History events
1587 — (30th of Tishrei, 5348) Roman Curia decides that a Jewish child once baptized must be brought up under Christian influences
1601 — (6th of Cheshvan, 5362) The thirty-one page L’abitacolo degli Oranti or Me’on ha-Sho’alim (The Abode of the Supplicants) by Devora Ascareilli which “was completed in about 1537” was published today in Venice possibly making it the first book published by a Jewish woman
1668 — (24th of Cheshvan, 5429) The Jews of Barbados were forbidden to engage in foreign or local retail trade. Jews were forbidden from purchasing slaves, and were forced into living in a Jewish Ghetto in Barbados
1851 — (26 Tishrei 5612) The Russian government promulgated regulations on “the suppression of concealment of Jews from military conscription,” demanding severe punishment for those who fled conscription, fines for the communities in which they hid, and, in place of the missing recruits, the recruitment of their relatives or community leaders responsible for the timely supply of recruits
1873 — (1th of Cheshvan, 5634) The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary was founded in Berlin today by Rabbi Dr. Israel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism.
1905 — (23 Tishrei 5666) In Jaffa, in the Jewish quarter of Neve Tzedek, the “Hebrew School‑Gymnasium for Boys and Girls” (the future Herzliya Gymnasium) was established. It was the first educational institution in the world where all subjects were taught in Hebrew. In the initial enrollment in 1905, only 17 students signed up; at that time, no more people were willing to receive education in Hebrew.
1917 — (6 Heshvan 5678) A pogrom in Haisyn (Ukraine). Soldiers broke down the doors of Zaltsman’s tobacco factory and began looting it. They were joined by part of the town’s population and peasants, who extended the pogrom to Jewish shops, throwing goods out onto the street.
1918 — (16 Heshvan 5679) All Jewish parties in Bukovina — Zionists, socialists, and liberals — created the Jewish National Committee at a conference in Chernivtsi.
1941 — (1 Heshvan 5702) The Shoah. In Kozelts (Chernihiv Oblast), 125 Jews were shot. In Pliskiv (Vinnytsia Oblast), 513 Jews were shot. The evacuation of Jews from Storozhynets County (Chernivtsi Oblast) across the Dniester began; as of 1 September 1941, there were still 4,312 Jews in the county
1947 — (8th of Cheshvan, 5708) In describing the tenuous situation in Jerusalem, Zipporah Borowdky, who had just arrived from the United States, wrote her parents that “Jerusalem is thick with barbed wire and barricades…I still haven’t gotten used to the idea of being frisked every time I go into a public building, even the Post Office
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) Israeli naval commandos using explosive boats sank the Egyptian flagship Emir Farouk, and damaged an Egyptian minesweeper.
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) During the War of Independence, the Third Cease Fire went into effect, вut the Arab Liberation Army violated the truce by attacking Manara, capturing the strongpoint of Sheikh Abed, repulsing counterattacks by local Israeli units, and ambushed Israeli forces attempting to relieve Manara. The IDF’s Carmeli Brigade lost 33 dead and 40 wounded. Manara and Misgav Am were totally cut off, and Israel’s protests at the UN failed to change the situation
1948 — (19 Tishrei 5709) The War of Independence. The destroyer Ma’oz delivered booby‑trapped boats to the Gaza area, where an Egyptian squadron was stationed. Naval commandos Vardi and Abramov managed to approach the side of the Egyptian cruiser Emir Farouk covertly and blow it up using the booby‑trapped boats. Later, a similar operation against an Egyptian minesweeper was carried out by Yohai Ben‑Nun, the future commander of the Israeli Navy. This operation completely eliminated the threat of a naval blockade of Israel
1952 — (3th of Cheshvan, 5713) The complete “Jewish Torah” was published in English for the first time. A collection of oral and written commentary (dating 200 BC to AD 500) on the first five books of the Old Testament, the Torah comprises the basic religious code of Judaism
1954 — (25 Tishrei 5715) Diplomatic relations were established between Israel and Costa Rica
1956 — (17th of Cheshvan, 5717) In a second round of meetings, Israelis led by Ben-Gurion meet with the British and French at Sevres, France, to make plans for coordinating a triple military attack on Egypt
1956 — (17 Heshvan 5717) Hana Levi became the first female mayor of a city, elected by the residents of Rishon LeZion
1973 — (26th of Tishrei, 5734) Yom Kippur War. ….. Security Council Resolution 338 establishing a cease fire ending the Yom Kippur War was officially supposed to go into effect at 7 p.m. However, combat did not cease. Syrians continued to bombard Israeli positions. Israeli forces on the west bank ceased a major juncture of highway connecting Suez with Cairo. In Lebanon, Fatah, the Palestinian terrorist organization announced it would not accept the cease fire and fired rockets into northern Israel. It would be another 48 hours before the facts on the ground would reflect the desires of those on the banks of New York’s East River
2001 — (5 Heshvan 5762) Arab politician Marwan Barghouti, in an interview with the London‑based Arabic newspaper Al‑Sharq Al‑Awsat: “I knew that the explosion was planned for the end of September, but when Sharon decided to go up to the Al‑Aqsa Mosque, I realized that this was the most opportune moment to start the intifada. On the night before Sharon’s visit […] I took the opportunity to address television viewers with a call to come to the Al‑Aqsa Mosque the next morning […] and force him to leave. I went to Al‑Aqsa that morning… We tried to provoke clashes, but we failed to achieve our goal due to disagreements among us… After Sharon left […] we discussed the situation and how we should respond, not only in Jerusalem but also in all other cities…”
2002 — (16th of Cheshvan, 5763) At least 14 Israelis were killed and more than 45 injured when an explosives-laden sport utility vehicle driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber rammed a bus near Hadera in northern Israe
2014 — (28 Tishrei 5775) A terrorist attack in Jerusalem. A 21‑year‑old Arab man drove his car at full speed into a bus stop in Jerusalem, where people were waiting for a bus. Three‑month‑old Chaya Zisl‑Baron died, and several other people were injured.
2023 — (7 Heshvan 5784) The war with Gaza. Day sixteen. Nineteen‑year‑old Corporal Tamir Barak was killed in action. Rocket and mortar attacks on the Israeli border areas from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon continued. A decision was made to evacuate another 14 Israeli settlements located 2–5 km from the border with Lebanon.
2025 — (30 Tishrei 5786) The Knesset approved in preliminary reading a bill to extend sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria and a bill to extend sovereignty over Maale Adumim
People
1843 — (28 Tishrei 5604) Moshe Leib Lilienblum, poet and publicist, was born. He died in 1910
1844 — (9th of Cheshvan, 5605) Birthdate of actress Sarah Bernhardt
1844 — (9 Heshvan 5605) Yosef Aharonovich Khazanovich, public figure, physician, bibliophile, and organizer of the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem, was born. He died on 21 December 1919
1847 — (12th of Cheshvan, 5608) Henriette Herz, leader of the Berlin salon, died
1907 — (14 Heshvan 5668) Emilia Schindler, wife of Oskar Schindler, a Righteous Among the Nations who saved 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, was born. Emilia participated in their rescue alongside her husband. She died on 5 October 2001.
1912 — (11 Heshvan 5673) Johan Hendrik Weidner, a Dutch entrepreneur who organized one of the largest and most successful underground networks during World War II in the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland, rescuing people persecuted for their faith or race and Allied pilots by helping them escape through Switzerland and Spain, was born. In the Netherlands, this route was known as the “Swiss Way.” In 1978, Weidner was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations. He died on 21 May 1994.
1913 — (21 Tishrei 5764) Avraham Yaffo, colonel of the Israel Defense Forces, who fought in the British Army during World War II and was a hero of the War of Independence, was born
1915 — (14th of Cheshvan, 5676) In the village of Ruzhany, Perla and Shlomo Jeziernicky gave birth to Icchak Jeziernicky who would gain fame as Yitzhak Shamir, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel
1936 — (6 Heshvan 5697) Yechiel‑Yosef Levontin, writer and public figure, died in Tel Aviv at the age of 75
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) One day after having been mortally wounded during the battle to take Beersheba, 23 year old Avraham Abarzel, an Algerian native who survived the Nazi occupation and was serving as a member of the French Commando Company of the Palmach Hagegev’s 9th Battalion passed away after which he was buried at Kibbutz Dorot and later re-interred at the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery
1984 — (26th of Tishrei, 5745) Abd Rabbo murdered Ron Levy and Revital Seri today when he came upon the two hiking south of Jerusalem, tied them up at gunpoint, placed bags over their heads and shot them dead
2024 — (20 Tishrei 5785) The war in Gaza, day 382. Senior Sergeant Ishai Mann, 21, died in a car accident near the Gaza Strip. Operation “Northern Arrows.” Major Aviram Hariv, 42, and reservist Staff Sergeant Saar Eliad Navarsky, 27, were killed