1921–1922: Travels abroad

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In 1921, Albert Einstein’s first trip to America triggered the kind of mass hysteria that would greet the Beatles four decades later. But as newly published documents show, it also tore a sharp rift between European Zionists and some of their fellow Jews across the Atlantic, men like Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter, who felt that the best way for Jews to get ahead was to assimilate, not agitate for a Jewish homeland.

Albert Einstein’s exploding global fame and budding Zionism came together in the spring of 1921 for an event that was unique in the history of science, and indeed remarkable for any realm: a grand two-month processional through the eastern and midwestern United States that evoked the sort of mass frenzy and press adulation that would thrill a touring rock star.

He was here on a fundraising mission.

On November 2, 1922, the Japanese mail steamer Kitano Maru arrived in Singapore harbor carrying a famous passenger. Professor Albert Einstein disembarked that Thursday morning with his wife Elsa.

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The most acclaimed scientific celebrity Albert Einstein had visited Sri Lanka in 1922 en route his journey to Japan. Archival information on the subject being scanty and it appears that his visit to Ceylon has not received publicity at that time or subsequently

by Kirthi Tennakone (January 22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) T he most acclaimed scientific celebrity Albert Einstein had visited Sri Lank...

Albert Einstein visited Colombo Ceylon on the way to Japan during 28-30 October 1922. Any newspaper details would gratefully received.

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Japan has a lot of old sayings such as “Bushi wa kuwanedo takayoji (samurai are people who conspicuously use a toothpick even when they have not eaten)” that describes the samurai’s way of life in which they put honor and pride above everything else, and “Boro wa kitetemo kokoro wa nishiki (rags on the outside, brocade within)” that indicates the importance of keeping one’s spirit high even if living in poverty.

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Handwritten manuscripts, including an essay on Japan, penned by Albert Einstein during the famed physicist's visit to this nation in 1922 were disclosed to

A collection of documents, including an essay on Japan, handwritten by world’s most famous scientist Albert Einstein during his visit to the country in 1922, were displayed at Keio University on Monday. The papers include an eight-page draft in German written from the hotels the physicist stayed at, letters to his longtime friend Dr. Hayari …

Einstein wrote to Zionist leader Arthur Ruppin who was fundraising in the US.

There is some controversy over Einstein's political views especially on the issue of Palestine and the creation of a Jewish State. Many Zionists claim

German physicist received a hero’s welcome in 1923, although not many people at the time understood exactly why

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