Monday, November 14, 2011

March 4, 1915

On that day, which corresponds to the Hebrew date in the following document, a group of Jews decided to establish a Jewish regiment that would participate alongside the British troops.  The document was signed in Alexandria among others, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and Yosef Trumpeldor:


However, if you look closely, you can discern that most probably, Jabotinsky also signed on behalf of Trumpeldor whether cecause Trumpeldor's Hebrew was poor or whether because he was one-armed, he had difficulty signing:



History is also the little things.

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