Mordechai Avida born Mordechai Zlotnik, was a radio broadcaster of Kol Israel in its preliminary stages. He was the first one to broadcast from the new station. His voice starts the Recording of The Israeli Declaration of Independence with the words (in Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...

): "Here is the Voice of Israel! Here is the Voice of Israel!". Mordechai Avida with his colleague Rita Persits broadcast the ceremony together.

External links

• The Voice of Israel 70th Anniversary