David Ben-Gurion

The war exposed Israel’s broken politics, resilient society - opinion

The war showed the strength of Israeli society and the growing weakness of its political institutions.

Children of reservists in Or Akiva attend a week-long summer camp organized by HaOgen
Rabbi Danny Tropper, founder of Gesher.

'Agents of Change': American Jews and the transformation of Israeli Judaism - review

 Nicholas Kristof at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Israel’s critics undermine real accountability with reckless accusations - opinion

Gideon Sa'ar

Israel’s legitimacy is under attack in the free world, must be defended - opinion


Students from Israel, Ben-Gurion's hometown in Poland do joint project

Despite the great distance between the two schools, they still teamed up to teach students about leadership inspired by the work of Israel's first prime minister.

Knesset exhibit: David Ben-Gurion 1954

Ben-Gurion did what he said he would do

Ben-Gurion treated the Knesset with respect, honored the forms as well as the content of democracy.

Teddy Kollek with Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, on the Kinneret

Relics of Israel's biblical history go on auction

Among the items being auctioned is a 20th century Maccabees-themed menorah.

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion meeting with two graduates of pilot training in Czechoslovakia - General Ezer Weizman, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force and Colonel Daniel Shapiro (left).

Grapevine November 22, 2020: A presidential perk – a trip to the Dead Sea

After the partial relaxation of restrictions, so many people stood in line for hours to get into stores that were open for business.

RIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu greets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wearing a Stars and Stripes mask

On David Ben-Gurion's yahrzeit: The pettiness of politics - analysis

On the 47th anniversary of his demise, Ben-Gurion, who was occasionally capable of pettiness himself, might be turning in his grave at such a childish display of political pettiness.

Memorial ceremony for David Ben-Gurion

Zionism is about being pioneers in the land

In a recent interview to commemorate the Yom Kippur War, Gen. Amnon Reshef was quick to utilize the opportunity to call upon the Israeli population to be faithful to Zionism.

RETIRED MAJ.-GEN. and ‘Commanders for Israel’s Security’ past head Amnon Reshef heroically led the regiment that suffered the brunt of the Egyptian surprise attack in the first days of the Yom Kippur War.

Netanyahu seeks to establish Israel's place among the nations - opinion

There is nothing new about Netanyahu’s rejection of the territories-for-peace concept as the basis for Israel’s peace strategy.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the Israel-UAE peace accords, in Jerusalem last month.

Israel’s storyteller - Tom Segev's revealing biography of David Ben-Gurion

Tom Segev's newest book, A State at Any Cost, is a biography of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and has sparked quite a bit of controversy in Israel.

Tom Segev in the library of his Jerusalem home: Ben-Gurion figures in everything I write, in everything I have to say about Israel

Ben-Gurion: Warts and all

Academic Tom Segev gives a no-holds-barred view into Israel’s hallowed founder.

ISRAEL’S FIRST prime minister, David Ben-Gurion

Unelected ‘leaders’ can’t represent American Jewry

Among the current leaders of prominent American Jewish or Zionist nonprofit organizations, there are 10 who have held the same position for 30 or more years.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of American Jewry?’