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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).
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...
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
20 de nov. de 2022 · 4. 214 views 10 months ago. 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...
Weisgal, Meyer Wolf. views 3,606,190 updated. WEISGAL, MEYER WOLF (1894–1977), Zionist. Born in Kikol (near Lipno), Poland. Weisgal emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. From 1921 to 1938 he served as national secretary of the Zionist Organization of America, and became Chaim *Weizmann's personal political representative in the U.S.
