How old was Einstein when he died ?
He supported the creation of a Jewish national homeland in the British mandate of Palestine but was initially opposed to the idea of a Jewish state with borders , an army , and a measure of temporal power . ” Fred Jerome in his " Einstein on Israel and Zionism : His Provocative Ideas About the Middle East " argues that Einstein was a Cultural Zionist who supported the idea of a Jewish homeland but opposed the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine preferring a bi-national state with “ continuously functioning , mixed , administrative , economic , and social organizations . ” In 1931 , The Macmillan Company published " About Zionism : Speeches and Lectures by Professor Albert Einstein " .