Menachem Begin

This month in Jewish history: Nobel and Noble

From Joseph’s birth to Entebbe’s rescue, discover the defining Jewish milestones, heroes, tragedies, and triumphs of Tammuz.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
Night view of Prague’s rotating ‘Head of Franz Kafka’ sculpture.
Then-US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin in three-way handshake on March 26, 1979 at the White House, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Israel and Egypt: Frosty neighbors' ties tested by Iran war, but remain stable

Operation Roaring Lion has Egypt and Israel on the same side. But what will happen when the war with Iran ends?

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

Israel's opposition shapes a narrative of authoritarianism - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition portrays him as a threat to democracy, stoking public anxiety over Israel’s future.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.

|ByBARRY DAVIS

Menachem Begin's legacy and the security of Israel - opinion

His legacy sheds light on Israel’s responsibility as a nation-state to Jews worldwide, particularly in times of crisis.

MARCH 17, 2022ByMICHAL COTLER-WUNSH
FAMILIES OF Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu pose at a news conference in 2018 where they called for the release of the two Israeli civilians from Hamas captivity.

Dublin’s Jewish lord mayor recalls meeting Zionist leaders

Ben Briscoe reminisces about meeting his father’s old comrade Menachem Begin, and his Jewish roots.

MARCH 16, 2022ByAVI KUMAR
BEN BRISCOE, Dublin’s second Jewish mayor, today 88.

Pastor John Hagee: Israel must never allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb

CUFI founder receives "Support of Israel Award" at annual Begin Symposium

MARCH 14, 2022ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Pastor John Hagee speaks at the Menachem Begin Center on March 13, 2022

The Begin Symposium 2022 – 'Securing the Nation'

MARCH 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Letters to the editor March 9, 2022: Still holding out

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 8, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Menachem Begin continues to shape Israel's Zionist vision - opinion

Menachem Begin became prime minister in 1977 and died 30 years ago.

MARCH 1, 2022ByGIL TROY
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin (left) sits at the head of the government table in the Knesset plenum in 1983.

Harold ‘Smoky’ Simon dies at 101

Mahal legend and former IAF COO Harold 'Smoky' Simon dies at the ripe age of 101

FEBRUARY 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Harold “Smoky” Simon

Grapevine February 20, 2022: Holocaust still discussed at major Jewish conferences

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds a Torah as he arrives at the entrance to Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in May.

The Israeli-Egyptian ‘Bird of Peace’ trilogy

In the following trilogy, illustrator Richard Codor, Rabbi David Geffen and Judge Steve Adler share their story of the Israeli-Egyptian Bird of Peace.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByRICHARD CODOR, DAVID GEFFEN, STEVE ADLER
The original Bird of Peace illustration with three riders was created in 1978 for Arab TV by a rising cartoonist who is now quite famous, Richard Codor.

Begin and Jerusalem at Camp David

The issue of Jerusalem at the last minute nearly capsized the entire peace agreement with Egypt at Camp David over 40 years ago.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021BySHLOMO SLONIM
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat greet each other at their first meeting at the Camp David summit as US president Jimmy Carter looks on in September 1978.