The observance of Yom Ha'atzmaut—Israeli Independence Day—began at sunset on May 4/4 Iyyar. Erick Stakelbeck, host of The Watchman, and JNS Jerusalem Bureau Chief Alex Traiman join Edwin to celebrate what the Jewish State has meant to the Jewish people and to all the world. Featuring special greetings from Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.

Student-Requested Topic: Antisemitism and the Holocaust’s Impact on the United Nations Vote for Israel’s Statehood.

For junior high school students in Long Island, Nashville, and elsewhere. By school and parental invitation only.