In January 1914 Weizmann first met Baron Edmond de Rothschild, a member of the French branch of the Rothschild family and a leading proponent of the Zionist movement, in relation to a project to build a Hebrew university in Jerusalem.
En xaneiro de 1914, Weizmann coñeceu ao barón Edmond de Rothschild, un membro da rama francesa da familia Rothschild e un dos principais defensores do movemento sionista, en relación cunha proxecto de construción dunha Universidade Hebrea de Xerusalén.