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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

‘Ben-Gurion, Epilogue’ features previously unreleased interview footage of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. 

Israel’s founding father lives again in rediscovered interview

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished June 1, 2017

Suppose archeologists in Israel come across a scroll that contains a detailed interview with King David written by his official scribe. Such a discovery would of course dwarf the Dead Sea Scrolls as the most sensational Jewish find of the century, indeed...

“Ben-Gurion: A Political Life” by Shimon Peres in Conversation With David Landau

Peres crafts warm ode to Ben-Gurion

By Burton A. Boxerman, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 4, 2012

"Ben-Gurion: A Political Life" is the 19th title in the Jewish Encounter series from Shocken and Nextbook Press, written by Shimon Peres with the assistance of David Landau, former editor of Haaretz. Peres is currently the Israeli president and a protégé...

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