Lesson of the month

1948 (Golda Meir's visit in Moscow)

When the State of Israel was declared in 1948, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the media claimed that no one would feel an affinity for the Jewish state because their ability to engage in Judaism had been suppressed for many years and this was the impression that Jews in Israel also had.

But, when Golda Meir, the first head of the Israeli delegation in the Soviet Union, arrived on Rosh Hashanah, a groundbreaking unexpected event occurred...