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Meyer Wolf Weisgal (מאיר וולף וייסגאל / וייסגל; 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 Diaspora Museum).
20 de nov. de 2022 · Meyer Weisgal was an American Zionist visionary who focused a spotlight on the urgent need to rescue the imperiled Jews of Europe in the 1930s.
Meyer W. Weisgal, chancellor, former president and principal architect of the Weizmann Institute of Science, leader of the American Committee that created it and devoted disciple of Dr. Chaim...
30 de sept. de 1977 · TEL AVIV, Sept. 29 (AP) —Meyer W. Weisgal, a longtime leader of the Zionist movement and the founder of the Weizmann Institute of Science, died of cancer today. He was 82. Mr. Weisgal was...
Short biography of Meyer W. Weisgal. Born in 1894 in Poland, immigrated to USA in 1905. Was active in the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) since 1915. Leading position in 1921-30. Producer of various plays in the 1930's, and in particular productions on jewish/zionist themes (in Chicago and NYC).
20 de nov. de 2022 · Meyer Weisgal was an American Zionist visionary who focused a spotlight on the urgent need to rescue the imperiled Jews of Europe in the 1930s. Through his determined, creative and often...
a complicated issue. Finally, however, through an enterprising Zionist, Meyer W. Weisgal, the unique Jewish contribution to the Chicago Fair found its shape. Weisgal had just finished producing an enormously successful Chanukah Festival in Chicago which, having started out modestly enough, had wound up a large-scale
