David Ben-Gurion

Israel at 78: Unbowed, strong, and determined as it swings between a miracle and a mess - comment

It has been a year of sirens and safe rooms, of long stints of reserve duty, of families stretched to the breaking point. A year of loss, strain, and uncertainty.

Prayer in a Safed bomb shelter.
Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion

Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message

An illustrative image of Louaize in southern Lebanon.

Time to implement Ben-Gurion’s vision: Litani River is Israel's natural northern border - opinion

Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey


Isaac Herzog: Modern Jewish challenges are safety, freedom, connection

For the past 90 years, The Jewish Agency has advocated for the security, freedom and connectivity of world Jewry.

JEWISH AGENCY CHAIRMAN Isaac Herzog stands with a delegation of representatives from his organization at March of the Living this year

Book review: In need of daring leaders

Ross and Makovsky use their insider view of negotiations to argue for taking risks for peace.

DENNIS ROSS, flanked by Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak, meet during peace process negotiations in 2000.

Middle Israel: Against a U.S.-Israel defense pact

Alliances should be sought as long as they enhance national power, and avoided once they replace it.

PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion meets with US envoy to Israel James McDonald in 1948. The IDF had hardly been in Sinai a week when Ben-Gurion ordered a full retreat

Historic Krumbach Torah Ark to be auctioned off in NY City

The ark, made by American soldiers for Holocaust survivors, helped renew Jewish prayer after World War II.

Torah Ark

Book review: The forgotten prime minister

Sharett’s diary is a rare peek into halls of power, comical moments of a top statesman.

FORMER PRIME minister Moshe Sharett (right) and Israeli-Arab MK Amin-Salim Jarjora.

The last ones standing

For those who are fond of trivia and believe in coincidence, there’s vague point of interest in the fact that the first government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dissolved in July 1999.

CROATIAN PRESIDENT Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and President Reuven Rivlin inspect the IDF honor guard at a welcome ceremony in Jerusalem this week.

Netanyahu becomes Israel's longest-serving prime minister tomorrow

Ben-Gurion served 4,872 days, from the establishment of the state in May 1948 until early 1954, and again from November 1955 to June 1963.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ben-Gurion documentary coming soon to a theater near you

Simon Wiesenthal Center hopes to educate young Jews about “prophetic” figure and founder of Israel.

Richard Trank interviewing Ehud Barak

Ben-Gurion postcard from 1948 Independence Day up for sale

Jerusalem auction house selling missive signed by prime minister on May 15, 1948, declaring that the 'State of Israel was born.'

A postcard from David Ben Gurion on Independence Day 1948, in which he writes that the state of Israel was declared.

Benjamin Netanyahu, political wizard - analysis

There is a reason Netanyahu is in eyeshot of Ben-Gurion's longevity record.

Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference, February 28th, 2019