Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) was born in a village in Belarus, then part of the Russian empire, earned a Ph.D in organic chemistry in 1899, and joined the University of Manchester chemistry department ...

Born in 1874 in what he himself described as “one of the darkest and most forlorn corners of the Pale of Settlement,” Chaim Weizmann rose to become the confidant of world leaders and ...

Beginning in 1896, in response to racial antisemitism, religious bigotry, social discrimination, economic hardships and persistent pogroms, Jews initiated a movement to re-create their ancient ...

“Without Chaim Weizmann, there would have been no Jewish state,” says Professor Jehuda Reinharz, co-author of “Chaim Weizmann: A Biography.” Reinharz discussed the book in a one-on-one ...