84: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Rachel Cohen-Kagan
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๐๏ธ 23 April 2023
โฑ๏ธ 21 minutes
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Summary
Our deep dive into Megillat HaโAtzmaut, or the Declaration of Independence - continues with a pioneering feminist, the head of WIZO and one of the two women who signed the Declaration - Rachel Cohen-Kagan.
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| 0:00.0 | โซืื, ืื ืืืจื ืฉืืืืื, ืื ื ืื ืืจืคื ืช, โซืื ืื ืืจืคื ืช, ืื, โซืื ืืจืืจ... |
| 0:06.9 | โซืื ืขืืืฉื ืฆืื ื, โซืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืชื, โซืื ืื ืจืืขืื ืฉืืชื ืืขืื ืืืืืื, |
| 0:13.0 | โซืขืฉืืจ, ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืืื โซืื ืื ื ื ืขืฉื ืื. |
| 0:19.8 | โซืืชืขืื ืืื ืขืืจื ืงืืื, โซืืื ืื ืืืงืืื ืงืืื ืืืจื ืืืงืืื ืืืจื, |
| 0:24.0 | โซืขืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืored. |
| 0:26.8 | ืงืืื ืงืืื was the representative of Weezo, the women's international Zionist organization, |
| 0:32.8 | and one of only two women, the other being Goulda Meir, who signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| 0:39.8 | In 1949, she was elected to the very first Knesset, this time alongside 10 other women representatives. |
| 0:48.8 | 25 Knessets later, which is to say today, |
| 0:52.8 | the 120-seat legislative body remains only a quarter female. |
| 1:00.8 | Hey, Amishiharman, and this is Israel's story. |
| 1:04.8 | Israel's story is brought to you by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Times of Israel. |
| 1:10.8 | So Israel is turning 75, and we feel this is a moment for us to step back and take stock, |
| 1:17.8 | to ask where we came from, where we are, and where for God's sake, we're going. |
| 1:23.8 | And in order to answer those questions, we decided to go back to the basics. |
| 1:29.8 | Our series, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, looks at our founding moral compass, |
| 1:37.8 | Megilatats-Mot, or the Declaration of Independence. |
| 1:43.8 | 37 people sign Megilatats-Mot, and over the course of the past several months, |
| 1:50.8 | our team has diligently tracked down the closest living relative of each one of these signatories and interviewed them. |
| 1:58.8 | We talked about their ancestors and families, about the promise of the Declaration, |
| 2:03.8 | the places in which we delivered on that promise, the places in which we exceeded our wildest dreams, |
| 2:09.8 | and also about the places where we fell short. |
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