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176 ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE
ADDRESSES ON RECONSTRUCTION IN PALESTINE
From 1920 on, observing the spread of anti-Semitism in
Germany after World War I, Einstein, who up to that time
had expressed little interest in religious matters, became
a strong supporter of the Zionist movement. In 1921 he
came to New York, with Professor Chaim Weizmann, later
to become the first president of the State of Israel, to raise
funds for the Jewish National Fund and the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem (founded in 1918). The first three
talks below were delivered, however, during his third visit
to the United States in 1931-32. (His second American
visit had occurred in 1930') The fourth talk was made
many years earlier upon his return from America to Berlin
in 1921, while the fifth, though more recent, nevertheless
pre·dated his settling in Princeton (1933). All were published
in Mein Weltbild, Amsterdam: Querido Verlag,
1934.
I.
Ten years ago, when I first had the pleasure of addressing you
in behalf of the Zionist cause, almost all our hopes were still
fixed on the future. Today we can look back on these ten
years with joy; for in that time the united energies of the Jewish
people have accomplished a piece of splendidly successful,
constructive work in Palestine, which certainly exceeds anything
that we dared then to hope for.
We have also successfully stood the severe test to which the
events of the last few years have subjected us. Ceaseless work,
supported by a noble purpose, is leading slowly but surely to
success. The latest pronouncements of the British government
indicate a return to a juster judgment of our case; this we recognize
with gratitude. .
But we must never forget what this crisis has taught usnamely,
that the establishment of satisfactory relations between
the Jews and the Arabs is not England's affair but ours. We-