Jehuda Reinharz is the Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History at Brandeis University, where he served as President for seventeen years. He is the author and coauthor of more than thirty books in Jewish studies, including The Road to September 1939: Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II and Zionism and the Creation of a New Society. He is the president and chief executive officer of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation. Motti Golani is Ruhama Rosenberg Professor for Jewish History and heads the Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel at Tel Aviv University. He has authored and coauthored over a dozen books, including Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945–1947 and Two Sides of the Coin: Independence and Nakba 1948; Two Narratives of the 1948 War and its Outcome.
“Eminently readable and as riveting as a work of fiction.” * Ha’aretz * “A scrupulously detailed work chronicles the incremental triumph of Zionism through its greatest champion.” * Kirkus Reviews * “An expansive and engrossing study . . . Vast and detailed, Chaim Weizmann captures Weizmann’s tenacity, shrewd compassion, and the complexities of his diplomatic mission.” * Foreword Reviews * “This exquisitely detailed and rich biography makes a huge contribution not only in bringing to life this extraordinary and complex figure, but also in animating the difficult challenges of the Zionist movement.” -- A.B. Yehoshua, Israel Prize Laureate