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Title:ISRAEL/PALESTINE: David Ben Gurion proclaims the founding of the state of Israel
Date:27th May 1948
Summary:Dr. Abba Hillel Silver speaking - The world Jewry that will not put up with gas chambers any more (applause) and the world's Jewry that is today in battle dress determine to defend the state which after so much of struggle and effort and sacrifice and longing and prayer, through the centuries, has finally, by the grace of God, been reconstituted