Tag: Chaim Herzog
Israel’s former first lady laid to rest on Mount Herzl
Aura Herzog, Israel’s former first lady and the mother of Israel’s current president, Isaac Herzog, was buried on Wednesday at the Great Leaders of the Nation Plot on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem. She was laid...
Ben-Gurion Day to honor Jewish state’s founding father, host of Israeli achievers
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will commemorate Ben-Gurion Day on Nov. 10 with an awards ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the BGU Marcus Family Campus. On the same day, Americans for...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog carries on a family tradition
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s path was paved by the generations that came before him. His father, Chaim Herzog, followed in his grandfather Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog’s footsteps. When the latter heard about the 1949...
Groups welcome Israel’s next president; Herzog brings ‘deep understanding of world Jewry’
Jewish leaders in the United States and elsewhere welcomed the election of Isaac Herzog as Israel’s next president, with most praising his deep understanding of the worldwide Jewish community.
“I cannot think of a better or...
Isaac Herzog elected Israel’s 11th president
The Knesset elected Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog as Israel’s 11th president on Wednesday. The vote was conducted in a special session during which Knesset members cast secret ballots for either Herzog...