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References to Albert Einstein held in the World ORT Archive

Archive RefDigital RefTitle/ description
WO/4/16/9/1/1d07a258Appeal Dinner Savoy Hotel, London, 28 October 1930: Plan of Tables and Index of Names.
WO/6/4/2/3/9

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d17b049,

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ORT Bulletin:

Vol. II, No. 9 (May 1949), pp.6-7 – ‘Convention Greetings’

Vol. VIII, No. 5 (May-June 1955), p.3 – ‘Albert Einstein on ORT’

 Vol. XIV, No. 1 (Sep-Oct 1960), p.3 – ‘Thirty Years Ago’

WO/6/4/1/3/10d16a063ORT News - May 1978 – ‘When Shaw, Rothschild and Einstein Got Together’
WO/7/4/2/2/14

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Cover letter from Dr Rubin with Albert Einstein's appeal for ORT, 1927 [DC/0104]
WO/7/5/3/2 Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, Volume 15 - Includes chapter on Bernard Shaw's Toast to Albert Einstein at the British ORT-OSE dinner at the Savoy Hotel, 28 October 1930, including the text of Shaw’s speech - pp. 231-241.
 d06b275Press cutting describing the 1930 British ORT-OSE banquet in London, 31 October 1930. Unknown German language newspaper. Provides a description of a fundraising banquet in London at which the guests of honour were Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells. Both Shaw and Einstein spoke in support of ORT and its policy of training young Jews. [DC/0123/03]
 d06c484Press cutting: ‘Einstein Deals with Jewish Problems’, 1930. Newspaper article attributed to JPZ in London [German]. At a London fund raising banquet in aid of ORT-OSE, GB Shaw introduced Albert Einstein - a great among greats, following in the footsteps of Pythagoras, Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus and Newton. Einstein said that the reputation of ORT reflects in each country the manner in which unprotected minorities are treated. The situation of the Jews in the various countries is a barometer of the country's civilisation. He appeals to the English audience to help ORT in their very worthy work. [DC/0126/02]
  People's Tool Campaign: conference 1931 - photocopy of greetings cable from Albert Einstein in Berlin to WOU tool campaign conference in NY, 3 April 1931 [DC/1055/3/10]
 d06b226Telegram from Dr Syngalowski in Cernauti/Chernivtsi asking ORT Berlin to engage Einstein and Blumenthal on his behalf in Romania, 30/04/1931. [DC/0120/10]
 d20a198[copy] Letter from Albert Einstein, in his capacity as President of OSE to the Jewish Communities of India, 5 December 1934. Requests their support of ORT-OSE’s campaign to assist European Jewry [2022/6]
 d20a199[copy] Letter from Albert Einstein to the Jewish Communities in Eastern Asia, 5 December 1934. Requests their support of ORT-OSE’s campaign to assist European Jewry [2022/6]
 d06b276Press cutting: ‘Prof. Einstein's speech on radio about Jewish People and about the Land of Israel’. Presents a retelling of Einstein's speech on Jews at a meeting of "Oriental Society" in London, where he was a speaker along with Bernard Shaw. [DC/0123/03].
PC/SPE/FTF/p00a030 Photograph. The fundraising dinner held at the Savoy Hotel in London, where the guest speakers were Albert Einstein and George Bernard Shaw, 28 October 1930.
FC/ORG/GBR/1930/1f06a003Einstein at ORT-OSE fundraising dinner, 28 October 1930. Footage from the British ORT-OSE dinner held at the Savoy Hotel on 28 October 1930. Silent footage of Einstein speaking, intercut with views of the audience [00:30-01:02]; footage (with sound) of a small selection from George Bernard Shaw's speech in honour of Einstein (seated next to him) [01:27-03:03]. The first 30 seconds of the film are blank.