The Weizmann Institute of Science was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
The front door of the administrative building with the Institute's first name, The Daniel Sieff Research Institute
Chaim Weizmann (1874–1952), first president of the State of Israel and founder of the institute
Weizmann residence, designed by Erich Mendelsohn
The campus
Rehovot
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Rehovot is a city in the Central District of Israel, about 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. In 2024 it had a population of 155,049.
Weizmann Institute of Science
…Institute of Science (or simply Weizmann; Hebrew: מכון ויצמן למדע Machon Weizmann LeMada) was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. The institute is now a multidisciplinary research center, employing around 3,800 scientists…
View of Rehovot
Yaakov Street, Rehovot in 1893
Menucha and Nahala, the Warsaw committee that founded the city, Eliezer Kaplan on left in 1892
Main street of Rehovot in 1933