What is Albert Einstein Square?
{{coord|31|46|15|N|35|12|54|E|display=title}} [[File:Albert Einstein Square sign, Jerusalem.JPG|thumb|Albert Einstein Square in Jerusalem, Israel]] [[File:AlbertEinsteinStatue-InIsraelAcademyOfSciencesAndHumanities-ByRobertBerks.JPG|thumb|Statue of [[Albert Einstein]] in the garden of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities]] '''Albert Einstein Square''' ({{lang-he|כיכר אלברט איינשטיין}}, ''Kikar Albert Einstein'') is a public [[Town square|square]] in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]. it is located in the entrance of the [[Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities]] at the [[Talbiya]] neighborhood in Jerusalem. [[Albert Einstein]] visited [[Palestine]] in 1923 for 12 days. He gave the first [[lecture]] at the [[Mount Scopus]] campus of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity | url=https://archive.org/details/einsteinhundredy00unse | first=Andrew |last=Robinson | author-link=W. Andrew Robinson | publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] | edition=revised | date=2015 | isbn=978-0-691-16989-7 | page=[https://archive.org/details/einsteinhundredy00unse/page/189 189] }}</ref> Einstein was in favor of the Hebrew University, as well as [[Zionism]] and education in general. This is the reason the square is named for him. Also, a statue of Einstein is nearby in the gardens of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Albert Einstein Square (Jerusalem)}} [[Category:Albert Einstein]] [[Category:Town squares in Jerusalem]] {{Asia-stub}}