What Hasan Piker Got Wrong About Einstein and Zionism

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Noam addresses Hasan Piker's statements about Albert Einstein and Zionism, providing a fuller historical context.

Hasan Piker weaponized Albert Einstein on Pod Save America to condemn Zionism. But he left out most of the story. Noam addresses Piker's troubling statements about Einstein by tracing his full relationship with Zionism, exposing how a confident but incomplete portrait collapses under the weight of the full historical record. The Problem with Hasan Piker's Einstein Story, by Yair Rosenberg: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/deep-shtetl/ Check out our past episodes of Unpacking Israeli History on topics including Deir Yassin, Hamas, Sabra and Shatila and the Right of Return. https://unpacked.media/podcast-series/unpacking-israeli-history/ For more on the topic, listen to Jewish History Nerds' recent episode Albert Einstein: Was he a Zionist? https://unpacked.media/albert-einstein-was-he-a-zionist-part-2/ This episode was sponsored by Travis Terry and Cathy and Barbara Malamut. To sponsor an episode or to be in touch, please email noam@unpacked.media. Visit jewishlives.org to explore and buy books from the Jewish Lives book series. Use the discount code JLIFE to get a discount. Check out this episode on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

People in this episode

Host: Noam

Topics covered

• Zionism
• Albert Einstein
• Hasan Piker
• Jewish history
• historical analysis

Keywords

• Zionism
• Albert Einstein
• Hasan Piker
• historical record
• Jewish history

Sponsors

Travis Terry, Cathy and Barbara Malamut

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pod Save America, Jewish History Nerds, OpenDor Media, jewishlives.org

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