EINSTEIN ‘TOO JEWISH'
FOR CHINA
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ALBERT EINSTEIN
July 31, 2002 -- JERUSALEM - Israel has canceled an Albert Einstein exhibit in China after Beijing officials insisted there be no reference to his being Jewish or a supporter of the Jewish state, a government spokesman said yesterday.
The collection of Einstein memorabilia was to open in Beijing next month and travel to five other Chinese cities, in the biggest cultural exchange ever between the two countries.
But as details of the exhibit were being finalized recently, Chinese officials demanded the deletion of a printed paragraph in the display.
The paragraph described Einstein as a Jew, a supporter of the creation of Israel and someone who was offered the presidency of the country by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister.
Israeli officials called the attempt at censorship insulting.
"These three themes are very important to the biography of Einstein and can't be changed," said Amir Sagie, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Beijing.
The Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot said China took the step "so as not to spark Arab anger."
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