Menachem Begin Heritage Center

Jerusalem highlights: September 25-October 1

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
 ‘Jerusalem,’ by Dan Livni;  ‘Judean Desert’ (L) by Lera Barshtein (see Friday).
The presentation at the Begin Center was attended by researchers and representatives from multiple universities, embassies, and members of the Serbian community in Israel.

Collection of documents of Ustasha Atrocities presented at the Begin Center - opinion

Despite the fact that plaques mark the names of central death camps and murder sites in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the general public is unfamiliar with others targeted in the Holocaust

|ByALEKSANDAR NIKOLIĆ
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference on the day of an EU-Israel Association Council with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025.

Shifting EU politics, Israel's stance analyzed at Jerusalem conference - analysis

At an academic conference in Jerusalem, experts discussed the EU’s political decline, shifting attitudes towards Israel, and the impact of Russian aggression, US geopolitics, and global tensions.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Power struggles emerge in Netanyahu's Likud internal elections ahead of national primaries

The clashes over local and Central Committee seats are exposing power struggles ahead of the national primaries as political consultants play central roles on many competing lists.

|ByAVI SOLOMON

Heritage minister seeks to locate remains of Irgun's Altalena ship, shelled by IDF in 1948

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu described to Channel 14's The Patriots that there is still "pain" over the affair, which led to the deaths of 16 Irgun paramilitary members and three IDF soldiers.

AUGUST 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Civilians watch as smoke rises from the Altalena following the IDF shelling off the coast of Tel Aviv, June 1948.

Grapevine, March 24, 2024: Star attraction

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 24, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
SUSPENDED GOVERNMENT spokesman Eylon Levy (right) and HonestReporting Executive Director Gil Hoffman speak with Begin Heritage Center CEO Paul Gross (left) in Jerusalem on Wednesday night.

Grapevine June 2, 2023: All that jazz

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 3, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM RIGHT: Prof. Uriel Reichman, Prof. Yifat Bitton, Prof. Ami Moyal, Nina Avidar Weiner and Prof. Nir Kedar

Theodor Herzl: The solution to Israel’s modern problems?

Writer, thinker, and Herzl admirer Gol Kalev believes the Zionist leader’s ideology and strategies are still relevant to current issues.

MAY 5, 2023ByCRYSTAL JONES/THE MEDIA LINE, FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
Theodor Herzl on the Hotel Les Trois in Basel, Switzerland. (The Bettman Archive)

Menachem Begin's legacy and today's Likud party - comment

Begin was representative of a generation of Jews for whom the Holocaust and the struggle for independence were formative experiences.  

AUGUST 26, 2022ByMARK REGEV
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Highlights August 19-25

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

AUGUST 21, 2022ByAARON REICH
LOTS TO do: First Station.

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

President Isaac Herzog speaks at opening of B'Sheva conference

President Isaac Herzog commented that he had assumed his role in stormy days following four rounds of parliamentary elections, with Israel barely avoiding a fifth one.

AUGUST 1, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during a Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2021

New documentary explores the life and career of Menachem Begin

Using rarely seen archival materials and intimate interviews with people who knew Begin personally and as prime minister, the Upheaval team has created a film covering the entire arc of his life.

MAY 27, 2021ByKEN TOLTZ
MENACHEM BEGIN and his wife, Aliza.