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Date

3-1980

Description

After Israel was recognized as a country by the US, Chaim Weizmann was chosen to serve as the country’s first President. He was elected in February of 1949 and served as Israel’s President until his death in 1952. It was in April of 1949 that he traveled to the US in search of contributions for the State of Israel. While there, he managed to collect a large sum of $23 million and put it towards their research facility, which is now know as the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Upon his death, Weizmann requested to be buried in the gardens next to his house in Rehovot. Designed by Moshe Ziffer, the tombstone was designed after the tombstones of missing soldiers in Great Britain, a tribute to their son. In the center the symbol for the Weizmann Institute of Science was chiseled by designer Erich Mendelsohn.

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http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chaim-vera-weizmann-grave

http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chaim-vera-weizmann-grave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Ziffer

http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/weizmann-house-erich-mendelsohn

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Dates

1902-1989

Creator 2 Role

Designer

Creator 3 Dates

1887-1953

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

gravestones, tombstones, burial site, Weizmann, Rehovot, Israel

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