{"id":174578,"date":"2025-05-14T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=174578"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:34:52","slug":"baby_no_000001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#8217;s First *Official* Newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were riding high in the afterglow of Independence Day 5785. It wasn\u2019t the torch-lighting ceremony that lit up our spirits, nor the various other national celebrations. No\u2014it was a single article on our &#8220;Librarians&#8221; website that made our hearts swell: We had managed to uncover the identity of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/israel_first_baby\/\">a baby documented in our photo collections who was born just minutes after Israel&#8217;s Declaration of Independence<\/a>. It was a beautiful little triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then\u2014came the twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An urgent letter arrived on our doorstep (well, we got an email). It read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To: The National Library of Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I saw your post about the State of Israel&#8217;s first baby. Please be advised: you got it wrong. The first baby to receive a birth certificate from the State of Israel\u2014document number 000001\u2014is my wife. She was born at Yarkon Hospital in Tel Aviv (which no longer exists), under the name Drora Cohen. Twenty-two years later, Miss Drora Cohen agreed to marry me and became Mrs. Drora Halperin. These days, we\u2019re grandparents to five wonderful grandchildren. I\u2019ve attached a copy of her birth certificate for your reference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sincerely,<br>Dr. Gideon Halperin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOh no,\u201d we gasped. \u201cCould we have made a mistake? Have we sullied the good name of the National Library of Israel? What shame!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we picked up the phone and rang the distinguished couple. That\u2019s when we discovered\u2014much to our surprise\u2014that the <em>official<\/em> first baby of the State of Israel was actually born four months <em>after<\/em> David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wait\u2026 what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal. Chronologically, the very first children of the new Jewish state were born on May 14, 1948 &#8211; the 5th of Iyar, 5708 &#8211; the very day of the declaration. But since the state had just come into being, it hadn\u2019t yet taken over the paperwork. Officially, those babies were still recognized by the British Mandate. Their birth certificates were stamped: \u201cDepartment of Health, Government of Palestine (Eretz Yisrael).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A declaration, no matter how historic, doesn\u2019t instantly replace a 30-year-old colonial bureaucracy. These things take time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it came to birth certificates, it took exactly four months for the newly founded State of Israel to update its documents to reflect the change in the ruling authorities. And so, on the 6th of Elul, 5708\u2014September 10, 1948\u2014at Yarkon Hospital in Tel Aviv, a beautiful baby girl named Drora Cohen was issued the very State of Israel&#8217;s first birth certificate. The number? Naturally: 000001. Which means that Drora Cohen is, <em>officially<\/em>, the first baby ever born in the State of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Image 2025 05 05 At 11.32.16 (3)\" class=\"wp-image-174450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-3-1.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-3-1-300x166.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drora Cohen\u2019s birth certificate, labeled &#8220;No 000001&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy name is Drora, from the word <em>dror<\/em> (freedom). My parents gave me the name in honor of the new state,\u201d she tells us. \u201cMy mother never even mentioned it to me until I was in high school. And I, for my part, chose to keep it to myself all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-1-409x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Image 2025 05 05 At 11.32.16 (1)\" class=\"wp-image-174370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-1-409x600.jpeg 409w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-1-205x300.jpeg 205w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-1.jpeg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baby Drora Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Drora says that while her mother kept the fact from her, she didn\u2019t keep it from the authorities. For instance, she wrote letters requesting exemption from education fees and other grants offered to children born on the 5th of Iyar. These requests, by the way, were all denied. The young country was not exactly rolling in funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the official ceremonies where those 5th of Iyar babies were honored\u2014Drora was usually left out. And when she <em>was<\/em> invited, it was only after some polite nudging from her family\u2014especially her ever-loyal \u201cagent,\u201d husband Gideon.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Image 2025 05 05 At 11.32.15 (2)\" class=\"wp-image-174376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-2.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-2-300x211.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drora at a special event at the President\u2019s Residence marking 60 years of the State of Israel. She\u2019s the one circled in the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Somehow, she was almost forgotten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good thing there\u2019s a National Library. So here\u2019s what you should know: Drora, born to Polish immigrant parents, is a specialist in immunology. She worked for many years at Tel Aviv University. She has two children\u2014a son and a daughter\u2014and five grandchildren. Today, she lives in Ramat Aviv, devotes her time to art, sculpture, and painting, and is, of course, a full-time grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Image 2025 05 05 At 11.32.15 (1)\" class=\"wp-image-174373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-1.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.15-1-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drora and her husband Gideon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m actually listed as Palestinian, just like many others,\u201d says her devoted fan and husband, Gideon. \u201cThat\u2019s how our birth certificates recorded it\u2014anyone born before Drora. But there\u2019s only one Drora. Just one person in all of Israel carries a document like that. Grandma Drora is number one. And she\u2019s got the certificate to prove it. Even if she didn&#8217;t have it\u2014she\u2019d still be number one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-2-484x600.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Image 2025 05 05 At 11.32.16 (2)\" class=\"wp-image-174379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-2-484x600.jpeg 484w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-2-242x300.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-05-at-11.32.16-2.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drora Cohen-Halperin. Grandma Number One<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another scoop from the National Library: introducing Drora Cohen, the very first person to receive an Israeli birth certificate! \u201cGrandma Drora is number one\u2014and she has the documents to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":174449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[1232,1989],"tags2":[3067,2656,2816],"class_list":["post-174578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-of-israel","tag-history-of-israel","tag-israeli-independence-day"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#039;s First *Official* Newborn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yet another scoop from the National Library: introducing Drora Cohen, the very first person to receive an Israeli birth certificate! \u201cGrandma Drora is number one\u2014and she has the documents to prove it.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#039;s First *Official* Newborn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Librarians | The National Library of Israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Librarians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryIsrael\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natigabbay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1200-628-facebook-13.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NLIsrael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NLIsrael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/84afb809506a6c8e161e72040a0ffbaa\"},\"headline\":\"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#8217;s First *Official* Newborn\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\"},\"wordCount\":784,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"History of Israel\",\"Israeli Independence Day\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Land of Israel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\",\"name\":\"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel's First *Official* Newborn\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Yet another scoop from the National Library: introducing Drora Cohen, the very first person to receive an Israeli birth certificate! \u201cGrandma Drora is number one\u2014and she has the documents to prove it.\u201d\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg\",\"width\":832,\"height\":629},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#8217;s First *Official* Newborn\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Librarians\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd - \u05d1\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05ea\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Logo.png\",\"width\":103,\"height\":64,\"caption\":\"\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd - \u05d1\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05ea\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryIsrael\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/NLIsrael\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/nli_israel\",\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/nliisrael\/\",\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NLI2010\/featured\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/84afb809506a6c8e161e72040a0ffbaa\",\"name\":\"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3ea8bd802ae68411a5f5624da1c67a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3ea8bd802ae68411a5f5624da1c67a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natigabbay\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/author\/natig\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel's First *Official* Newborn","description":"Yet another scoop from the National Library: introducing Drora Cohen, the very first person to receive an Israeli birth certificate! \u201cGrandma Drora is number one\u2014and she has the documents to prove it.\u201d","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel's First *Official* Newborn","og_description":"The Librarians | The National Library of Israel","og_url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/","og_site_name":"The Librarians","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryIsrael","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natigabbay\/","article_published_time":"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1200-628-facebook-13.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NLIsrael","twitter_site":"@NLIsrael","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/"},"author":{"name":"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/84afb809506a6c8e161e72040a0ffbaa"},"headline":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#8217;s First *Official* Newborn","datePublished":"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/"},"wordCount":784,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg","keywords":["History of Israel","Israeli Independence Day"],"articleSection":["Land of Israel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/","url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/","name":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel's First *Official* Newborn","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-14T09:27:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-14T09:34:52+00:00","description":"Yet another scoop from the National Library: introducing Drora Cohen, the very first person to receive an Israeli birth certificate! \u201cGrandma Drora is number one\u2014and she has the documents to prove it.\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/832-629-blog-13.jpg","width":832,"height":629},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/baby_no_000001\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baby No. 000001: Meet the State of Israel&#8217;s First *Official* Newborn"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/","name":"The Librarians","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#organization","name":"\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd - \u05d1\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05ea","url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Logo.png","width":103,"height":64,"caption":"\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd - \u05d1\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05ea"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryIsrael","https:\/\/x.com\/NLIsrael","https:\/\/instagram.com\/nli_israel","http:\/\/pinterest.com\/nliisrael\/","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NLI2010\/featured"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/84afb809506a6c8e161e72040a0ffbaa","name":"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3ea8bd802ae68411a5f5624da1c67a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3ea8bd802ae68411a5f5624da1c67a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"\u05e0\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/natigabbay\/"],"url":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/author\/natig\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174578"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174586,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174578\/revisions\/174586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174578"},{"taxonomy":"tags2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags2?post=174578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}