Rosh Hashanah 2026: Israel’s 78-year miracle was never supposed to happen - opinion
In May 1948, a battered remnant of a people declared a state on a sliver of land no one else wanted. Five regular armies crossed its borders within hours. Twenty more governments wished it were gone.
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