A playlist from The Jewish Story
David Ben-Gurion
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The Conflict Within
September 28, 2018 · 54 min · Episode page →
Each successive wave of immigrants that came up to the land brought with them their blessings, and their challenges. As the population grew, so did the nature of...
About this playlist
David Ben-Gurion, the labor leader who declared the state and dominated its first decades.
Where this sits in the story
4 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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