Megilat Hayesod- Of The Agudat Kedushat Tzion Movement
All credit goes to Rabbi Yisrael Shapira and the Kikar Hashabbat Website.
HECKLER IN THE HEIGHTS
| FOR THE RECORD | HECKLER IN THE HEIGHTS By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer | JANUARY 25, 2022 all credit goes to them and the Mishpacha Email Print The prime minister seemed unfazed. “It’s all right. I can assure you that we have people like this with us [in Israel] as well” Title: Heckler in the Heights Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan Document: The New York Times Time: March 1960 T he founding of the State of Israel in 1948 highlighted the clash between religion and modern secular democracy. And so it was at Yeshiva University on March 16, 1960, when Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrived to deliver a speech to a largely religious audience as part of his nine-day US trip. Apart from the diplomatic necessities of the visit, he took the opportunity to meet the largest Jewish community in the world. Earlier that day the Israeli premier had delivered a speech to the faculty and students of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was presented with a photosta...
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