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27 de abr. de 2022 · Meyer Wolf Weisgal (Meʾiyr Wwlp Wayysgal, מאיר וולף וייסגאל / וייסגל; [1] November 10, 1894 – September 29, 1977) was an American journalist, publisher, playwright, fundraiser, and Zionist activist who served as the President of the Weizmann Institute of Science and as the founding President of Beit Hatfutsot (the Jewish ...
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Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-Publication date 1971 Topics Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-, Zionists -- Biography Publisher [London] Weidenfeld and Nicolson Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 404 p. 24 cm Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-10-09 05:06:56
Weisgal's autobiography takes in virtually the entire history of modern Zionism from the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the establishment of Israel in 1948. Son of a chazan, he came to America from Polish Kikl in the early years of the century and was quickly and permanently smitten by the Zionist bug which became unabashedly ""my full-time occupation, my vocation, avocation, obsession — ...
19 de ene. de 2018 · “Can you recommend someone like you,” Ms. Dunkelman asked. And Weisgal replied, “ With my usual restraint and modesty, I said: >Mrs. Dunkelman, there is no one like me; you can have the original if you like.< She was nonplussed, but she seemed to like the idea.” Meyer Weisgal: …So Far, an autobiography, London 1971, pp 47-92
11 de ene. de 2018 · Meyer Wolf Weisgal . By Thomas Ziegner. Flashback: The Shtetl Kikl (Kikol) As a place of longing, almost unreal, Weisgal lets the shtetl, in which he was born in 1894 and saw his childhood, appear at the beginning of his autobiography. It raises, quasi-musically, with the terse, nevertheless content-rich motive: “Like most Jews I was born in ...
