Famous jews in history

Here’s why May 14 is a date that matters – opinion

On May 14, 1948, at 6:11 p.m. in Tel Aviv, prime minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the modern State of Israel, and the trajectory of the Jewish people changed irrecoverably

DAVID BEN-GURION announces the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948.
18 notable Jews who died in 2025.

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Morton Sher's fighter plane was shot down in 1943.

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest

A fan takes a photo of a Barbie doll at the world premiere of the film "Barbie" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 9, 2023

Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained


Maccabees: The challenge to traditional authority

There are still Jews today who see Davidic messianic monarchy as an ideal, rather than democracy.

THE STARK desert of the Judean desert east of Jerusalem. From these mountains and other areas of the hill country the Maccabean kings sallied forth against their enemies.

Rewriting history

Matt Rees and the late Yehuda Avner ask the question: What could have happened if Israel was established in 1938?

Matt Rees and Yehuda Avner

The voices that keep on speaking

The Jerusalem Post

‘This sack will teach you’

The story of impoverished and maligned newcomers who rose within a generation into the ranks of the middle class provides a fascinating case study.

Jewish peddler on the Lower East Side, New York City, early 1900s

After 120 years, researchers link wreck to missing Rothschild ship

The ship may have sunk while bringing raw materials from France to a factory making wine bottles.

The wreckage of Baron Rothschild's ship

הַיָרֵחַ אוֹתוֹ יָרֵחַ, אוֹדִיסֵאָה לִוְויֶיטְנָאם

New book: It’s the Same Moon: An Odyssey to Vietnam

It’s the Same Moon: An Odyssey to Vietnam

Drafter of treaty with Egypt, Meir Rosenne, dies at 84

Diplomat was envoy to France and US, advised Begin.

MEIR ROSENNE.

February 4: ‘Bottlegate’ brouhaha

The recycling habits of the Netanyahu's should be examined too.

Letters

Center field: Honoring my parents as values-generating machines

The author recollects about lessons from his parents’ generation.

Teddy Kollek and David Ben-Gurion on the Kinneret.

Letters: January 15, 2015

Lesovoy’s own story is a miracle; Only someone like him can give over the wonder and miracle of Israel to Russians, who can contribute so much of their talents and abilities to the State of Israel.

Letters