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Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, May 14, 1948

Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, chairperson of WIZO Israel, signed Israel's Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948. (L to R) David Ben-Gurion; in background, Rabbi Yehuda Leib ha-Cohen Fishman [Maimon], Kagan, Moshe Shertok [Sharett].
Courtesy of WIZO Archives, Tel Aviv.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Rachel (Cohen) Kagan, May 14, 1948." (Viewed on March 28, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/kagan-rachel-1-still-image>.