A Great Preservation-of-History Project

A new history preservation group, Toldot Yisrael:

The founding of the State of Israel in 1948 is one of the seminal events in Jewish History. It is the story of famous statesmen and legendary soldiers, but also of farmers, engineers, scientists, students, even children, brought together for one critical moment in time to re-establish a permanent home in the Land of Israel for themselves and for generations of Jews to come.

Toldot Yisrael is preserving these individual stories for future generations by recording video testimonies from those who were part of this era.

These unedited oral histories form an extensive archive and interactive database that will be used by scholars, educators, and documentary filmmakers the world over. The material in this archive serves as an important reminder of the Jewish people’s legitimate right to a sovereign state in the Land of Israel, particularly at a time when that right has been called into question. These testimonies will reinforce the positive role that Israel plays in contemporary Jewish identity and will instill a renewed sense of pride and purpose in Jews throughout the world.

And there's a NYTimes story with this picture of Geula Cohen: