI bot that bases its conversations on the "Jewish Lives" series of biographies.
The commemorative stamp, with a face value of 9 shekels, was designed by Studio Mench and is available for purchase through the Israel Post Philatelic Service website.

Hebrew University marks centennial with official new commemorative stamp

Albert Einstein's letter, discovered by Tel Aviv’s Gnazim Institute, the world’s largest archive of Hebrew literature, November 2025.

Newly-discovered Einstein letter surfaces in Tel Aviv, reveals praise for Jewish assistant

 Professor Hanoch Gutfruend is a physics professor, former Hebrew University president, and Academic Head of the Einstein Archive. He showed The Jerusalem Post around the archives to mark 100 years of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hebrew University's centennial: Einstein's legacy and the guardian of a scientific icon


Albert Einstein letter on helping Jewish refugees during WWII up for auction

"The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness," wrote Einstein

David Ben-Gurion meeting with Albert Einstein at Princeton University, in 1951

Thinking the 4th elections will be different is insane, but what can we do? - analysis

Once the votes are cast and counted, the role of the public is done and control over our fate shifts back to the politicians we empowered on Election Day.

A SOLDIER casts an early vote at an army base near Kafr Kara last week.

Israel Elections: Fourth time's the charm? - comment

Albert Einstein's iconic adage - “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results " is making more sense each time.

WORKERS COUNT ballots of quarantined voters, at a tent in the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham in March. (Flash90)

Black hole photo bolsters Einstein's theory of general relativity

Einstein's theory just got a whole lot harder to beat.

First ever image of a black hole

Einstein family's water mill in Italy to produce electricity again

While most of the structure was demolished decades ago, a new water mill to produce electricity is currently being built in the exact same spot.

Albert Einstein

'Einstein in Bohemia': A forgotten chapter for the famed scientist

In Einstein in Bohemia, Michael Gordin provides a meticulously researched, accessible, and fascinating portrait of Einstein, filtered “through the lens of his ties to Habsburg Prague.”

The medieval Charles Bridge in Prague

Iconic Albert Einstein image appears on world’s smallest gold coin

The 1/4-franc gold coin, with a diameter of 2.96mm and weighing 0.063g (1/500 ounce), was issued by the Swissmint last week.

Albert Einstein en 1947

Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein up for auction in Jerusalem

The letter, written in June 1950, addresses Ernst Gabor Strauss' concerns over Einstein's Theory of Everything

Albert Einstein receiving from Judge Phillip Forman his certificate of American citizenship.

Albert Einstein’s letter denouncing antisemitism in US academia on sale

“The hostile attitude of universities towards Jewish teaching staff and students has been increasing perilously, even though it manifests in a hypocritical manner,” the scientist wrote.

Albert Einstein

Einstein’s 1948 letter praising Jewish resilience on sale

The letter is dated May 19, 1948, and was written in German. It was addressed to the first Israeli president Chaim Weizmann.

David Ben-Gurion meeting with Albert Einstein at Princeton University, in 1951