¶ … Einstein's Theory of Relativity Jewish Science? This study examines the work of Gimbel (2012) entitled "Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion" and specifically pages 112-217 and seeks to answer the question of how the categorization of Einstein and others functions from a sociological perspective. This study seeks to answer as to if Einstein as a second-class Jewish citizen also resounded in the Jewish community itself and particularly among the Jewish intelligentsia and how important this is for understanding the nature of religion? This study will answer as to whether there are Jewish aspects to liberal universalism and if so what was found in the reading of Gimbel. Finally, this study will answer as to what was found to be most interesting and most insightful and what was found to be contentious in Gimbel's work.

Gimbel: Categorization of Einstein and Function from Sociological Perspective

Gimbel conducts an examination of whether relativity is such that can be labeled a Jewish science through analyzing whether "it was a part of the discourse among contemporary Jewish intellectuals" and while deciding that the theory of relativity did not have any impact on the philosophy of the Jewish people claims that the theory of relativity did indeed assimilate Jewish intellectuals and of these "Einstein was crucial." (p.175) According to Gimbel "Einstein was...

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The work of Weinstein and Kakai (nd) writes that Einstein upon returning to Germany in 1914 was appalled to realize that "worthy Jews [were] basely caricatured and commented on how the educational institutions, comics, and other major mediums of communication in the Gentile majority served to tear down the confidence of "even the best of my fellow Jews." (p. 28) Weinstein and Kakai writes that anti-Semitism, during the Weimar Republic "was even more precocious during the years of hyperinflation between 1919 and 1923 than in 1933, the year Hitler finally came to power." (nd, p. 29)

A top scientist of the day, Lenard was highly offended by Einstein's "politics and rise to stardom, a rise that occurred in part because of the work of Eddington, A Brit." (Gimbel, ) According to Gimbel Einstein's demeanor was held by Lenard to be "arrogant, indicative of someone who put self-aggrandizement before nation, something that made him ore British than German." (Gimbel, 2012)

Negative consequences arose from the actions of Lenard who was a "German patriot" and specifically, when the Kaiser was selling government bonds to fund the war, Lenard bought them and spent all of his gold. The bonds were viewed as a Je3wish government under the Weimar rule and the bonds became worthless…