A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.

Beginnings --Young Turk -- Union boss -- Onward and upward -- What could he do? -- Fateful hour -- Birth pangs -- Settling in -- Jewish people, Jewish policy -- A nation among nations -- Defense of the realm -- Soured fruits -- Tomb of the patriarch.