Albert Einstein Square (Jerusalem)

Albert Einstein Square sign, Jerusalem, Israel.
Statue of Albert Einstein in the garden of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities located at Albert Einstein Square, a replica of the 1979 monument located at the US National Academy of Sciences.

Albert Einstein Square (Kikar Albert Einstein) is a public square in Jerusalem, Israel, named for the physicist Albert Einstein.[1] It is located in the Kiryat Shmuel neighborhood, on the grounds of the Council for Higher Education in Israel, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities,[2] and Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

History

Albert Einstein visited Palestine in 1923 for 12 days, giving the first lecture at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3] Menachem Ussishkin, the president of the Zionist Executive, invited Einstein to settle in Jerusalem, but this was the only visit that Einstein actually made to the city. The Albert Einstein Archives are located at the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Einstein was supportive of the Hebrew University in particular as well as Zionism and education in general, hence the naming of this square in association with several higher education and research-oriented institutions of national importance in Israel to honour Einstein, together with a statue of Einstein in nearby gardens of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Landmarks near by are the Jerusalem Theatre and the official residence of the President of Israel.[4] Further to the southwest is the Museum for Islamic Art].[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Einstein Square (Jerusalem)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities". InterAcademies.net. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Robinson, Andrew (2015). Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity (revised ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-691-16989-7.
  4. 1 2 "Jerusalem", Touring Map of Israel (Israel: Israel Ministry of Tourism) (343/1), November 2013

Coordinates: 31°46′15″N 35°12′54″E / 31.77083°N 35.21500°E / 31.77083; 35.21500

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