History events
1337 — (10 Tammuz 5097) The community of the city of Tauberbischofsheim in Germany was attacked by rebellious peasants led by the knight Arnold von Uissigheim, known in history as Armelder (the Leather Hand)
1648 — (30th of Sivan 5408) Six thousand Jews of Nemirov slaughtered by the Cossacks. ….. Start of the Cossacks ten year war with the Poles also known as the Chmielniki Uprising. The Jews were caught between the Russian Orthodox Cossacks who hated the Roman Catholic Poles who had been occupying their land. Jews had served as agents for the Polish nobles managing their lands and collecting the taxes. For this, and the fact that they were Jews, the Cossack hated them. At the same time, the Poles betrayed the Jews, in many instances turning them over to the Cossacks thinking that this would mollify the angry horde. It didn’t but from the Jews’ point of view that really did not matter since they were killed regardless of what happened. In the ten tumultuous years that followed, over seven hundred Jewish communities were destroyed and between one hundred and five hundred thousand Jews lost their lives. The ensuing sense of helplessness contributed to the rise of the messianic movement which soon followed
1864 — (6 Sivan 5624) In Russia, a royal decree was issued prohibiting «all Jews without exception from acquiring land from landlords and peasants» in the provinces of Vilna, Kovno, Grodno, Vitebsk, Minsk, Mogilev, Kiev, Volhynia, and Podolia.
1912 — (25 Sivan 5672) In Harbin, a society was established to assist Harbin Jews in their relocation to Palestine.
1919 — (12 Sivan 5679) The Committee of Jewish Delegations presented a memorandum to the Paris Peace Conference demanding the inclusion of conditions in treaties with new states that guarantee equality of all national minorities in civil and political rights with the indigenous population. The request was not met.
1920 — (24 Sivan 5680) The Jewish Workers’ Club was opened in Krasnoyarsk. The organizers aimed to «integrate the Jewish working masses into the world socialist culture using their native language.»
1933 — (16 Sivan 5693) On this day, I. Goebbels referred to the burning of many thousands of books in front of Berlin University as «uprooting Jewish roots and traces from German culture.» The authors of these books, both Jewish and non-Jewish, represented the pride of world culture
1939 — (23th of Sivan 5699) As of today, as a resulted of “emigration, legal or illegal and death, natural or unnatural” the number of Jews in “Great Germany” has been reduced from a pre-Nazi “population of 700,000” to 550,000” not counting the additional number of Jews acquired by the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia
1942 — (25 Sivan 5702) Shoah. The killings of Jews began in Ulanov (Vinnytsia region).
1943 — (7 Sivan 5703) Shoah. The newspaper «Davar,» citing the Polish intelligence headquarters based in London, reported that the Germans had increased the area of gas chambers in Treblinka and could simultaneously destroy 700 people. The same report stated that out of 3 million Polish Jews, only 300,000 remained alive
1944 — (19th of Sivan 5704) Reszoe (Rudolf) Kasztner, head of the Aid and Rescue Committee known as Va’adah chose “388 members of his own extended family, as well as groups of family friends” to serve as a selected groups of Jews that will be allowed to leave Hungary as a token of German “good faith” during the negotiations with Eichmann and Himmler that are being conducted by Joel Brand
1946 — (11 Sivan 5706) A pogrom occurred in the Hungarian town of Kumnadaros. Two were killed, 15 were injured
1948 — (3th of Sivan 5708) Syrian forces over-ran Mishmar Ha-Yarden a Jewish settlement on the west bank of the Jordan River. ….. The Syrians had every advantage including control of the air, tanks and a full array of artillery. Realizing the desperate nature of their situation, the Jewish settlers sent the women and children away. The few surviving defenders were taken to Damascus. The Syrians called the victory Faith-Allah (the Capture of God). After the war, the Jews rebuilt Mishmar Ha-Yarden a mile from the original kibbutz. The ruins of the original settlement were left as a memorial to those who fought and fell in the fight to create a Jewish home. This was one of the last military actions before the first truce between the Israelis and the Arabs which was slated to start on June 11
1948 — (3th of Sivan 5708) The Negev Brigade attacked the Egyptian-held police fort of Iraq Suwaydan but were driven off in defeat
1948 — (3 Sivan 5708) War of Independence. Egyptian Spitfire aircraft bombed Tel Aviv. The warning system failed to operate, resulting in numerous casualties.
1948 — (3 Sivan 5708) War of Independence. The first break in the aerial supply operation that began on May 20 to transport weapons from Czechoslovakia. 11 Messerschmitts and 107 tons of cargo were transported on 26 flights
1953 — (27th of Sivan 5713) Attackers infiltrating from Jordan destroyed a house in the farming village of Mishmar Ayalon
1954 — (9 Sivan 5714) Three types of indigenous weapons were adopted by the Israel Defense Forces: the UZI submachine gun, the «Bazooka» anti-tank projectile, and the grenade launcher.
1964 — (30 Sivan 5724) A national water pipeline of 130 km was put into operation, through which water from the Kinneret flowed into the Negev. It was equipped with numerous pumping stations with advanced pumps
1967 — (2th of Sivan 5727) At 6:30 p.m. a cease-fire went into effect on the Golan Heights effectively ending the Six Day War. ….. There was no Arab military force that could have kept the Israelis from taking Cairo, Damascus or Amman. But as Yitzchak Rabin pointed out, the Israelis had not gone to war to cease territory. They had gone to war only after all diplomatic efforts had failed and they were faced with the choice of fighting or facing extinction. In a week’s time they had changed the map of the Middle East. The forces facing them were not «tin men.» Contrary to some of the comments made by the ill-informed, the Arabs had fought hard and the IDF had suffered the casualties to prove it. The fact was that in a week Israel had gone from a nation with a noose around its neck to being victors who had reclaimed Jerusalem, seized the Golan Heights from which the Syrians had shelled Israeli farmers for almost two decades and occupied a swath of land from the Jordan River to the Suez Canal. In the weeks prior to the war, Israel had been subjected to constant shelling from the Golan Heights and blockading by Egypt of the Straits of Tiran (Israel’s only southern sea outlet). Once the UN observer forces left the Sinai at Egypt’s behest the stage was set for war. Within a few days, the entire Sinai was in Israel’s hands, and despite being warned not to interfere, Jordan shelled Jerusalem opening that front as well. This battle led to the capture of the West Bank and the unification of Jerusalem. On the Syrian front, Israel succeeded in pushing the Syrians back to Kunetra and taking part of the Hermon range. In fewer than six days, Israel had routed all three of its
1976 — (12th of Sivan 5736) The Jerusalem Post reported ….. that the Knesset approved the Ben-Gurion Memorial Bill on its first reading. The memorial covered Ben-Gurion’s home in Tel Aviv, the Institute for the Legacy of Ben-Gurion at Kibbutz Sde Boker and the Desert Institute in the Negev. There was a threat that Egged buses would grind to a halt as the cooperative was unable to pay its fuel suppliers to whom it owed IL 4m., in addition to millions it owed to suppliers of other equipment. The Ministry of Transport insisted that if the cooperative wished to obtain the IL 200m.government-guaranteed loan, it would have to deduct IL 300 per month from its members’ salaries. But following the ministry’s order to carry soldiers free, Egged reneged on this agreement
2006 — (14 Sivan 5766) 32-year-old Naveed Haq, an American of Pakistani descent, carried out an armed attack at the Jewish Federation building in Seattle. He killed 59-year-old Pamela Waechter. The terrorist stated that he was a Muslim and that shooting people in a Jewish center was his revenge against Israel.
2009 — (18th of Sivan 5769) The RSX European Open Windsurfing Championship begins at Tel Aviv’s Gordon Beach
2009 — (18 Sivan 5769) The traditional Book Week began. About 300 publishing houses participated, and book fairs took place throughout June in 50 locations. The first Book Week in the Land of Israel was held in the summer of 1926 on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv.
2013 — (2 Tammuz 5773) An «Open Sky» agreement was signed with the European Union. The agreement was intended to expand the number of airlines operating routes between Israel and the European Union, thereby reducing ticket prices.
2015 — (24 Sivan 5775) The first stone was laid for the construction of a complex of solar power plants located in the Negev Desert.
2018 — (27 Sivan 5778) The Israeli government approved a strategic plan to combat drought and save the Kinneret. It included the construction of two additional desalination plants (in Galilee and Sorek) and preparation for the construction of another plant. 100 million shekels were intended to be allocated by 2023 for the rescue of seven northern streams – Gaaton, Naaman, Kishon, Hadera, Zipori, Betzet, and Einan, the installation of pumps on the National Water Carrier to supply desalinated water from the Mediterranean Sea into the Kinneret, and connecting agricultural areas in northern Israel, which had until then received water only from the Kinneret to the water pipeline.
2021 — (30 Sivan 5781) Joint efforts by firefighters and workers of the Jewish National Fund extinguished a fire in the Jerusalem Mountains, which began on June 9. The intensity of the fire was unprecedented for these areas. 2,650 dunams of the Yaar ha-Hamisha forest – one of the oldest planted forests in Israel – were burned.
2022 — (11 Sivan 5782) 20 new bus routes were launched in Israel
People
1729 — (24th of Sivan, 5489) Rabbi Abraham ben David Yizhaki, author of Zera Abraham passed away
1760 — (26th of Sivan 5520) On the secular calendar, of Israel ben Eliezer passed away. Also known as the Baal Shem Tov he was the «founder» of the Chassidic Movement
1863 — (23 Sivan 5623) Shimon Rokach was born — a public figure, one of the leaders of Jewish settlements in the Land of Israel. He died in 1922.
1902 — (5 Sivan 5662) By the verdict of a military tribunal, Hirsch Lekkert was hanged. He was born in 1879 in Lithuania. By profession, he was a shoemaker. He participated in the Jewish labor movement. In 1900, he led an attack by about 500 Jewish workers on a police station in the suburbs of Vilna and freed arrested comrades. In 1902, after 28 arrests (22 Jews, six Poles) were executed by order of the Vilna governor-general von Valya for participating in the May Day demonstration, Lekkert shot the governor and wounded him. The execution caused a sense of despair and helplessness in the Jewish community; hence, Lekkert’s assassination attempt on the governor was seen as an act of defense of the honor and dignity of the Jews.
1915 — Saul Bellow was born — a writer. He died on April 5, 2005.
1917 — (20 Sivan 5677) Adolf William Schwimmer was born — organizer and first director of the Israeli aerospace industry company «Taasia Avirit.» He died on June 10, 2011.
1925 — E. Hamburg was born — a director-animator. He died on June 13, 2000.
1948 — (3 Sivan 5708) David Marcus was killed. A colonel in the American army, he was at the origins of the creation of the regular army of the State of Israel. His efforts led to the transformation of the semi-partisan Haganah formations into a real army at the beginning of the War of Independence. The construction of the Burma Road was also his achievement. He was mistakenly shot by a sentry while coming out of his tent at night.
1971 — (17 Sivan 5731) Dr. Chaim Sheba, an Israeli physician, public figure, and organizer of healthcare, died at the age of 64.
1982 — (19 Sivan 5742) The deputy chief of staff, General Adan, and his aide, Colonel Sela, were killed. During an inspection trip, they came under artillery fire, took refuge in the basement of one of the houses, where they accidentally encountered Arab militants.
2024 — (4 Sivan 5784) War with Gaza. Day two hundred forty-eight. Major Tal Pshevilsky-Shaulov, 24 years old, Sergeant Eitan Karlsbrun, 20 years old, Sergeant Almog Shalom, 19 years old, and Sergeant Yair Levin, 19 years old, were killed. Six soldiers were wounded.