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Memories of Israel's first national election on Jan. 25, 1949

(JNS) - At 5:35 a.m. on Jan. 25, 1949, Rabbi Moshe Yekutiel Alpert got up, drank coffee and put on his finest Shabbat clothes. Together with his wife, brother and brother-in-law, he walked to the polling station on Habashim Street in Jerusalem, his Israeli identity document in his hand. In his diary, he compared the walk to a Simchat Torah procession, when worshippers carry Torah scrolls....
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Heritage Florida Jewish News broke the news on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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