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Name: Chaim Weizmann
Birth Date: November 2, 1874
Death Date: November 9, 1952
Place of Birth: Motele, Russia
Place of Death: Rehovot, Israel
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: Male
Occupations: president, political leader, religious leader

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Biography of Chaim Weizmann
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The Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) was president of the World Zionist Organization and first president of the state of Israel. Chaim Weizmann, son of Oizer and Rachel Weizmann, was born on Nov. 2, 1874, in Motele, Russia. After receiving a...
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Biography of Chaim Weizmann
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Chaim Weizmann was born on November 17, 1874, in Motol, Russia. In 1885, he migrated to Pinsk to attend high school, where he spent his spare time in Zionist activities. He later became President of the World Zionist Organization in 1921, President of...


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Chaim Azriel Weizmann (חיים ויצמן) (also: Chaijim W., Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and...


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Chaim Weizmann Summary
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1874-1952 Russian-Israeli chemist who pioneered microbiological applications in industrial chemistry, such as using bacteria to break down starches for production of ethanol, butanol, and acetone. A politically active Zionist, Weizmann played a key...
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Chaim Azriel Weizmann (Hebrew: חיים עזריאל ויצמן – b. November 27, 1874, d. November 9, 1952) was a chemist who developed a new process of producing acetone through bacterial fermentation, Zionist leader, President of the World Zionist...


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Publishers Weekly
Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Statesman. (book reviews)
12/14/1992: 198 words, approx. 1 pages
* CHAIM WEIZMANN: The Making of a Statesman Jehuda Reinharz. Oxford Univ. $40 (576p) ISBN 0-19-507215-4 How did a mere lecturer at Manchester University in England appoint himself spokesman of world Jewry, rise to leadership of the Zionist movement and sway...
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Forward
Weizmann Tests Limits of Power Of Presidency
10/13/1995: 1,147 words, approx. 4 pages
Hillel Halkin Forward 10-13-1995 Weizmann Tests Limits of Power Of Presidency. JERUSALEM -- On Wednesday, as Jerusalem put on a holiday gala of parades and performances as part of its 3,000th anniversary celebration, Ezer Weizmann hosted an open house for the public,...
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The New York Observer
Yivo Institute Suppresses a Jewish Hero's Anti-Zionism
10/26/2006: 591 words, approx. 2 pages
Yivo's Board of Overseers, chaired by Marty Peretz, has reprinted the cover of Lucien Wolf's book The Myth of the Jewish Menace in World Affairs. And a handsome cover it is. On the back of the reprint, Yivo presumes to tell Wolf's biography. It goes...
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The New York Observer
The Times Says the Israel Lobby Doesn't Go Back to Truman. What About Wilson?
11/13/2006: 637 words, approx. 2 pages
Steve Walt fairly, in an article by Steve Erlanger and David Sanger about why Israel and the U.S. are joined in a war on terror from Gaza to Baghdad, and maybe on to Tehran. Though, rest assured, the Times is careful to dismiss Walt...
 


 

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