Weizmann

American

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

noun

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

Weizmann British

/ ˈwaɪtsmən, ˈwaɪz- /

noun

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

"Astrobiology is fundamentally a forensic science," said Gideon Yoffe, postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and first author of the study.

From Science Daily ● May 12, 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

Would anybody put it in the exact order of words and structure of sentence in which Dr. Weizmann has put it?

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

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