During his only visit to the Holy Land, the father of relativity admitted he had trouble speaking Hebrew and asserted he would never make aliyah. Tel Aviv turned Einstein on, but Jerusalem underwhelmed him
Rainy, gloomy weather greeted Albert Einstein on his only trip to the Holy Land 100 years ago, in early February 1923. “Arab villages, Jewish colonies, olive trees, cacti, and orange trees” were the first sights to catch his eye, as he noted in his journal, in German.