History events
1757 — (1th of Kislev, 5518) Talmud burned at Kamenetz-Podolsk by the Frankists
1844 — (2 Kislev 5605) State schools for Jewish children — government‑run Jewish educational institutions — were introduced in Russia.
1861 — (10 Kislev 5622) Permission was granted to promote Jewish privates in the Russian army to combat and non‑combatant non‑commissioned officers, including clerks, on the same basis as others
1892 — (23th of Cheshvan, 5653) Founding of the Perth Hebrew Congregation “the oldest of three synagogues serving the Jewish community of Perth, Australia”
1897 — (18 Heshvan 5658) Jews studying pharmacy, paramedical and midwifery arts were prohibited from living in Moscow
1915 — (6th of Kislev, 5676) The glories of great master craftsmen of the Hebrews are revived in the exhibition of the Bezalel School, Jerusalem, which has opened at 233 Fifth Avenue, near Twenty-seventh Street
1931 — (3 Kislev 5692) The newspaper Davar published statistics on the pace of housing construction in Tel Aviv: “In 1927, 12,720 square metres of housing were built in Tel Aviv; in 1928 — 23,612; in 1929 — 28,710; and in 1930 — 43,692 square metres. This year, the construction pace has continued to grow, despite the fact that the exchange rate of the pound sterling has remained stable throughout. Residential buildings make up the vast majority of new constructions. Public buildings and various workshops account for a small share of the ongoing construction in the city.”
1933 — (24 Heshvan 5694) Moshav Elyashiv was founded by Jewish immigrants from Yemen; it became the first settlement established by Yemenite Jews.
1939 — (1 Kislev 5700) The Shoah. Portuguese foreign embassies received Circular No. 14 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consuls were forbidden to issue entry visas to Portugal to stateless refugees and to Jews expelled from their countries of origin and who had lost their nationality, without the permission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1941 — (23 Heshvan 5702) The Shoah. In the village of Gornostaevka (Repkinsky District, Chernihiv Region), 20 Jews were shot and five Jewish houses were burned down.
1942 — (4 Kislev 5703) The Shoah. 2,500 Jews were executed in Vladimir‑Volynsky
1942 — (4th of Kislev, 5703) The members of a Kibbutz originally called Sha’ar HaNegev moved to the Finger of the Galilee, where they established a new kibbutz called Kfar Szold
1945 — (8 Kislev 5706) British Foreign Secretary Bevin maintained the quota for Jewish emigration at 1,500 people per month. He stated that the Jews remaining in Europe after the war should seek solutions to their problems within Europe. At a press conference, he condemned the armed resistance of Jews in Palestine and warned of the “danger of a general anti‑Semitic backlash.”
1946 — (19th of Cheshvan, 5707) ТAs part of growing wave of terror caused by Britain’s failure to honor its war time promise to allow Jewish immigration to Eretz Israel and increasing repressive measure aimed at the Jews of the Yishuv, two British policemen were killed while patrolling the Jerusalem-Jaffa rail line
1948 — (11th of Cheshvan, 5709) ТUN Security Council listens to plan by UN mediator Ralph Bunche. ….. Israel would withdraw to October 14 lines. Egypt would stay where it had retreated in Negev fighting. A large part of Negev would be demilitarized pending UN negotiations for peace. Israel rejects part of plan in which Beersheba would be under Arab administration. Plan is endorsed by Council’s special committee on Negev and Bunche orders Egypt and Israel to carry out plan
1956 — (9th of Kislev, 5717) The first Israeli train arrived in Gaza, after Israeli troops drove out the occupying Egyptian army and cleaned out the terrorist bases. Israeli troops would leave Gaza in 1957 under pressure from the U.N. and the Eisenhower Administration
1962 — (16 Heshvan 5723) The Knesset decided not to consent to the return of Arab refugees to the country. 63 deputies voted in favour. The resolution stated that Arab countries should resolve the problem.
1964 — (8 Kislev 5725) The IDF operation to prevent the Syrians from diverting the waters of the Jordan River from the Sea of Galilee continued. In the Tel Dan area, a platoon of Sherman tanks and a platoon of Centurion tanks were deployed. The tanks were positioned at considerable intervals; distance tables were prepared, the order of target destruction and methods of fire were determined. To gain an advantage, the incident was planned for noon, when the sun would be in the Syrians’ eyes. Each patrol passage (on foot and by vehicle) along the route immediately provoked a Syrian response with machine‑gun and mortar fire. As a result of return fire, the Syrians lost 2 tanks, 2 recoilless guns and a number of other targets. The Syrians then opened artillery fire on northern settlements, mainly on Kibbutz Dan, causing serious damage. Israeli aircraft were deployed against Syrian artillery. Notably, this was the first engagement between Israeli Mirage jet fighters and Syrian MiG‑21s. One MiG was shot down. No tank crews or pilots were injured in the incident, but 3 soldiers from other units were killed and 10 were wounded.
1966 — (30 Heshvan 5727) An IDF retaliatory operation against Jordanian armed forces (see 11 November and 12 November). A battle took place in the village of Kfar Samoa. Dozens of Arab Legion soldiers were killed, and three were captured.
1975 — (9th of Kislev, 5736) In Jerusalem an explosive charge went off near cafe Naveh, on Jaffa Road near the pedestrian mall. Seven people were killed and 45 injured
2006 — (22 Heshvan 5767) The Shoah. The memorial complex “Yama”, built on the site of the former Minsk ghetto, was desecrated. Vandals painted a swastika on the obelisk and covered the sculptural composition “The Last Path” with white paint. In addition, leaflets containing threats against Jews were found on the territory of the memorial complex.
2015 — (1 Kislev 5776) Another mushroom season began in Israel. The mushroom harvest appeared after heavy and prolonged rains in the wooded areas of northern Israel, in the vicinity of Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Gat, and in the forests of Judea and Samaria. The main mushroom of Israel’s forests is the granular slippery jack (Suillus granulatus). In addition to slippery jacks, one can find boletus mushrooms, champignons, рядовки (often rendered as clitocybe or described as funnel‑shaped mushrooms), milk caps, russulas, saffron milk caps, lactarius species, puffballs and other boletes in Israel’s forests.
2015 — (1 Kislev 5776) A terrorist attack. On Road 60 near Otniel, in the southern Hebron Hills, an Arab man opened fire on a minibus carrying a husband, wife and five children. Yaakov Litman and his son Natanel were killed; their second son was wounded. The vehicle was being driven by a young man who, after being wounded, managed to call the police on his mobile phone. According to eyewitnesses, seeing that he was making a call, the terrorist approached the car and shot him again.
2023 — (29 Heshvan 5784) The war with Gaza. Day thirty‑eight. The IDF continues its ground operation. Weapons depots, launchers, and Hamas and Islamic Jihad headquarters were discovered in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Facilities of the terror infrastructure were attacked; some of these were located in schools, universities, mosques and private homes. Soldiers of the 188th Armored Brigade “Barak”, operating near the entrance to Al‑Quds Hospital in the southern part of Gaza City, encountered active resistance from militants who mingled with civilians, fired at Israeli armored vehicles with RPGs, and then took cover inside the hospital grounds. Fire was opened on the militants — small arms, artillery and air forces were used. At least 21 militants were eliminated. Golani troops took photos with Israeli flags at the Gaza Legislative Council. Aircraft struck a building in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Strip; the strike caused 12 houses to collapse. Air‑raid sirens were periodically heard in the south and north of Israel, including in Tel Aviv, Rishon LeZion, Bat Yam, Holon, Ramla, Rehovot, Nes Ziona, Ramla, Lod, Ashkelon and Zikim. The IDF also periodically shelled areas in southern Lebanon from which shots were being fired.
2023 — (29 Heshvan 5784) The war with Gaza. The body of 74‑year‑old Vivian Silver from kibbutz Be’eri was identified. She had lived at the kibbutz since 1990 and actively built ties with the local Bedouin community and with residents of Gaza; she organized assistance for Gaza residents, including vocational training courses for workers from the Strip, and worked to ensure that Arab construction workers were paid fairly. She voluntarily transported sick Gaza residents to hospitals in Jerusalem for treatment. She was the founder of a Jewish‑Arab center aimed at strengthening and expanding cooperation. After Operation Protective Edge (“Несокрушимая скала”), she organized the movement “Women Fighting for Peace”. On 4 October, three days before her death, she helped organize a peace rally in Jerusalem attended by about 1,500 Jewish and Arab women
People
1834 — (11th of Cheshvan, 5595) Benjamin Peixotto, American diplomat, born
1856 — (15th of Cheshvan, 5617) Birthdate of Louis Brandeis. He was an ally and confidant of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson appointed Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916. This was a milestone in American history and Jewish history. Brandeis was the first Jew named to the high court
1886 — Naftali Herz Tur‑Sinai, an Israeli philologist and scholar of the Bible and Semitic languages, was born. He died on 17 October 1973.
1893 — Reuven Rubin, an Israeli painter and sculptor, was born. He died on 13 October 1974.
1910 — I. D. Usyskin, a scientist and member of the crew of the stratospheric balloon “Osoaviakhim‑1”, was born. He died in the crash of the balloon on 30 January 1934.
1911 — Joshua Rabinovich, an Israeli statesman, the seventh mayor of Tel Aviv and a member of the Knesset, was born. He died on 14 August 1979
1919 — (20th of Cheshvan, 5680) Birthdate of Józef Władysław Walaszczyk a Polish leatherworker and businessman who was declared Righteous Among the Nations in 2002 for sheltering Jews during the Holocaust and has been described as a «second Schindler» or «Polish Schindler»
1955 — (28 Kislev 5716) Eliezer Marom was born in Sde Eliezer; he served as Commander of the Israeli Navy starting in 2007.
2000 — (15th of Cheshvan, 5761) Тerror. ….. Gabi Zaghouri, 36, of Netivot was killed by gunfire directed at the truck he was driving near the Kissufim junction in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neveh Tzuf was killed by gunfire from a passing car while travelling near Ofra, north of Ramallah; Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon, and Cpl. Amit Zanna, 19, of Netanya were killed by gunfire from a car passing the military bus carrying them near Ofra
2013 — (14 Kislev 5774) A terrorist attack in Afula: an Arab man armed with a knife inflicted severe, fatal wounds on 19‑year‑old IDF soldier Eden Atias.
2023 — (29 Heshvan 5784) The war with Gaza. The body of 74‑year‑old Vivian Silver from kibbutz Be’eri was identified. She had lived at the kibbutz since 1990 and actively built ties with the local Bedouin community and with residents of Gaza; she organized assistance for Gaza residents, including vocational training courses for workers from the Strip, and worked to ensure that Arab construction workers were paid fairly. She voluntarily transported sick Gaza residents to hospitals in Jerusalem for treatment. She was the founder of a Jewish‑Arab center aimed at strengthening and expanding cooperation. After Operation Protective Edge, she organized the movement “Women Fighting for Peace”. On 4 October, three days before her death, she helped organize a peace rally in Jerusalem attended by about 1,500 Jewish and Arab women.
2024 — (12 Heshvan 5785) Operation “Northern Arrows”. In southern Lebanon, the following servicemen were killed in action: Captain Itay Markovich, 22 years old; Sergeant Major Sraya Elboim, 21; Sergeant Major Dror Hen, 20; Sergeant Major Nir Gofer, 20; Sergeant Shalev Yitzhak Sagron, 21; and Sergeant Yoav Daniel, 19.