International recognition to the Jewish right to an independent state- ratified by the U.N. 74-years ago on Nov 29th, 1947

Prof. Judea Pearl and Steven Geiger commemorate UN's 70th

Anniversary of Partitioning Palestine for a Jewish Israel 

at Sinai Temple ceremony, L.A. 27 Nov '17

  (Republished to commemorate this significant date in Jewish history): Hungarian-American, Steven Geiger's Mensch Foundation commemorated The U.N.'s Partition Plan for Palestine anniversary with a  dramatic reading and panel discussion before an audience at Los Angeles' Sinai Temple in November '17. He will reprise this event tonight, Monday 29 November.

"November 29 – the Jewish Thanksgiving Day" by Judea Pearl - Jerusalem Post, November 27, 2017

"Finally, let us remind the Arab world that the UN voted for two states, not for a Jewish state only.

"For several years now, I have been campaigning to declare November 29 the Jewish Thanksgiving Day; a day where we give thanks to Lady History and to the many heroic players who stood behind the historic UN vote of November 29, 1947, an event which has changed so dramatically the physical, spiritual and political life of every Jew in our generation.

I have argued that Jewish communities in every major city in the world should invite the consuls general of the 33 countries who voted yes on that fateful day to thank them publicly for listening to their conscience and, defying the pressures of the time, voting to grant the Jewish nation what other nations take for granted – a state of its own.  . . .

This year, on its 70th year anniversary, I will celebrate November 29 by myself, if needed, and if you and you community care to join me, it would make the celebration so much more meaningful."

Israeli-American actor/director, Mike Burstyn, dramatically reads "The U.N.'s Vote" to Partition Palestine - which recognized Jewish Israel:

Judea Pearl recalls UN's partitioning Israel & Arab Palestine
The Jews accepted it and the Muslims rejected it, although it gave them 70 percent of Mandate Palestine. Prof. Judea Pearl, born in Palestine, looks back and assesses our fight against anti-Zionists today.

 
Prof. Michael Berenbaum on the credit-due Pres. Harry Truman in recognizing Israeli sovereignty. Historian, Dr. Michael Berenbaum relates the circumstances surrounding the U.N. vote to Partition Palestine into one Arab and one Jewish state. Recorded at Sinai Temple commemoration, Nov 27, 2017. Prof. Judea Pearl looks on from Dr. Berenbaum's left side. The late, Prof. Michael Bazyler (z't'l) looks on from his right.

Let us give thanks to the 33 countries who voted yes on the spectacular turn that Jewish history took in November 1947, and for the dignity, pride and self-image that every Jewish soul has enjoyed since.

Let us give thanks to Eddie Jacobson, president Harry S. Truman’s friend and former business partner from Kansas City, who risked that friendship and wrote to Truman on October 3, 1947: “Harry, my people need help - and I am appealing to you to help them.”

Let us give thanks to Albert Einstein who pleaded, albeit unsuccessfully, with Jawaharlal Nehru, then prime minister of India, to vote for “the august scale of justice.”

Let us thank Cardinal Spellman, head of the Catholic Church in New York City who, days before the vote, used his personal influence in Latin American countries urging them to vote yes.

Let us thank the many ordinary yet courageous people, from Peru to the Philippines, who understood the collective responsibility that history bestowed upon them in 1947, and used everything in their power, from person - al pleading to arm twisting, to get their governments to vote yes.

Let us thank 33 ethnic communities in our hometowns and remind them that we Jews do not forget friends who stood with us on the side of justice – we give thanks and ask for nothing in return.

And while we thank history for its miracles, let us remind ourselves and others of a few basic facts.

Let us remind the world that Israel is there by historical right, not by force or favor.

Let us remind the UN what kind of institution it once was, and let us do it this month when, in Orwellian mockery, the UN Human Rights Council elected Congo, Qatar and Pakistan to join the anointed guardians of human rights.

Let us refresh our memories with all the arguments, pro and con, regarding the idea of a Jewish state; arguments that our enemies have mastered to perfection, and that we have naively assumed to be no longer necessary, to the point of delinquent forgetfulness.

Let us express ceremonially what we have tacitly understood for quite some time, that Israel remains the only uniting force among world Jewry, without which collective Jewish identity would cease to exist.

Finally, let us remind the Arab world that the UN voted for two states, not for a Jewish state only, as their spokesmen claim, and that the option of Palestinian statehood is still on the table, waiting for them to internalize the meaning of the word “coexistence” and to learn to utter the words: “equally legitimate and equally indigenous.”

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