Weizmann

American  

[vahyts-mahn, wahyts-muhn, vahyts-] / ˈvaɪtsˌmɑn, ˈwaɪts mən, ˈvaɪts- /

noun

1. Chaim 1874–1952, Israeli chemist and Zionist leader, born in Russia: 1st president of Israel 1948–52.

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Weizmann British  

/ ˈwaɪtsmən, ˈwaɪz- /

noun

1. Chaim (ˈxaɪɪm). 1874–1952, Israeli statesman, born in Russia. As a leading Zionist, he was largely responsible for securing the Balfour Declaration (1917); first president of Israel (1949–52)

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Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science found that genes account for about half of human longevity—much more than prior estimates of less than 10%.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

“It’s very good“, Nissim Weizmann told the BBC as he sat outside a grocery shop in the town.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

Chaim Weizmann, who was Israel's first president and certainly a Zionist, suggested that the hundreds of thousands of Arabs living in Jewish territory could enjoy the same rights and protections as anyone else.

From Salon ● May 26, 2024

"Using this minimal cell model, we systematically explored the curvotaxis mechanism on various curved surfaces," reports Nir Gov from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

The most sensible statement of a compromise I heard among the Zionists was suggested to me by Dr. Weizmann, who is a man not only highly intelligent but ardent and sympathetic.

From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton