Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering yesterday the baccalaureate address at Brandeis University, said that Israel is today the only country in the world where the spirit which founded America still dominates. She insisted that “we here in America have lost this spirit.”
“I can think of only one ### which today contains the spirit which founded America, and that is the State of Israel,” she said. “Here, one finds all of the intense excitement and total devotion that goes into the building of a nation. I believe that we here in America have lost this sense of excitement and deep responsibility.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
