Episode 197 The Independence of Israel and the Sabbath of Israel

Israel’s Independence Day is marked on a date that’s different from the actual date independence took effect. Why, and what does it mean?
Supplemental Materials:
Israel’s Independence Day is marked on a date that’s different from the actual date independence took effect. Why, and what does it mean?
Supplemental Materials:
How the Jewish state was named Israel, and what that name means.
As the War for Independence begins, Menachem Begin connects the Jewish past to the Jewish future in the new state.
A heroic young woman dies in defense of the old city of Jerusalem's Jewish quarter.
Jordanians capture the Old City and desecrate several sacred Jewish sites there.
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