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Biography Helps Restore Zionism’s President, Chaim Weizmann, to His Proper Place in Israel’s Creation

This book is by no means concerned only with politics, Zionism, or Jewish history. It is a magnificent, epic study of world affairs, and of how much one man could do and also why, in the end, he felt so isolated.

Chaim Weizmann becomes the first president of modern Israel, as he is sworn into office during a ceremony at Jerusalem, February 20, 1949.
Chaim Weizmann becomes the first president of modern Israel, as he is sworn into office during a ceremony at Jerusalem, February 20, 1949. Keystone/Getty Images

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