APPENDIX I STATEMENT ON NATIONALISM AND ZIONISM This statement was made during Einstein’s visit to the offices of the Zionist Federation in Buenos Aires on 16 April 1925 and published in an article entitled “Visita del profesor Ein- stein a la Federación Sionista” (“Visit of Professor Einstein at the Zionist Federation”) in Mundo Israelita on 18 April 1925, p 1. […] Desde mi punto de vista ideológico, sería deseable una humanidad sin divisiones pero como esto parece imposible para hoy, ni se vislumbra para mañana, el nacionalismo se justifica como un hecho en la práctica y por lo tanto también se justifica el sionismo, que es una solucíon de dignidad para el estado moral, cultural y nacional, no sólo de los judíos que formarán su hogar nacional en la Palestina, sino del judaísmo en general, del cual que- dará como motivo de cohesíon y una razón de ser. […] TRANSLATION […] According to my ideological point of view, an undivided humanity would be desir- able however this seems impossible today, nor can one envision it for tomorrow national- ism is justified as a practical fact and thus Zionism is also justified. Zionism is a dignified solution for a moral, cultural and national state, not just for those Jews embracing Palestine as their nation, but also for Judaism in general it is a motive for cohesion and a reason for being. […]