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Israel at 60
Monday, May 12, 2008
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Jewish Women's Archive: This Day of Jewish American Heritage


Israel is born, through the eyes
of a U.S. Jewish student in 1948
Courtesy of Tom Tugend
Tom Tugend in 1948, serving with the Israel Defense Forces in the Negev shortly after the founding of the state.
Tom Tugend, then 22, is struck by feelings of joy, disbelief and pride at the news from Palestine of the creation of the Jewish state, Israel, in May 1948.

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