I am not going to debate this; for sadly obvious reasons, there exists a bounty of agenda-bent mis- and disinformation---which now includes my previous statement: I should have more circumspectly indicated Einstein was "selectively observant."
In contemporary Judaism, there is a big difference between "religious" and "observant." But enough of this. All best / Darryl On Mar 3, 2011, at 11:52 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: > To provide a bit of clarification to the foregoing....Albert Einstein was > born to into a non-religious Jewish family and as an extremely young child > attended Catholic School for a couple of years; throughout his life Einstein > was an observant Jew. > > -------------------- > That's not true, Einstein was a non-observant Jew throughout his life, like > his parents. He only kept kosher and attended synagogue for a short time in > his youth. He gave up belief in the religious tenets of Judaism at age 12 > just before his bar mitzvah. > ------------------- > Shortly after his 50th birthday, Einstein declares he's not a religious Jew > in an interview with George Sylvester Viereck: > "I am a determinist. I do not believe in free will. Jews believe in free > will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine. In > that respect I am not a Jew." > > Read more: > http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1607298-2,00.html#ixzz1FYXWD1AD > > -------------- > Phil Whitmer > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
