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PASSOVER EDITION 5777SECTION C PAGE 19 1947, David Ben Gurion spoke before representatives of the UN who arrived on a visit to then Palestine. This is what he said: “About 300 years ago, a ship sailed to the waters of the New World whose name was ‘The Mayflower.’ This was a significant event in the history of England and America. I wonder, however, if one British person exists who can state precisely when this ship set sail, and by the same token, how many Americans can say the same. Do they know how many people were on board this ship? Or what quality bread they sustained themselves with upon this voyage? “And yet, more than 3,000 years prior to The Mayflower setting sail, the Jews […]
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Tehilla Goldberg

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