A playlist from The Jewish Story
Making 1948: The Birth of the State
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The Revolt Against British Rule and the Struggle Within the Underground
November 29, 2018 · 60 min · Episode page →
As European Jewry was consumed by the Shoah, the Zionists in the land of Israel gradually came to see the British blocking the gates of Israel as their...
About this playlist
From the revolt against British rule to independence: the underground, Zionism after the Holocaust, the battle for the roads, the decisions that shaped the state, and the political theology of 1948.
Where this sits in the story
1944–1949 · 2 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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