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    Chaim Azriel Weizmann (/ˈkaɪm ˈwaɪtsmən/ KY-im WYTE-smən) 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born biochemist, Zionist leader and Israeli...
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    Weizmann Institute of Science has been associated with six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners. The institute was founded in 1934 by Chaim...
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    Vera Weizmann (née Chatzman) (Hebrew: ורה ויצמן; November 27, 1881 – September 24, 1966), wife of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the State of...
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    Faisal–Weizmann agreement was signed by Emir Faisal, the third son of Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, King of the short-lived Kingdom of Hejaz, and Chaim Weizmann...
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  • the destruction of Germany. Alleging that war was declared in 1939 by Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, Nazis used this false...
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    believed that for one to grow truly fond of Nietzsche one must desert him. Chaim Weizmann, leader of the Zionist movement and future first president of the State...
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    proposal was rejected outright by the Arabs. The two main Jewish leaders, Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion, had convinced the Zionist Congress to equivocally...
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    Weizmann, Chaim (1949). Trial and Error, The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann. Jewish Publication Society of America. OCLC 830295337. Weizmann, Chaim (1983)...
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    presidential election took place on 16 February 1949, and the winner was Chaim Weizmann. The second took place in 1951, as at the time presidential terms were...
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    of both sides. Chaim Weizmann made a speech on behalf of the Jews. On 25 November 1936, testifying before the Peel Commission, Weizmann said that there...
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  • Weizmann or Weizman is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Chaim Weizmann, a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization...
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  • that served until the formation of Israel's provisional government, Chaim Weizmann served as the de facto head of state until his election as President...
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  • The Weizmann Prize for Research in the Exact Sciences named after Dr. Chaim Weizmann is a prize awarded by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality to Israeli researchers...
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    advocated a "revision" of the "practical Zionism" of David Ben-Gurion and Chaim Weizmann which was focused on the settling of Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel)...
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  • most prominent Russian-Zionist migrant in Britain was chemist Chaim Weizmann. Weizmann developed a new process to produce acetone, a critical ingredient...
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    time, acetone was manufactured by destructive distillation of wood. Chaim Weizmann had developed a process of bacterial fermentation, using Clostridium...
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    On 4 January 1919, Emir Faisal and Chaim Weizmann, President of the Zionist Organization, signed the Faisal–Weizmann Agreement for Arab-Jewish Cooperation...
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    Zionist Commission for Palestine was a commission chaired by Chaim Weizmann, president of the British Zionist Federation following British promulgation...
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    The Weizmann House (Hebrew: בית ויצמן) was the home of the first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, and first First Lady, Vera Weizmann. The house sits...
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    after the outbreak of World War I, he moved to London to work with Chaim Weizmann. Sokolow died in London in 1936. Sokolow was a prolific author and translator...
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    edited the Workers of Zion. One of the people he met while in London was Chaim Weizmann. He then worked on the Davar newspaper from 1925 until 1931. In 1931...
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  • Weizmann. Weizmann's most famous sibling was Chaim Weizmann, the President of Zionist Organization and the first President of Israel. Weizmann attended...
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    various countries before Chaim Weizmann invited him to become the director of the Sieff Research Institute (now the Weizmann Institute) in Rehovot, Mandatory...
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  • Maria Weizmann (Russian: Мари́я Ве́йцман; 1893–1974) was a sister of Israeli politician and scientist Chaim Weizmann (the first President of the State...
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    European powers was seen as necessary by the Zionist leadership (Herzl, Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion). Creating an alliance with Great Britain and securing...
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    was born in a large family to Ezer Weizmann and Rachel-Leah Chemerinskiy. Sister of Chaim Weizmann and Moshe Weizmann. She studied in Zürich from 1905 to...
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    valuable bacterium sometimes called the "Weizmann Organism", after Jewish Russian-born biochemist Chaim Weizmann. A senior lecturer at the University of...
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    Reynold, Nick. The War of the Zionist Giants: David Ben-Gurion and Chaim Weizmann (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). Rosenberg-Friedman, Lilach. "David Ben-Gurion...
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    Massachusetts: Quinlan Press, 1987. Chaim Weizmann (1949). Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann. Jewish Publication Society of America...
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    met Chaim Weizmann, who was to become the President of the World Zionist Organization and later the first President of Israel. According to Weizmann's memoirs...
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