History events
1241 — (6th of Sivan, 5001) The community of Frankfort-on-Main was attacked after Jews tried to prevent a child from being baptized. As a result, a number of townspeople were killed. Seeing no option, the Jews set fire to their houses. The fire spread to the rest of the community destroying nearly half the city. One hundred and eighty Jews died while twenty-four agreed to be baptized
1490 — (4th of Sivan, 5250) In Toledo, Spain 21 Jews or Judaizers were burned at the stake and another “eleven were sentenced to imprisonment for life.”
1494 — (19th of Sivan, 5254) Having already issued a five Pentateuch with Haftorah, and a Pentateuch with Psalms, Gerson ben Moses Soncino began issued a complete Bible today
1862 — (24 Iyar 5622) By imperial decree, all restrictions concerning the Jews of the Kingdom of Poland were abolished.
1917 — (3 Sivan 5677) The opening of the 7th Congress of Russian Zionists in Petrograd. It was attended by 552 delegates representing 680 localities, excluding those occupied by the Germans. There were 150 guests present, and the work of the congress was covered by 90 journalists from the Jewish and non-Jewish press
1917 — (3th of Sivan, 5677) The Times of London published an anti-Zionist manifesto issued by the Conjoint Foreign Committee of British Jews. read more Lucien Wolf, historian, author and advocate for Jewish rights was a leading member of the Conjoint Foreign Committee of British Jews. He had already written to James de Rothschild, arguing against Zionism which he believes sees «Jews as aliens in foreign lands» thus making it similar to anti-Semitism in insisting that Jews will never be integrated into other cultures. David Lindo Alexander and Claude Montefiore, the president of the Anglo Jewish Association were co-signatories of this document
1928 — (5 Sivan 5688) The Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR approved a new charter for the Society for the Settlement of Jewish Toilers (OZET), according to which “non-labor elements” could not be members of OZET. A purge began of the ranks of the Society for the Settlement of Jewish Toilers of so-called disenfranchised individuals, as well as the large-scale involvement of non-Jewish masses in the organization (entire enterprises were automatically enrolled) to give it an international character.
1942 — (8 Sivan 5702) The second—and final—anti-fascist rally of the Jewish public of the USSR was held in Moscow, adopting an address “to brother-Jews throughout the world” with a call to provide financial and material assistance in the struggle against Hitlerism.
1943 — (19 Iyar 5703) On the Day of Slavic Literature, mass demonstrations in support of Jews took place in Sofia. The Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church strongly condemned the actions of the government, which had agreed to the deportation of Jews. Metropolitan Stefan of Sofia sheltered the chief rabbi of Sofia in his residence. Bulgarian writers expressed their protest against the impending deportation. Forty-three deputies of the Bulgarian National Assembly signed a petition in defense of the Jews
1943 — (19th of Iyar, 5703) A Jewish partisan group organized by Judith Nowogrodzka escapes from the Bialystok (Poland) Ghetto. The escape is led by Szymon Datner
1945 — (12th of Sivan, 5705) According to figures released by the Jewish Agency, of the 1,500,000 Jews who appear to have survived in Europe 30,000 are in Rumania, 175,000 “in Budapest and elsewhere in Hungary,” 170,000 in France and “250,000 Polish-Jewish refugees inside Russia.”
1947 — (5th of Sivan, 5707) Jewish underground fighters, believed to be Stern Gang members, raided two bridge clubs in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv early today and escaped with $3,200 in cash from one of them
1947 — (5th of Sivan, 5707) The British loaded 1,457 Jewish refugees onto a ship that would take them to detention camps on Cyprus. According to the British, some of the Jews used crowbars in an attempt to break down the barbed-wire enclosures in the hold of the vessel but the Tommies were able to subdue them with water hoses and the firing of weapons in the air. The Jews had been caught the day before trying to enter Palestine in violation of the British blockade.
1948 — (15th of Iyar, 5708) South Africa recognized Israel
1948 — (15th of Iyar, 5708) The Egyptian army captured Yad Mordecai. read more Yad Mordecai was one of the kibbutzim blocking the road to Tel Aviv. The Egyptian army and air force had attacked Yad Mordecai on May 19. The Jewish force was the size of a company composed of farmers and handful of Haganah troops. For five days the Jews fought off the Egyptians. Before dawn, on May 24 the final Egyptian assault began with two infantry battalions, one armored battalion and one artillery regiment. That night, having used all of their ammunition, the defenders snuck through the Egyptian lines carrying their wounded with them. Four hundred Egyptian soldiers lay dead. More importantly the defenders of Yad Mordecai had bought the Israelis five precious days to strengthen their position at Ashdod and Tel Aviv. According to at least one expert, those five days saved Tel Aviv
1948 — (15th of Iyar, 5708) Yitzhak Rabin, commander of the Jewish forces in Jerusalem sends Ben Gurion a desperate plea for help. While the Israelis had been able to thwart an attack by Jordanian armored forces at the New Gate, Rabin feared they could not beat back an additional attack. Also, the city was faced with Egyptian forces to the south which had attacked Ramat Rahel
1948 — (15th of Iyar, 5708) In the evening, the Seventh Brigade begins its attack on the fortress at Latrun that is blocking the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. One of the first companies into the fray was led by a sabra named Ariel Sheinermann. Sheinermann would survive the wounds he suffered that day and as Ariel Sharon, would become one of Israel’s most daring and controversial generals
1948 — (15 Iyar 5708) Israel. The first state loan of 20 million dollars
1949 — (25 Iyar 5709) An order by Colonel H. Laskov, head of the General Staff’s Combat Training Directorate, appointing Captain Harari as commander of training base No. 8 for the paratrooper corps. Harari was tasked with creating a new branch of the military.
1949 — (25 Iyar 5709) The Law on the State Flag, Coat of Arms, and Anthem was adopted in Israel
1950 — (8th of Sivan, 5710) According to Health Minister Moshe Shapiro the Polio outbreak continues to spread with 191 cases reported in May as opposed to 83 cases in April. The outbreak in Israel follows the pattern seen in nations in Western Europe and the United States
1967 — (14 Iyar 5727) Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban landed in Paris. France at that time was Israel’s most important ally, especially from a military standpoint. Eban hoped for official condemnation by Paris of Egyptian President Nasser’s threats against the Jewish state. However, the main goal of the visit was to obtain French guarantees that Jerusalem would be supported if Nasser decided to attack Israel. By that time, Nasser had already deployed troops to the Sinai Peninsula and had blockaded the Straits of Tiran. Israel felt itself to be in danger. Syria and Egypt had concluded a military alliance back in 1966. Jordan’s accession to this alliance was only a matter of time. Then, three Arab armies could tightly encircle the Jewish state. In Ramat Gan, preparations were made to turn Leumi Park into a vast cemetery; citizens were to begin digging trenches in city streets; at night, the country’s settlements were plunged into darkness. But despite all these apocalyptic sentiments among Israelis, Charles de Gaulle made a request to Eban: “Do not start a war.” In other words, do not fire the first shot.
1967 — (14 Iyar 5727) Jordan completed its mobilization and opened its border to the troops of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
1967 — (14 Iyar 5727) Egypt began a complete blockade of the Straits of Tiran. At the request of Denmark and Canada, an emergency session of the Security Council was held, during which the Soviet representative, completely unrelated to the agenda, demanded the immediate withdrawal of the American and British fleets from the Mediterranean Sea. Due to this absurd demand, the session ended inconclusively.
1981 — (20 Iyar 5741) The Tami party — the Movement for the Heritage of Israel — was founded.
1988 — (8 Sivan 5748) The «Crazy» football match. Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in Haifa. Maccabi (Tel Aviv) vs. Hapoel (Haifa) 12:10.
1991 — (11th of Sivan, 5751) Operation Solomon — the airlift of Ethiopian Jews. Non-stop flights by 35 Israeli aircraft transported 14,325 Ethiopian Jews over 36 hours. The operation concluded on May 25
2000 — (19th of Iyar, 5760) The Israeli army left Southern Lebanon. This happened literally overnight; a great deal of equipment and some fortifications fell to Hezbollah, but Israel fulfilled UN Resolution 425, withdrawing to the official state borders. Together with the IDF, Lebanese Christians from the South Lebanon Army came to Israel
2009 — (1 Sivan 5769) Due to a failure in the computer system regulating train movement, railway traffic was suspended throughout Israel.
2013 — (15 Sivan 5773) The Israeli water company Mekorot, after a 49-year hiatus, resumed the regular flow of water from the Sea of Galilee into the section of the Jordan River connecting the lake to the Dead Sea. This flow had been halted in 1964 when the Israeli National Water Carrier was built.
2014 — (24 Iyar 5774) Terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Four people were killed.
2020 — (1 Sivan 5780) The trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened in the Jerusalem District Court. Netanyahu was indicted on three cases: Case 1000, Case 2000, and Case 4000. In all three cases, the prime minister was charged with breach of public trust, and in Case 4000, also with bribery.
2020 — (1 Sivan 5780) Residents of the settlement of Revava uprooted and removed 150–200 olive trees belonging to Arabs. Revava was founded in 1991, the last settlement established before the Oslo Accords. It is located in the heart of Samaria, at an elevation of about 420 meters above sea level
People
1293 — (17th of Sivan, 5053) Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg passed away
1810 — (20th of Iyar, 5570) Abraham Geiger, Jewish scholar and reformer, born
1895 — (1 Sivan 5655) Marcel Janco was born — an Israeli artist and architect, founder of the «artists’ village» of Ein Hod on Mount Carmel. He died on April 21, 1984.
1935 — Joan Micklin Silver was born — an American screenwriter, playwright, and film director. She died on December 31, 2020.
1940 — I. Brodsky was born — a poet. He died on January 28, 1996.
1941 — B. Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) was born — an American singer, poet, and composer.
1946 — Irena Szewińska (competing under her maiden name Kirszenstein, then under the double name Kirszenstein-Szewińska) was born in Leningrad — a Polish athlete. She died on June 29, 2018.
2018 — (10 Sivan 5778) During an IDF operation in the Al-Amari refugee camp, located in Ramallah, Staff Sergeant R. Lubarsky was seriously wounded and died in the hospital two days later
2026 — (8 Sivan 5786) — In southern Lebanon, Sergeant Nehoray Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was killed. In the same incident, another soldier was seriously wounded