Joining the Haganah

Introduction

Zipporah Porath, an American student in Jerusalem, wrote this letter to her parents from Jerusalem in December of 1947, during the Israel War of Independence.

Arab attacks on Jews began immediately following the UN General Assembly Resolution 181, adopted on November 29, 1947. The Jews in Jerusalem were particularly vulnerable. The  underground Haganah defense force desperately began recruiting people to safeguard roads, buildings and houses. This recruiting effort around the country generated a great many "troops" on paper. Some historians refer to this paper advantage to prove that the Jews of Palestine had overwhelmingly superior forces. The "troops" however, had few weapons and little training.

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