From prayer to fulfillment: Israel’s first birthday
Cynics all over the world assumed that Israel, once attacked by its Arab neighbors, would never have a first anniversary.
In 1949, no Remembrance Day had yet been established, so a prayer for the fallen was recited in the Knesset. By 1973 it had, when prime minister Golda Meir lit a memorial torch on Mount Herzl, marking the transition from Remembrance Day to Independence Day(photo credit: IPPA)ByDAVID GEFFENRead More