Chaim Weizmann
Dr. Chaim Weizmann was born in the town of Motol in the Russian Pale of Settlement in November 1874. He would move to England in 1904 and there play a leading role in convincing the British government to issue the Balfour Declaration, Britain’s statement in favor of a Jewish National Home. Weizmann would go on to lead the Zionist movement for decades as president of the World Zionist Organization. He would eventually become Israel’s first president.
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- Lectures 5
- Quizzes 1
- Students 65
- Certificate No
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