History events
1242 — (17 Tammuz 5002) In Paris, 24 cartloads of priceless Jewish manuscripts and books were publicly burned
1287 — (4th of Av, 5047) Forty Jews — men, women and children — were killed by a mob in Oberwesel (Germany) after a ritual murder accusation. The rioting spread down the Rhineland
1549 — (21th of Tammuz, 5309) All Jews and Marranos were expelled from Ghent, Belgium
1555 — (28th of Tammuz, 5315) Paul IV issued one of the most famous papal bulls in Church history. The bull, Cum Nimis Absurdum (the title stemmed from its opening phrase, «Since it is absurd») ordered the creation of a Jewish ghetto in Rome
1793 — (8th of Av, 5553) Second of the three partitions of Poland takes place as Russia, Prussia and Austria divide this once proud kingdom home to one of Europe’s largest Jewish communities. As a result of the partitions, Russia, which had worked to remain Jew-free, would find itself home to millions of Jews
1881 — (20th of Tammuz, 5641) Anti-Semitic riots at Neustettin, lasting two days
1895 — (25 Sivan 5655) Herzl completed his work on «The Jewish State.» In it, he concisely presented the idea and plan for solving the Jewish question. Herzl believed that «as soon as we begin to implement our program, anti-Semitism will cease everywhere, for it is our peace treaty with all peoples»
1919 — (19 Sivan 5679) Civil War. Pogrom in the town of Dubovo, pogrom in Murafa, pogrom in Tulchin
1927 — (17th of Tammuz, 5687) A slight earthquake shock was felt in Jerusalem at 10:04 this morning” and three people who were injured were taken to the hospital.
1941 — (22nd of Tammuz, 5701) Нolocaust. Twelve hundred Jews are murdered at Slonim, Belorussia; This marks the first day of the a fourteen day slaughter of the Jews at Kishinev in the Soviet Union; During those 14 days over 10,000 Jews would be slaughtered by the Nazis and their local collaborators
1946 — (18 Sivan 5706) As part of the struggle against Great Britain, the PALMACH attacked 11 bridges on the roads leading to Eretz-Israel, 10 of which were destroyed
1948 — (10th of Tammuz, 5708) War of Independence. ….. A two-pronged attack by Israeli forces designed to drive Arab Legion forces from the eastern section of Jerusalem failed. The Old City would remain under Jordanian occupation until 1967. During this time, Jews were barred from the Old City and no Arabs demanded that the Old City be made the capital of a Palestinian state; On the second day of Operation Death to the Invader, an Israeli military operation designed to connect settlements in the Negev with the rest of Israel, a series of Israeli assaults failed in their attempt to take their objectives; During Operation Dekel, Israeli forces took the villages of Hittin and Nimrin
1948 — (10 Sivan 5708) Three American B-17 bombers for the Israeli Air Force arrived in Czechoslovakia at the Žatec airfield. For the first 3 weeks, no one paid attention to them because they didn’t know how to use them. Only after a volunteer from the USA, R. Kurtz, who had commanded a B-17 squadron during the war, took charge, were the planes crewed and ready for action. The first real bombing of Egyptian territory by the Israeli Air Force took place on July 15th
1954 — (16 Sivan 5714) The first batch of Israeli Nesher beer, consisting of 100,000 cases, was sent to the USA for export (according to other sources, this event took place on July 17th)
2002 — (8th of Av, 5672) An 11-month old baby, her father and grandmother were among the seven people killed when Palestinians in Israeli Army uniforms set off a roadside bomb near a bus approaching a Jewish settlement, then hurled grenades and raked the vehicle with gunfire” wounding an additional 17 people
2003 — (17 Sivan 5763) Terrorist attack. A car with Israeli license plates was fired upon near Kalkilya, close to the Eyal junction. Two children, ages 5 and 7, were wounded; subsequently, 7-year-old Noam Leibovich died.
2007 — (1 Tammuz 5767) For the first time since the Second Lebanon War, Kiryat Shmona was shelled from Lebanon with four rockets. There were no casualties, but there was damage.
2007 — (1 Tammuz 5767) A Memorial Day for the fallen of the Second Lebanon War was announced. It was set for the 16th day of the month of Tammuz. It was decided to observe this Memorial Day similarly to other commemorative dates related to previous wars.
2008 — (14th of Tammuz, 5768) The military funerals for Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser the two Israeli soldiers abducted in 2006 by Hezbollah, whose bodies were returned yesterday as part of a prisoner swap take place today in their respective hometowns
2016 — (11 Sivan 5776) In Holon, at the «Toto-Holon» sports palace, the 32nd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships began.
2025 — (21 Sivan 5785) Operation «The People Rises Like a Lion.» Day Five. During the day, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked 12 launchers hidden underground in the Tehran area. Rocket attacks from Iran. Alarm sirens sounded throughout Israel. The «Bazan» refinery in Haifa ceased operations due to damage caused by rockets from Iran.
People
1594 — (9 Tammuz 5354) Accused of conspiring against the English queen to poison her, the marrano Rodrigo Lopes, the queen’s personal physician, was executed.
1829 — (16 Sivan 5589) Meyer Kayserling was born — a rabbi and historian of the Jewish people. The main subject of his scientific research was the history of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula. He died on April 21, 1905.
1888 — (8 Tammuz 5648) Arnold Fine Yaakov Trachtenberg was born — a mathematician. He died in 1953.
1903 — The poet M. Svetlov was born. He died on September 28, 1964.
1908 — (18 Sivan 5668) T. Weiss-Rosmarin was born — an American writer and public figure. She died in 1989.
1981 — (15 Sivan 5741) Yitzhak Zuckerman, one of the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, died
2009 — (25th of Tammuz, 5769) General Meir Amit passed away at the age of 88. A soldier during the War for Independence, Amit was commander of the famed Golani Brigade, a graduate of Columbia and a major general in the IDF. His greatest claim to fame was his service as head of Mossad during which he managed the activities of Eli Cohen and provided the intelligence estimates that were helpful in during the Six Day War
2025 — (21 Sivan 5785) War in Gaza. Day six hundred and twentieth. Staff Sergeant Stav Halfon, 20 years old, was killed