In this 4 and a half minute long video, Rabbi Dr. Bernard Rosensweig celebrates Israel’s 63rd birthday by recalling the emotional experience of learning of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 at Yeshiva University in New York. Rabbi Dr. Rosensweig, who has 3 children and 15 grandchildren living in Israel, was a Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, an Orthodox institution for both religious and secular higher education. Made for the students of the Yeshiva, this video uses terminology that may be unfamiliar to those without exposure to the Orthodox community.