Episode Details

What would you do if you had just a few hours to declare a new country before invading armies arrived? In this episode of Everything Jewish: 10 Minutes at a Time, we'll relive the extraordinary day of May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in a modest hall in Tel Aviv. We'll discover why the declaration was rushed, what the Declaration of Independence actually says, who signed it, how the United States and Soviet Union responded, and why celebration quickly gave way to war. It's the unforgettable story of a nation born under enormous pressure—and one of the most dramatic moments in modern Jewish history.