Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president.
Ben-Zvi in 1952
Ben Zvi with Rachel Yanait in Istanbul, 1913
Editorial staff of Ha-Achdut, 1910. Right to left; seated – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, David Ben-Gurion, Yosef Haim Brenner; standing – A. Reuveni, Ya'akov Zerubavel
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (standing, second from right) at a meeting with Arab leaders at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, 1933. Also pictured are Chaim Weizmann (sitting, second from left), Haim Arlosoroff (sitting, center), and Moshe Shertok (Sharett) (standing, right).
Chaim Weizmann
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Chaim Azriel Weizmann was an Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 Febr
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
…acting members of the Government Naming Committee, whose duty was to decide on appropriate names for newly constructed settlements. After the death of Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion proposed Yitzhak Ben-Zvi as the candidate for the presidency of the state at the party convention held on November 26, 1952. In a…
Weizmann in 1949
Weizmann in 1900
Ben-Zion Mossinson, Albert Einstein, Chaim Weizmann, Menachem Ussishkin on SS Rotterdam, 1921
Chaim Weizmann in 1926