Episode 192 A Seder to Remember

An American visitor to a 1948 Jerusalem seder connects disparate Jewish communities together. 

President Harry Truman must confront dissent in the State Department over his decision to support the partition of Palestine. 

The secretary of state and the presidential advisor face off over recognizing the nascent Jewish state.

Zionist leaders debate whether the nascent Jewish state should declare independence, and what that declaration should say.