History events
1391 — (1th of Tammuz, 5151) A riotous mob led by the Queen Mother’s confessor, killed many Jews in Seville, Spain
1851 — (4th of Sivan, 5611) A synagogue, built for immigrants from Portugal, was inaugurated on Rue Lamartine in Paris.
1897 — (4th of Sivan, 5657) The first issue of the Zionist weekly «Die Welt,» founded by T. Herzl, was published in Vienna. It ceased publication in July 1914.
1903 — (9th of Sivan, 5663) The unsuccessful attempt by P. Dashevsky to assassinate Krushevan in St. Petersburg—the owner of two antisemitic newspapers, the Kishinev «Bessarabets» and the St. Petersburg «Znamya,» whose antisemitic incitement encouraged pogroms. The student Pinchas Dashevsky was armed with a Finnish knife but only managed to lightly wound Krushevan in the neck. Dashevsky was arrested but released in 1906
1918 — (24th of Sivan, 5678) It was reported today that an epidemic of typhus is “raging at Safed where there at present over 500 Jewish orphans.”
1939 — (17th of Sivan, 5699) The SS St. Louis, a German passenger liner carrying 900 Jewish refugees was denied permission to dock at any ports in Florida. ….. The ship steamed off the coast of the United States where the passengers could see the lights of Miami. The Coast Guard had orders to keep the St. Louis and its Jewish passengers from reaching the United States. The ship and its wretched cargo returned to the Europe where many perished in the Holocaust
1941 — (9th of Sivan, 5701) The republic of Croatia issued an order depriving all Jews of their property and compelling them to wear a yellow badge with the letter Z
1942 — (19th of Sivan, 5702) The Holocaust. In Samhorodok and Koziatyn (Vinnytsia region), 492 and 508 Jews were shot, respectively. Another approximately 3,000 Jews were deported from Kovel and shot
1948 — (26 Iyar 5708) The IDF counter-attacked around 2:15 a.m. today, aiming at outflanking the Iraqis by conquering the routes from Jenin to Afula and Lajjun and although bolstered with reinforcements, the Israeli attack was repulsed amid numerous losses
1948 — (26th of Iyar, 5708) A solemn prayer service was held at the Moscow Choral Synagogue in honor of the proclamation of the State of Israel.
1948 — (26th of Iyar, 5708) War of Independence. Ben-Gurion received a message from Dov Yosef, the commander of the defense of West Jerusalem, stating that there was only enough flour left in the city for five days, and that it was necessary to replenish it, regardless of the means: by jeeps or by camels.
1948 — (26th of Iyar, 5708) War of Independence. The corvette «Eilat,» while patrolling the coast, engaged three Egyptian ships heading toward Tel Aviv to bombard it and land naval forces. The corvette forced the Egyptians to retreat
1952 — (11th of Sivan, 5712) The Jerusalem Post reported from London that West Germany had tentatively offered to negotiate with Israel a reparations offer, totaling approximately $585 million, on the basis of 10 annual payments; that restrictions were announced on a gradual reduction of interurban and urban bus services, ordered by the government in order to save fuel and foreign currency. Plans were made, however, for a complete end to the rationing of all textiles
1964 — (24th of Sivan, 5724) Signing of a trade agreement between Israel and the Common Market
1967 — (25 Iyar 5727) Six-Day War. ….. For seven hours Israel’s National Unity Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Levi Eshkol met to hear a review of the military options presented by Moshe Dayan as well as an update by intelligence sources on the situation in the Egyptian military command. Egyptian generals were pressuring Nasser to let them strike the first blow. The “Arab streets” were demanding action. Delay was Israel’s enemy. Each day the Arab forces grew stronger, while Israel’s forces were at their “optimum level.” The Cabinet agreed that the military option was all that was left. The Cabinet voted unanimously to let Eshkol and Dayan choose the time and place of attack. After the Cabinet adjourned, the two Israeli leaders agreed that H-hour was 7:45, Monday, June 5. The report delivered by General Meir Amit was considered critical to the decision. Amit had just returned from Washington where he met with Defense Secretary MacNamara who assured the Israeli General of America’s willingness to re-supply Israel after the war, help the Jewish state at the UN and to keep the Soviets out of the area
1967 — (25th of Iyar, 5727) Israel. Income tax was increased by 10% for the next 10 months. The funds were intended to be allocated for military needs
1969 — (18th of Sivan, 5729) The Knesset passed a law stipulating that the new Israeli currency would be called the «Shekel.»
1974 — (14th of Sivan, 5734) Dissatisfied with the result of the Israel State Cup semi-final match between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Jerusalem’s Beitar, Beitar fans ran onto the field at the Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium and began beating Hapoel players (some of whom were taken to the hospital), destroying everything in their path.
1980 — (20th of Sivan, 5740) Discussion on the issue of emigration from Israel on the Knesset’s agenda.
1982 — (13th of Sivan, 5742) Bombing of Arab bases: in Beirut, where a stadium used by Arabs as a weapons depot was shelled, and in Southern Lebanon, in response to the attack on the Israeli ambassador in London on June 3rd. Subsequently, rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the northern settlements of Israel, from Nahariya to Kiryat Shmona.
2007 — (18th of Sivan, 5767) Construction was completed on the square-shaped skyscraper, part of a group of three towers in the Tel Aviv «Azrieli Center» complex.
2007 — (18th of Sivan, 5767) The Holocaust. The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum made public for the first time the diary of 14-year-old Polish Jewish girl Rutka Laskier, who described life in the Jewish ghetto during World War II. «The noose around us is tightening more and more,» Rutka wrote in 1943, shortly before her deportation to the Auschwitz death camp. «I am becoming an animal waiting for death.»
2010 — (22nd of Sivan, 5770) The Jewish National Fund opened a cross-country bike trail about 125 kilometers long, stretching across Israel from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea. Funds for its creation were donated by Canadian philanthropists Wolf and Joseph Leibovich
2011 — (2th of Sivan, 5771) Around 5,000 people took part in a march in central Tel Aviv this evening supporting the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders
2014 — (6th of Sivan, 5774) Temperature record in Israel: 40°C in Haifa, 38°C in Tel Aviv, 34°C in Jerusalem, 42°C in Beersheba, 41°C in Kfar Saba, 35°C in Katzrin, 34°C in Safed, 44°C in Eilat. Such high temperatures had never been recorded on June 4th before
People
1672 — (19th of Sivan, 5432) Rabbi Moses Rikves, author of Be’er ha-Golah passed away
1697 — (19th of Sivan, 5457)Birthdate Rabbi Jacob Israel Emden, the Altona born Talmudic scholar most famous for his fight against those whom he considered to be Sabbateans. His most famous dispute was the one with Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz
1751 — (22th of Sivan, 5511) Rabbi Abraham Geron of Adrianople, author of Tikkun Soferim passed away
1853 — (27th of Iyar, 5613) Emil Jellinek was born. He was a member of the board of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft from 1900 to 1909. At Jellinek’s request, the car produced by the company was named after his daughter, Mercedes Jellinek. In 1902, the name «Mercedes» was registered as an official trademark. Jellinek died on January 1, 1918
1899 — (26th of Sivan, 5659) Yaakov Hazan was born in Brest-Litovsk. He was an Israeli political and public figure. He died in 1992.
1904 — Alvah Bessie was born. He was an American writer and screenwriter. He died on July 21, 1985.
1925 — (12th of Sivan, 5685) Ion Deghen was born. He was a World War II veteran, physician, and poet. He died on April 28, 2017.
1926 — American theater and film actress Judith Malina was born. She died on April 10, 2015.
1928 — Carola Ruth Siegel (Ruth Westheimer) was born. She was a participant in the War of Independence (served as a sniper). In 1950, she moved to Paris, then to the United States, where she became a famous sex therapist, host of television and radio programs, and author of numerous books on family relationships. She died on July 12, 2024
1942 — (19th of Sivan, 5702) Mordechai Gebirtig, Yiddish poet and songwriter was murdered by the Nazis in the Krakow Ghetto on what was known as “Bloody Thursday.”