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A stone from the western wall is rolled through Ben-Guiron Airport.

New Ben-Gurion Airport exhibit showcases 3,000 years of Jewish history

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.

On This Day: David Ben-Gurion won Israel's first election

By NOA FEIGENBAUM

Grave of Tziporah Eliash in Kfar Etzion cemetery.

Grave of Kfar Etzion pioneer rediscovered 80 years after her death

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Researchers unearthed 160 coins belonging to the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty from a Hanukkah-era excavation

Not just gelt! Coins belonging to second king of the Hasmonean dynasty in miraculous discovery

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

The Tel Dan Stele on display at the Jewish Museum in New York.

Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2024.

Is France contributing to ongoing problems in the Middle East?

David Ben-Gurion.

'Not gov't nor Knesset, but people determine': Newly revealed Ben-Gurion speech calls for unity

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Benjamin Zucker.

The best ambassador for my uncle’s vision- opinion

By Benjamin Zucker

A MURAL shows Aharon Chelouche, far left, who founded Neveh Tzedek, with Shimon Rokach, center, in the foreground, and Haim Amzalak dressed as British vice-consul. On the right is Zerah Barnett, who also contributed to Neveh Tzedek’s founding.

The unsung Sephardi pioneers who built Jerusalem and beyond

By LYN JULIUS

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

How historical choices affect Israel's current multi-front war

By ERIC R. MANDEL

TOMB OF Ha’ari Hakadosh in Safed, a place of pilgrimage and prayer.

This week in Jewish history: Ha’Ari, Ramban, and the Messiah

By Steven Drucker

An Arab Tahkt group performs on the radio.

Jerusalem calling: The birth of Mandate-era broadcasting in British Palestine

By ALEX WINSTON

LISTENING TO a reading of‘ Lamentations’ in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tisha B’Av eve.

Rabbi Benjamin Segal on the 'Book of Lamentations'

By BENJAMIN SEGAL

A WORK by Pinhas Litvinovsky on display at the Beit Avi Chai exhibition, Jerusalem.

Art for life: unveiling the work of a little-known Israeli art world giant

BAR-ILAN University’s first graduation ceremony, 1959. R: Ogden Reid, US ambassador to Israel.

This week in Jewish history: Roman emperor Titus attacks Temple court

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Then chief rabbi Israel Meir Lau takes part in the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem in 2022.

Grapevine: Rabbi Herzog, holy rescuer

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

THE MODERN neighborhood has seen a significant influx of haredi residents.

Bayit Vagan: The garden oasis of Jerusalem

By ALEX WINSTON

The new bulletproof ambulances.

Israel Police debut first ever bulletproof ambulances

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF