On March 1, 1949, Dr. Haim Weitzman, first president of Israel, and his entourage arrived in Tel Aviv and were welcomed by a huge crowd in front of the Habima Theater building, to celebrate the awarding of the first Weitzmann Prize for Exact Sciences, on the President's 75th year. The prize is still awarded every two years to Israeli researchers in exact sciences.
The following photographs were taken by the photographers Cohen and Kaufman and were donated to the archive by the IDF Maps and Photographs Service.
The IDF and Defense Establishment Archive stores beautiful and rare photographs from Habima's stage and backstage, some of which are presented here.