Tribute to Einstein Paid at Jewish Writers Meeting

A tribute to the late Dr. Albert Einstein was paid here last night by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, at a Jewish Tercentenary concert-meeting arranged by the Yiddish Writers Union.

“The shock to Jewry of Professor Einstein’s passing is something that no other people can comprehend,” Dr. Goldmann said “It signifies, for Jews, somewhat of a moral crisis. The Gaon the man of genius was always required by Jewish tradition to be also a man of the exemplary life. The term Gaon applied only to men in whom intellectual genius and moral nobility combined, and moral nobility, in Jewish tradition has always implied humility. The Jews have always spoken of their ranking teachers as great, humble and kind. Humility and kindness have been prerequisites for greatness among Jews, and we have always felt safest in the knowledge that a personality combining these qualities lives in our midst. Professor Albert Einstein, seemingly removed from all rabbinic tradition, fits into this classical pattern.”

A panel discussion was held at the Yiddish Writers Union affair as a “Salute to the Role of Yiddish.” Participants in the panel were. Dr. Goldmann; Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; Harry Rogoff, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward; S. Dingol, editor of the Day-Morning Journal; S. Niger, of the Congress for Jewish Culture; N. Chanin, of the Workmen’s Circle; Louis Segal, of the Jewish National Workers Alliance; Dr. S. Margoshes, vice-president of the writers union, and Leon Crystal, president of the union.