Why Einstein's Dishonesty was Tolerated

I wrote a book on Einstein, but I was never able to explain why everyone overcredits him for relativity and other wisdom.

One explanation is that most people do not know the history of relativity. Yes, that's true, but the history is well-documented for all the scholars who bother to look.

Another possible explanation is that his reputation was being propped up by friends or Jews or Leftists or others who were partial to him for some reason. But he gets plenty of exaggerated support from non-Jews and others with no obvious ties.

Galina Weinstein is an Israeli philosopher, and Einstein scholar and worshipper, and she suggests another possibility. Because the Nazis denigrated Einstein in the 1930s, an Einstein critic might get labeled a Nazi.

What is not acceptable is ... to frame the [relativity priority] debate in terms that echo long-standing prejudicial tropes.

As I commented:

Apparently this is a veiled reference to a stereotype of Jews being dishonest plagiarists, and as being parasitic, unoriginal, morally corrupt, and eager to appropriate the achievements and culture of others.

That seems rude, but Weinstein is essentially saying that Einstein must be credited to avoid those stereotypes. Just to be sure, I conferred with an AI, and it confirmed the interpretation.

A 1931 German book was titled, A Hundred Authors Against Einstein. According to Wikipedia, Einstein said the authors were Nazi professors, but that was not true. Maybe a couple of them were Nazis. He emigrated from Germany a couple of years later.

Sabine Hossenfelder says the book's main objection was that "Einstein’s theory is merely a philosophical construction." But that is how Einstein's biggest admirers credit him. He cannot be credited with any of the mathematical or physical elements of the theory, and they all predate him.

All this gave the impression that criticizing Einstein was something that ignorant and anti-Jewish Nazis would do.

To me, the history of relativity seems far removed from Jewish issues. But then Weinstein argues that certain Einstein criticisms are unacceptable, if they echo Jewish stereotypes.

If she is right, then maybe that is why almost everyone credits Einstein for relativity, and idolizes him as a great genius. They will be called Nazi and prejudiced, if they do not.

Then there is the issue of Deutsche Physik versus Jewish science. I cannot find a clear explanation of the difference. Wikipedia says that some Germans questioned Einstein's notion of the aether, and some experimental results.

Any analysis of how Einstein's relativity work might be Jewish science must be based on what Einstein actually contributed to special relativity. The consensus among historians is that Einstein ignored experiments like Michelson-Morley, and that he had no new formulas or testable ideas. Einstein is usually praised for obscure terminological differences that have no physical significance. Is there something Talmudic about that? I don't know.

This all seems foolish to me. Einstein was a brilliant physicist. There are lots of other brilliant Jewish physicists. Just credit them for what they did. Those who artificially inflate his reputation are the ones echoing those long-standing tropes.