Itzhak Ben Zvi, President of Israel, greeted the people of Israel and Jews throughout the world tonight in a national radio broadcast on the eve of Memorial Day, which precedes the annual Independence Day celebrations.
It is difficult to find an era in the life of the Jewish people throughout its long history that has been as “rich in deeds and changes as this past decade,” the President declared. He cited the gigantic strides made in Israel as a result of the great migratory waves which have swept upon Israel in the last ten years.
The writing of a “Book of Independence” as a postscript to the Jewish Scriptures, to be read in the synagogues on every Israel Independence Day, was proposed today by Chief Rabbi I. M. Toledano of Tel Aviv.Rabbi Toledano said similar books, including the Book of Esther, have been written to mark victories over Israel’s enemies. He urged that the proposed Book be written in Biblical Hebrew and be ready for next year’s celebrations.
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