After its creation on May 14, 1948 the State of Israel was in desperate need of funds in order to build the new country.  In February 1950, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion held a meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem with 50 American and Israeli leaders where he shared his idea on how Israel can generate much needed funds and engage Jews world wide in the building of the Jewish homeland.  That idea was the Israel Bond which was launched at a rally at Madison Square Gardens on May 10, 1951 in the presence of Ben Gurion.  This is the program for that event which also celebrated Israel’s third birthday.

When Ben Gurion arrived in New York the day before the rally........

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