Israel Leaders

Golda Meir
Born in Kiev in 1898, Golda Meir grew up in The United States from age eight until twenty-three, when she moved with her husband Morris Myerson to what was then British Mandate Palestine. For the first few years, they lived on Kibbutz Merhavya. Golda became an official of the Histadrut […]

Golda Meir

David Ben Gurion
David Ben Gurion, (originally David Gruen) the founder and first Prime Minister of the State of Israel, was born in 1886 in Plonsk Poland. His father Avigdor Gruen was an ardent Zionist who established a Hebrew School and this is where the young David was educated. His mother died when […]

David Ben Gurion

Natan Sharansky
Menachem Begin was the 6th Prime Minister of the State of Israel. He is perceived by some as a terrorist leader but remembered by most as the man who brought about the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab Nation and subsequently received a Nobel Prize for peace. Begin […]

Menachem Begin

Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli military General, politician, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was born in Jerusalem on the 1st of March 1922. His parents were Rosa and Nechemiah Rabin (originally Rubitzov), both immigrants from the 3rd Aliyah, Nechemiah arriving from the United States in 1917 with a group of volunteers, and Rosa […]

Yitzhak Rabin

Ariel Sharon
Ariel  Sharon 1928-2014 Ariel (Arik) Sharon – an Israeli soldier and political leader. He was a hero to many and regarded as a villain by his enemies who feared him. Nevertheless, his name has become synonymous with strong leadership throughout his life. He was born in Kfar Malal on the […]

Ariel Sharon

Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres, 9th President of the State of Israel was born Szymon Perski near Voloshin Poland on August 21st, 1923. At the age of eleven, he immigrated to Palestine with his parents Yitshak and Sara Persky and his younger brother Gershon.  On reaching Palestine they changed their name to Peres. […]

Shimon Peres