Translation of: ha-Av ha-meyased : Ḥayim Ṿaitsman, biyografyah, 1922-1959. Includes bibliographical references (pages 813-890) and index.
Contents:
Preface: Toward a Weizmann biography -- Eastern European beginnings -- On the path to leadership -- Conflicting loyalties -- The Uganda controversy -- New beginnings -- Synthetic Zionism -- Failed professorship -- The Great War -- Acetone in the service of Zionism -- Between exile and redemption -- From letter to Balfour Declaration -- Laying the cornerstone of the Hebrew University -- The road to San Remo -- The break with American Zionism -- Lobbying for Palestine -- Labor pains -- If we don't have America -- Lewis and Baffy -- The third era of Zionism -- On the world stage -- A place of his own -- The valleys and the hills -- War again -- Zionism of the weak -- A golden autumn -- "You may view the land from a distance" -- The contours of memory.
Summary:
"A magisterial biography of Israel's first president. Beginning with his childhood in Belorussia and concluding with his tenure as president, Reinharz and Golani describe how a Russian Jew, who immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century, was able to advance the goals of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist Organization. "-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.