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Rechargeable cards designed for children and teenagers, CAL

Cards are loaded as a means of managing the children's pocket money

A demonstrator uses a microphone as others hold flags and signs as they protest outside India's consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September 25, 2023.

US, asked about Sikh separatist groups, says it respects free speech

YAAKOV HAGOEL speaks at the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, in August in Basel, Switzerland.

We are all signatories to the Declaration of Independence - Opinion

By YAAKOV HAGOEL

David Ben-Gurion publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, in the old Tel Aviv Museum of Art building on Rothschild Street.

What is the origin story of Israel's Declaration of Independence?

By SHLOMO MAITAL

DRAPING COPIES of Israel’s flag and Declaration of Independence on Jerusalem’s Old City walls, in protest of judicial reform, in March.

What's missing from Israel's Declaration of Independence? - review

By MARTIN LOCKSHIN

THE KNESSET plenum in session: When Israeli leaders are entrusted with power by the nation’s citizens, they must make sure they don’t practice the tyranny of the majority, says the writer.

How the founders of Israel handled the responsibilities of power - opinion

By URI PILICHOWSKI

ISRAEL’S FOUNDING fathers declare the establishment of the state with the Declaration of Independence.

37 people signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. A new podcast explores their legacy

By Deborah Danan/JTA

World Zionist Organization executive chairman Yaakov Hagoel at the 125th anniversary event for the First Zionist Congress.

World Zionist Congress adopts resolutions against Israel's judicial reform

Likud MK Amir Ohana vote at a Likud polling station in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

Italy, Israel celebrate 75 years together on Ohana visit to Rome

By LAHAV HARKOV

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch applaud at the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem on Independence Day. We can look with pride at our achievements.

Israel at 75: Past achievements and future challenges - opinion

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

PROF. AVNER BEN-ZAKEN, founder and head of the Institute for Israeli Thought.

‘It’s time to complete Declaration of Independence’ - Prof. Ben-Zaken

By LIOR NOVIK

Emuna Cohen, winner of the Bible Quiz seen at the annual Bible Quiz held at the Jerusalem Theatre on Israel's Independence Day, on April 26, 2023.

17-year-old Emuna Cohen crowned champion of Int'l Bible Quiz

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.

Israel rings in 75th Independence Day with Netanyahu address

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sylvan Adams, Businessman and Philanthropist

Sylvan Adams – Lighting the Torch for Israel

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

THE ISRAEL Air Force trains for Israel’s 75th Independence Day, in Jerusalem this past week.

Can Zionism adapt to the needs of the future? - opinion

By Dr. Mijal Bitton/JTA , DR. MASUA SAGIV/JTA

Letters

Letters to the Editor April 25, 2023: Climate threats

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mordechai (Moti) Kahana

What will be if Israel ceases to be a democratic and tolerant state? Opinion

By Moti Kahana