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The Hebrew Bible as a guide for the Founding Fathers’ democratic vision - opinion

The Hebrew Prophets were Ben-Gurion’s powerful image of leadership, a theme he frequently developed. He thought the Bible was key to returning sovereignty to the modern State of Israel.

|ByMICAH HALPERN
David Ben-Gurion.
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

America’s Founding Fathers, devout Christians for the most part, saw themselves as the Children of Israel, and their journey from Europe to freedom on the new continent as an Exodus from Egypt.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
SUPREME COURT President Ester Hayut (front) sits in the VIP balcony in the Knesset plenum, watching a special session marking the 74th anniversary of the Israeli parliament’s founding, on Monday.

Israel can learn from US experience with democracy - opinion

The judicial reform crisis should be turned into a moment of renewed unity and rebirth of democracy.

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

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.

|ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI

Top quotes by those who helped shape the State of Israel

The history of Zionism and Israel is written in a large part with a Russian accent.

MARCH 29, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Eliezer Ben Yehuda 311

One year on: Friends and colleagues remember 'eternally optimistic' Peres

A year after his passing, friends, family and colleagues from around the world reminisced about Shimon Peres in Jaffa Wednesday.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Shimon Peres takes part in a meeting in Ottawa, May 2012