1948

I heard something this evening from Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein that I haven’t heard before. According to the Torah, Abraham (as in one of Judaism’s - as well as Islam’s and Christianity’s - central figures) was born 1 948 years after Creation.

The State of Israel’s independence declaration took place in 1948.

There are varying accounts of Abraham’s birth (not to mention Creation’s occurrence itself) but the symmetry appeals to me and gives rise to a number of meanings and symbolisms that support Zionism and Jews’ preeminent claim to Israel.