On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, proposing to divide the territory of the British Mandate in Palestine into two states — Jewish and Arab, with Jerusalem to be made an international zone.

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the global Jewish population reached 15.8 million.

From May 6 to May 15, a special guest visited Brazil — Ricardo Warthheimer, a musician and repatriate originally from São Paulo.