History events
1493 — (7 Tevet 5254) In Brescia, printer Gershom Soncino published the book «Psalms.»
1496 — (11 Tevet 5257) In the Portuguese city of Faro, printer Samuel Porteiro completed the publication of the treatise from the Babylonian Talmud «Gittin» (Divorce Letters) with commentaries by Rashi
1684 — (19st of Tevet, 5445) The first room for prayer meetings of was opened in Copenhagen which was the home of the newly founded Ashkenazi community
1917 — (1st of Tevet, 5678) During World War I, Naaman Belkind was hung by the Turks as a spy. ….. Naaman Belkind was born in 1889. The nephew of Bilu founder Israel Belkind and the son of Bilu pioneer Shimshon Belkind, Naaman Belkind was born in Eretz Yisrael. Bilu was founded in 1882 and was a pre-Herzl Zionist movement. Bilu is an acronym based on a verse from Isaiah (2:5), «Beit Ya’akov Lekhu Ve-nelkha/Let the house of Jacob go!» BILU’s founders believed that the time had come for Jews not only to live in Israel, but to make their living there as well. He grew up in the Bilu community of Gedera, and was later employed in the wine cellars of Rishon LeTzion. Along with his cousin Avshalom Feinberg and his brother Eytan, Belkind joined the Nili espionage group, which was formed in 1915 to assist the British against the Turkish authorities. The group encountered much opposition to its operations, in part from the British themselves, but largely from the members of the Yishuv, who regarded the espionage as subversive and endangering Jewish settlements. Nili’s independence from mainstream Zionist politics also lent it a controversial nature, but the group maintained its activities. In September, 1917, Belkind set out for Egypt to look into the circumstances regarding Feinberg’s death earlier that year. Caught by Bedouin in the Sinai, he was handed over to the Turks and brought to Damascus. Shortly after, the principal Nili figures were arrested and the group incapacitated. Belkind was convicted of spying and was hanged along with Nili leader Yosef Lishansky. He was later re-interred in Rishon LeTzion
1921 — (15 Kislev 5682) The moshav Kfar-Yezeqiel was established
1930 — (26th of Kislev, 5691) Six Jewish laborers were sentenced today to three weeks imprisonment for participation in an unruly unemployment demonstration at Ness Ziona, near Jaffa.
1939 — (4st of Tevet, 5700) Нolocaust. Jewish girls in Lódz, Poland, who have been impressed for forced labor, are forced to clean a latrine with their blouses. When the job is complete, the German overseers wrap the filthy blouses around the girls’ faces
1941 — (26 Kislev 5702) Shoah. 41 Jews, including 13 children and 10 elderly people, were killed 400 meters from the outskirts of the village of Naydorf (39th section of the «Krasny Pakhar» state farm) in the Saksky district of Crimea. Operational group D reported the execution of 20,149 Jews from November 16 to December 15, 1941, mostly in Crimea
1942 — (8st of Tevet, 5703) Нolocaust. A Jewish ghetto is established in Kharkov, Ukraine
1958 — (5 Tevet 5719) A locust attack from Egypt caused no significant damage to Israeli agriculture, thanks to the use of agricultural aviation and teams of schoolchildren released from classes to combat the pests.
1959 — (15 Kislev 5720) The first submarine of the Navy of the State, «Tanin» (Crocodile), arrived in Haifa
1968 — (25th of Kislev, 5729) The Spanish government officially voided the order of expulsion of 1492
1968 — (25 Kislev 5729) Minister Begin presented a settlement project for the Territories to Prime Minister Eshkol. He proposed that Jews settle in all the occupied territories, including Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jenin
1978 — (16th of Kislev, 5739) In Jerusalem, 22 people including five Americans were injured by a bombing on a bus
1988 — (8 Tevet 5749) The USA began negotiations with the PLO, but they were interrupted by yet another terrorist attack in Israel
1991 — (9st of Tevet, 5752) The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a 111-25 vote
1992 — (21th of Kislev, 5753) The body of IDF Sergeant Nissim Toledano, who had been kidnapped by Hamas, was found today. Toledano had been stabbed to death while his hands were bound
2005 — (15 Kislev 5766) Israel. The first rainy day of the new winter arrived. Rain fell from Mount Hermon to the Negev.
2005 — (15 Kislev 5766) Regular railway service began in Dimona, connecting to the center of the country. At 18:45, the first passenger train departed from the Dimona railway station, arriving at the «University» station in Be’er Sheva 24 minutes later.
2006 — (25 Kislev 5767) In Kyiv, in the evening near the synagogue in Podil, a group of ten young people suddenly attacked three religious Jews in traditional attire and began to beat them
2010 — (9st of Tevet, 5771) Starting today the Galilee will be hosting its first annual international ornithological festival
2021 — (12 Tevet 5782) Terrorist attack in Samaria. Arabs opened fire with an automatic weapon at a vehicle exiting the settlement of Homesh. Yehuda Dimentman, a resident of the Shavei Shomron settlement, was killed, and two passengers in the car were wounded.
2023 — (4 Tevet 5784) War with Gaza. The seventy-first day. Shelling from Gaza of settlements located near the border: Sderot, the settlements of Nir Am and Ibim. In the north of the country, near the settlement of Margaliot, reserve sergeant Yehezkel Azaria, 53 years old, was killed.
2024 — (15 Kislev 5785) Israel presented its first 20-qubit quantum computer, which provided solutions to tasks requiring virtually unattainable power from conventional supercomputers. The computer was developed under the guidance of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in cooperation with the Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the company Yissum.
People
1741 — (20 Tevet 5520) Nathan Ha-Kohen Adler was born — a German rabbi. Died September 17, 1800.
1750 — (29 Kislev 5511) David Friedländer was born — a public figure and advocate for the emancipation of Prussian Jewry. Died in 1834
1858 — (9st of Tevet, 5619) Birthdate of Yiddish singer, actor, and composer Sigmund Mogulesko
1879 — (1 Tevet 5640) Jacob Braffman died at the age of 55 — a convert, author of «The Book of the Community,» which he published in 1869.
1883 — (17 Kislev 5644) Max Linder was born — a silent film actor. Died November 1, 1925
1922 — (26th of Kislev, 5683) Sixty-four-year-old Eliezer Ben-Yehuda the father of the Modern Hebrew Language succumbed to TB in Jerusalem today