says was the future nation's acceptance speech, two weeks before Moshe Shertok made the case for Israel on 17 October 1947. Silver expressed reservations about the UN partition plan. A practical man, Silver did ultimately accept partition of Palestine as the best means to rapidly create a homeland for the Jewish people. Abba Hillel Silver was a leading proponent of Zionism in America and met with President Truman several times to discuss his views until his uncompromising manner caused friction with the White House, leading to estrangement from the Truman White House, including Truman's appearance on national television to announce the formation of the State of Israel. The story of his pounding on Harry Truman's desk at the White House, however, after much research by Rafael Medoff, has been shown to be untrue. By mobilizing Jewish and non-Jewish support and through a relationship with the Republican party that resulted in 1948 in a pro-Israel plank in their platform, Silver left Truman no choice but to support Israel and recognize it immediately after it declared its independence. A nationally-known orator and author of many scholarly works, including important studies of the history of Jewish-Christian relations, Silver also served as head of many Jewish and Zionist organizations. He died on November 28, 1963, and was interred at Mayfield Cemetery in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Works See also Temple Tifereth-Israel, Beachwood, Ohio References 1893 births 1963 deaths People from Kudirkos Naumiestis Lithuanian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent American Reform rabbis American Zionists Hebrew Union College alumni University of Cincinnati alumni Burials at Mayfield Cemetery Activists from New York (state) Reform Zionists 20th-century American rabbis Rabbis from Wheeling, West Virginia