David Ben-Gurion
Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973)
Episodes
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#5820: Hebraizing the Jewish Name: Ivrut's Rise and CostA booklet, five methods, and 17,000 name changes in a single year — how Israel turned Diaspora surnames into Hebrew ones.Main topic -
#5568: Israel's Pragmatic Center: Housing, Groceries, and the 2026 VoteIsraelis say housing and cost of living decide their vote — but the campaign is about everything else. Can the pragmatic center break the pattern? -
#5445: Israel's Periphery: Why It's Not About DistanceWhat "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment. -
#5228: Why Israeli Road Signs Still Spell It "TiqwaIsrael's Academy of the Hebrew Language is finally standardizing how place names get written in English — but the Q on the signs has survived every...