Chaim Weizmann

  President Chaim Weizmann

'Chaim Weizmann: A Biography': A revealing look at the life of Israel's first president

The facts of Weizmann’s life, fascinating though they are, yield in interest to the authors’ examination of his quite extraordinary personality and the powerful effect it exercised.

On this day: First ever election to the Knesset held in 1949

David Ben-Gurion won the elections and became Israel's first prime minister and Chaim Weizmann became Israel's first president.

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