For who hath despised the day of small things? Zechariah 4:10 I knew that the late UN correspondent David Horowitz and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shared a close friendship. Their letters, preserved in the UN archives, testify to a bond between two...
On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel , establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. Ben-Gurion became Israel’s first Prime Minister. The United States followed by immediately recognizing the new...
In 1943, famous French-Jewish historian Jules Isaac narrowly escaped the clutches of the German Gestapo. His wife wasn’t as fortunate. Her last message to miraculously reach Isaac read:“Jules, take care of yourself, have confidence and finish your work, the world is...