Chaim Weizmann

Weizmann Institute: A legacy of discovery, innovation, and resilience

When Iranian ballistic missiles struck the heart of the Weizmann Institute, the message was loud and clear: not even peaceful scientific research is safe.

 THE FUTURISTIC particle accelerator building at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
 WEIZMANN INSTITUTE President Alon Chen (left) with Eric Gertler, trustee of the Zuckerman Israel Institute and the Zucker Family Foundation

Grapevine April 17, 2025: Closing a circle

 An aerial view of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus campus.

100 years of innovation: Hebrew University of Jerusalem celebrates centennial

 Greater Manchester Police arrest suspect in November 1 theft of Chaim Weizmann bust.

Police arrest four for stealing, beheading Manchester University Weizmann bust


Palestine Action claims to abduct sculpture of Israeli president from University of Manchester

"Weizmann secured the Balfour Declaration, a British pledge written 107 years ago, which began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by signing the land away," the group claimed.

Palestine Action claimed on Saturday that members of the pro-Palestinian group abducted a statue of former Israeli President Chaim Weizmann from the University of Manchester.

A conversation with Professor Jehuda Reinharz, co-author of 'Chaim Weizmann: A Biography'

WATCH: Jerusalem Post Breaking News Editor Jacob Laznik speaks to Professor Jehuda Reinharz, co-author of “Chaim Weizmann: A Biography.

 Chaim Weizmann: A Biography

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

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.

 President Chaim Weizmann

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.

 The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

The Israeli presidency and the significance of seven

Anyone familiar with Herzog can tell you that “you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

 Isaac Herzog is sworn in as president, alongside outgoing president Reuven Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy

Rivlin to play his predecessor, Chaim Weizmann, in new TV season

The series tells the story of the young people who served in the Palmah starting in 1946. President Rivlin will play Israel's first president Chaim Weizmann.

REUVEN RIVLIN with Orly Atlas-Katz.

ECI to mark 100 years since San Remo Conference in Jerusalem

'This is the most momentous political event in the whole history of our movement, and it is, perhaps, no exaggeration to say in the whole history of our people since the Exile'

San Remo Conference 521

Reuven Rivlin: If Israel is to be successful, it must be united

The president's comments came during a speech at a memorial event for the first president of Israel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann.

President Reuven Rivlin lays a wreath at the official memorial ceremony for Dr. Chaim Weizmann, November 19, 2019

Grapevine: Between politics and prayers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

TAMAR ZANDBERG and Uri Zaki are expectant parents.

Learning firsthand about Theodor Herzl...

... from my grandfather Rabbi Jacob Koppel Goldbloom (1872-1961), a forgotten Zionist activist

SEALING STAMP of the Jewish National Fund depicting Theodor Herzl in his iconic posture on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, during the First Zionist Congress, 1897. The quoted Psalm 137, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning,” was how Herz

Einstein’s 1948 letter praising Jewish resilience on sale

The letter is dated May 19, 1948, and was written in German. It was addressed to the first Israeli president Chaim Weizmann.

David Ben-Gurion meeting with Albert Einstein at Princeton University, in 1951