Tag: David Ben Gurion
Historic scroll found at Ben-Gurion House ‘shines with the Zionist story’
A scroll presented to Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, during a tree-planting ceremony in 1949 was recently found at Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv.
The scroll was presented to Ben-Gurion by students at the...
Visitors to Sde Boker will soon be able to walk in Ben-Gurion’s footsteps
In honor of the anniversary of the passing of Israel’s founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council recently decided to build a new promenade in his memory along...
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...
October 16, 1886: David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, was born
On October 16, 1886, Israel’s future inaugural prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, was born in Płońsk, Poland.
Originally known as David Gruen, Ben-Gurion was born to Victor Gruen, one of the leaders of the Hovevei Zion movement,...
What would Ben-Gurion do?
My colleague, Nave Dromi, disagrees with my negative view of Israel’s annexing some parts of the West Bank.
My six-part argument, as spelled out here, boils down to dismissing annexation as too-expensive symbolism. It brings no...
The Rabbi Behind the Founding of the Jewish State
Upon the establishment of the State of Israel, Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaKohen Maimon became the first Minister of Religious Affairs of Medinat Yisrael – the State of Israel. Perhaps more than anyone else, it...
As Netanyahu strides by a longevity record, his biggest challenges may lie ahead
History will be made on July 20 as Benjamin Netanyahu, 69, becomes the longest-serving prime minister that the nation—only two years older than he—has seen.
Israel’s founding father and first premier, David Ben-Gurion, served in...
On July 20, Netanyahu to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister
When the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, July 20, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make history as the State of Israel’s longest-serving premier, surpassing the previous record-holder, David Ben-Gurion.
Serving from June 18, 1996, to...
Postcard discovered of David Ben-Gurion writing, ‘State of Israel has been born!’
A postcard written and signed by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, just one day after officially declaring the State of Israel’s independence, was recently discovered. Dated on the sixth day of the Hebrew...