Born in 1874 in what he himself described as “one of the darkest and most forlorn corners of the Pale of Settlement,” Chaim ...

Israel’s founding president, Chaim Weizmann, suffered from a sharp decline in mental health during the final decade of his life. After the loss of his son Michael in World War II, Weizmann took ...

The book Der Judenstaat was published in Vienna by Theodor Herzl, in which he envisaged a Jewish state combining humanitarian ...

Finally Balfour said: “Are there many Jews who think like you?” The young man, whose name was Chaim Weizmann, replied: “I believe I speak the mind of millions of Jews whom you will never see ...

The first volume of Jehuda Reinharz's definitive biography of Chaim Weizmann, Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Zionist Leader, met with widespread acclaim and won five major prizes. President Chaim ...

P ro-Palestine activists who thought they were stealing a statue of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, accidentally ...

Exactly 100 years after the first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, made his vital discovery about acetone at The University of Manchester, the institution is celebrating his legacy through new ...

Palestine Action stole two busts from the University of Manchester, claiming they depicted Chaim Weizmann. Weizmann served as ...

In Chaim Weizmann: A Biography, Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani show how Weizmann, a leader of the World Zionist Organization who became the first president of Israel, advocated for a Jewish state by ...