History events
-1273 — (28 Nisan 2488) The walls of Jericho collapsed (see March 27, -1273). And when, after the seventh circuit, the Kohens blew the shofars, the impregnable city walls sank into the ground. Joshua sent Caleb and Phinehas to bring Rahab and her relatives out of the city (see March 10, -1273). Then the Children of Israel annihilated the inhabitants of Jericho, as God had commanded regarding the former inhabitants of Canaan, and burned the city itself
1279 — (18 Nisan 5039) Execution of Jews in London, accused of ritual murder (Blood Libel).
1550 — (16 Nisan 5310) Expulsion of Jews from Genoa.
1817 — (16 Nisan 5567) The State Council of the Empire permitted Jews of Russia living in Siberia «to buy or exchange women of the Kalmyk tribe of non-Christian faith brought from abroad and, converting them to the Jewish faith, to marry them.» In the first half of the 19th century, the vast majority of Siberian Jews were men. In search of brides, they had to turn to marriage brokers who brought girls from the provinces of the Pale of Settlement; however, the brokers’ services were extremely expensive (200 rubles or more, a huge sum at that time) and unaffordable for many. In this regard, a group of Kainsk Jews appealed to the authorities to allow them (following the example of other Siberians) to acquire Kalmyk women brought from abroad and marry them after they underwent conversion. The Governor-General of Siberia forwarded this petition to St. Petersburg, accompanied by a commendatory review of the industriousness and impeccable conduct of the Siberian Jews.
1825 — (14th of Nisan, 5585) The special privileges granted to the Portuguese Jewish citizens of Suriname were terminated by order of the Dutch crown. Thenceforth, Jews in the Dutch colonies were accorded the same rights as the other inhabitants, and all privileges, concessions and exceptions of whatever nature were abolished
1844 — (13th of Nisan, 5604) The building” housing the Great Synagogue in Sidney “was consecrated today with the music for the ceremony in the hands of Isaac Nathan, father of Australian music
1922 — (4th of Nisan, 5682) Two trucks left Tel Aviv carrying 4 employees of the company «Achuza A — New York,» which was involved in organizing Jewish settlements in the Land of Israel, for which it purchased land plots in Eretz Israel, organized Jewish immigration, and founded agricultural settlements; three workers and a guard — two armed soldiers. After a 5-day journey (from Tel Aviv!), they arrived at their destination, unloaded the trucks, and pitched the first tent. Thus Ra’anana was established
1929 — (21 Adar II 5679) The seventh exhibition of the Union of Hebrew Artists, «Tower of David,» opened in Jerusalem.
1932 — (25 Adar II 5682) An art museum opened in the home of Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv
1935 — (28th of Adar II, 5695) In Tel Aviv, the second Maccabiah Games opened “before 40,000 spectators at the Maccabiah Stadium
1937 — (21th of Nisan, 5697) On the outskirts of Warsaw at Sokolow and Lukow, “all the Jewish market stands were smashed and many Jews were injured and driven from the marketplaces today by a stone-hurling mob.”; In Albania, the Jewish community was granted official recognition by the government. The largest Jewish populations were located in Kavaje and Vlora
1942 — (15 Nisan 5702) The Holocaust. Shooting of over 2,000 people, residents of the town of Lyady, which was near Smolensk, in an anti-tank ditch.
1943 — (26 Adar II 5703) The Holocaust. Resolution of the Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church: «The Bulgarian Church cannot share the racist principle. It cannot accept principles according to which any race is deprived of the human right to life, as this contradicts the fundamental principles of the Christian faith. The Bulgarian Church… cannot refuse help and protection to the persecuted and suffering. If it were to refuse such help, it would deny itself. The Holy Church asks Christian Bulgarians to help the Jews and advocates for alleviating the fate of all Jews…»
1944 — (9th of Nisan, 5704) In Haifa, British police discovered a cache of arms belonging to the Stern Gang following a bombing which caused the death of a Jewish constable and wounded a British policeman; At night, British authorities arrested more than sixty individuals many of whom were reported to be “members of the Jewish revisionist party known as the New Zionist Organization.”
1945 — (19 Nisan 5705) (Approximate date) During the days of Passover 1945, the Jewish fighting organization Nokmim (Hebrew — «avengers») was created in Bucharest, aiming to take revenge on the Germans for the destruction of the Jews.
1947 — (12 Nisan 5707) Great Britain, unsure how to resolve the Middle East problem, proposed that the UN appoint a commission on the Palestinian question to consider it at the autumn session of the General Assembly
1952 — (7th of Nisan, 5712) The Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF had completed «Operation Ma’barot,» the winter-long assistance extended by various army units to new immigrants in their camps
1962 — (27 Adar II 5722) Israel. The «Pomeranz» shoe store opened in Tel Aviv, where a self-service system was used for the first time.
1962 — (27 Adar II 5722) Israel. In Nazareth, workers at a textile factory arrested the owner of the enterprise due to delayed wages. A police squad sent to free him was met with stones and bottles; four policemen were injured.
1970 — (25 Adar II 5730) Israeli Air Force aircraft struck positions in the Syrian fortified area on the Golan Heights. An air battle ensued, during which the Israelis shot down about ten Arab planes. However, there were also losses on the Israeli side. An Israeli Air Force «Phantom» came under crossfire from anti-aircraft guns, the plane caught fire, and the pilots had to eject urgently directly over Syrian positions. Navigator Pinii Nachmani and pilot Gidon Magen were captured by Syrian soldiers and taken to the secret Damascus prison «Al-Maza.»
1974 — (10 Nisan 5734) Terrorist attack. Bomb explosion in a synagogue in Buenos Aires.
2002 — (20 Nisan 5762) Operation «Defensive Shield,» battle in Bethlehem, 10 Arabs killed, 25 surrendered, others hid in Christian churches.
2008 — (26 Adar II 5768) The Knesset passed a law regulating the service of reservists in the Israel Defense Forces
2009 — (8th of Nisan, 5769) A terrorist infiltrated Bat Ayin in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank and killed Shlomo Nativ, a 13-year-old Israeli boy, by striking him in the head with an axe. The terrorist also attacked a 7-year-old boy with the axe, hitting and wounding him in the head.
2017 — (6 Nisan 5777) The medium-range air defense system «Magic Wand» (another name «David’s Sling») was delivered to the IDF
People
1608 — (26th of Nisan, 5368) Joseph Ben Samuel Ibn Rey, the Italian rabbi who was the author of a work entitled «Sefer Massoret,» a treatise on the Masorah, in which he endeavored to prove that there are no reasonless or unjustified repetitions in the Bible passed away today
1770 — (7th of Nisan) Rabbi PInchas Zelig of Lask, author of Ateret Paz passed away
1805 — (3 Nisan 5565) Hans Christian Andersen, Danish storyteller, was born. Excerpt from his diary: «…visited a symphony concert in Amsterdam. The audience was elegant, but I noted with sadness that I did not see here any sons of the people who gave us Mendelssohn, Halevi, and Meyerbeer, whose brilliant musical compositions we listen to today. I did not meet a single Jew in the hall. When I expressed my bewilderment about this, I heard in reply, to my shame — oh, if only my ears had deceived me! — that entry for Jews was forbidden here. I was left with a heavy impression of the humiliation of man by man, of the terrifying injustice prevailing in society, religion, and art.»
1870 — (1 Nisan 5630) Israel Yehuda (Yishai) Adler was born in the Grodno province — a Zionist, educator, public figure, translator, publisher. One of the founders of the «Herzliya» high school and the founders of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. Died December 22, 1948.
1899 — Ze’ev Rechter was born — an Israeli architect. Died December 18, 1960.
1914 — (6th of Nisan, 5674) Paul Heyes, the first Jew to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, passed away today at the age of 84
1928 — Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginsburg) was born, a French composer, actor, director, writer. Died March 2, 1991
1937 — (21st of Nisan, 5697) Nathan Birnbaum passed away. Born in Vienna in 1864, Birnbaum coined the terms Zionists and Zionism in 1890.