Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, May 14, 1948

Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, May 14, 1948

Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, chairperson of WIZO Israel, signed Israel's Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948. (L to R) David Ben-Gurion; in background, Rabbi Yehuda Leib ha-Cohen Fishman [Maimon], Kagan, Moshe Shertok [Sharett].
Courtesy of WIZO Archives, Tel Aviv.

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14 May 1948

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, May 14, 1948." (Viewed on November 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/wizo-1970-1-still-image>.