David Ben Gurion

The Shrine on the Mountain

The site of Herzl’s tomb and the nearby military cemetery have become central locations in the celebration of Israel’s national...

Reviewing an honor guard with the chief of staff, 1949

The Best Defense

Ben-Gurion could never have declared a state in May 1948 without first painstakingly transforming Palestine’s ragtag Jewish militias into an...

The Bristol Beaufighter was one of the most effective bombers manufactured in Britain in World War II. Almost six thousand took to the skies during the war, fighting on nearly all fronts for the British, Australian, and American air forces. British Beaufighter

Sky-Heist

In a daring smuggling operation right out of Hollywood, four bombers arrived in Israel just in time to make a...

Albert Einstein’s Quantum Leap

The epitomy of unconventional, Albert Einstein was an unruly genius who challenged every social and scientific rule – especially when...

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