%0 Web Page %D 2021 %T The Most Significant Document Composed by Jew since Antiquity %A Martin Kramer %X

Israel was born in the Art Museum on Rothschild Avenue in Tel Aviv on the afternoon of Friday, May 14, 1948. This article brings that day to life, culminating in the reading of the proclamation of independence by David Ben-Gurion, and the signing by members of the People’s Council. The full text is introduced, as is its traditional division into parts, via the official translation.

First part of a seven-part series.

%B Mosaic Magazine %G eng %U https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/israel-zionism/2021/04/the-most-significant-document-composed-by-jews-since-antiquity/ %N April 14