Signed, Sealed, Delivered?

Israel Story's new series provides a fresh look at the nation's founding moral compass, Megillat Ha'Atzmaut – the Declaration of Independence – through the voices of its signatories and their descendants. Produced in partnership with The Times of Israel

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Moshe Kol

For nearly two decades Kol headed the Jewish Agency’s Youth Immigration Division that brought more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors from 85 different countries to Israel

Pinchas Rosen (Courtesy Israeli National Photo Collection)

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Pinchas Rosen

A lover of classical music, an enthusiastic chess player, an avid reader of Goethe, and Israel’s first Justice Minister

Daniel Auster (Willem van de Poll)

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Daniel Auster

The first Jew to be appointed Mayor of Jerusalem since Byzantine times

Israeli Declaration of Independence (GPO)

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Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948 was not only the birth of a state — it was also the birth of Israeli radio.

Rachel Cohen-Kagan signs the Israeli Declaration of Independence (Image Courtesy of ISA)

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Rachel Cohen-Kagan

Our deep dive into Israel's Declaration of Independence continues with a pioneering feminist, the head of WIZO, and one of the two women who signed the Declaration

Mordechai Shattner and his daughter, Rachel Ofra Eliyahu Schattner (image courtesy of family)

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Mordechai Schattner

Our new series - a deep dive into Megillat Ha’Atzmaut, or the Declaration of Independence - continues with an ardent socialist who knew how to compromise