Prime Minister David Ben Gurion reads the proclamation of independence.

Israel @ 60 Photo Exhibit from the Magnum archives

The United Jewish Federation of Utah welcomes everyone to experience the history of modern Israel in the latest chapter of what Abba Eban once called “the miracle and mystery of Jewish history – self preservation, resonance, suffering and renewal.” Learn more.

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At Salt Lake City and County Building, Salt Lake City
Opens October 17 through December 13, 2008
Monday - Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM and Saturdays, Noon - 5:00PM

Robert Capa/Magnum Photos. May 14, 1948. Prime Minister David Ben Gurion reads the proclamation of independence.

The Jews of Georgia are one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, though most of the region's Jewish population left for Israel and other Western nations in the past three decades. The Georgia Relief Fund will help Jews and the general population in the nation of Georgia and breakaway region of South Ossetia, through the work of our overseas partner agencies. Click the button above to donate or click Federation to learn about our system-wide response.

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    He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence and she wondered what she could do for this handsome young man.

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