History events
–1498 BCE (1 Tishrei 3427). On Rosh Hashanah, all the Jews of Judea gathered in Jerusalem, and Ezra read the Torah to them. Hearing the words of the Torah, the people wept in repentance, realizing that they were not fulfilling much of what God had commanded.
1871 (1 Tishrei 5632). The Moscow authorities permitted the opening of a school for Jewish orphaned children, “Talmud Torah,” in the city. It offered instruction in religious law, the Russian language, arithmetic, geography, Russian history, penmanship, and singing.
1908 (20 Elul 5668). The Russian Council of Ministers’ regulation on the 3 % quota for admitting persons of the Jewish faith into capital‑city educational institutions was officially approved
1922 — (23th of Elul, 5682) The League Nations recognized the Jewish Agency as the organization authorized to act in concert with the British Mandate authorities with a view to “facilitating the Jewish immigration and fostering intensive settlement of Israelites on the soil of the country.”
1941 — (24th of Elul, 5701) Jews from the town of Uman were brought to ditches at the airfield upon the excuse of taking a town census. SS officers systematically went down the line with pistols and shot each of the Jews — men, woman and children alike. The death toll was an estimated 22,000
1941 (24 Elul 5701). The 304th Police Battalion began carrying out a “Jewish action” in Haisyn (Vinnytsia Oblast). A unit of Task Force D shot 1 057 Jews in four localities in the Kalinindorf district (Bobrovyi Kut, the Serp i Molot, Kaganovich, and 1 Mai collective farms). The deportation of Jews from the Vertyuzhany camp to Ukraine began
1942 — (5th of Tishrei, 5703) Six thousand Jews from Jedrzejów, Poland, are murdered at the Treblinka death camp
1943 — (16th of Elul, 5703) The Nazis deported the first Italian Jews from the town of Merano With Mussolini no longer running the Italian government; Germany had taken control of 95% of Italy.
1945 (9 Tishrei 5706). British Prime Minister Attlee rejected US President Truman’s proposal to allow the immigration of 100 000 Jews to Palestine. A few days later, on 21 September, despite repeated promises, the British Cabinet decided that Palestine would become a state with an Arab majority, and Jewish immigration would be limited to 18 000 people per year.
1948 (12 Elul 5708). In Kyiv, the Jewish poet D. Hofstein was arrested after sending a telegram to G. Meir calling for the revival of Hebrew in the USSR
1948 — (12th of Elul, 5708) Count Folke Bernadotte the «U.N. mediator on Palestine» recommended ….. that the Israel Negev «should be defined as Arab territory» and made part of Transjordan. He also supported the unconditional or Arab refugees to the state of Israel. He had previously recommended that the port of Haifa should be placed under international control and turning control over Jewish immigration to the United Nations. The following day Bernadotte was assassinated by members of a group founded by Lehi also known as the Stern Gang
1951 — (15th of Elul, 5711) Despite the on-going food shortages, Israel’s economy showed growth and vitality today “when Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion formally opened the new plant of the General Tire and Rubber Company” located near Petah Tkiva
1972 — (8th of Tishrei, 5733) Following the Munich Massacre, Israel launched Operation Extended Turmoil 4 against bases in southern Lebanon, containing an estimated 600 guerrillas. “Golani forces reached the Litani River in the east, while Paratroopers reached Juwaya just south of the river. Most of the guerrilla forces did not engage the Israelis and chose to retreat, although over 40 of them were killed.”
1973 (19 Elul 5733). A government meeting attended by Prime Minister G. Meir, the Chief of Staff, and the Minister of Defense. All assessments indicated that, even if the Syrians responded to the 13 September incident, it would at most be limited to artillery shelling of Israel’s border towns.
1979 (24 Elul 5739). Israel. The government revoked the 12‑year‑old ban on purchasing land in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza.
1982 (28 Elul 5742). During a pogrom in Tunisia, Jewish homes and shops were looted
2009 — (27th of Elul, 5769) There are now 7,465,000 people living in Israel, the central bureau of statistics reported today
2024 (13 Elul 5784). The war with Gaza. Day 346. Units of the 5th Reserve Brigade returned to the Gaza Strip and took part in combat operations in the central sector as part of the 252nd Division. This was the 5th Brigade’s second mission in Gaza
People
1777 (14 Elul 5537). Nathan Mayer Rothschild was born — the third son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. He founded the English branch of the Rothschild family. He died in 1836
1843 — (21st of Elul, 5603) Ezekiel Hart passed away. Born in 1767, he was a Jewish Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire
1847 — (6th of Tishrei, 5608) Grace Aguilar, English novelist and writer on Jewish history, died
1856 (16 Elul 5616). Moses Gaster was born — a scholar, Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in England, and Doctor of Philosophy. He was elected Deputy Chairman at the First World Zionist Congress in 1897. He died on 5 March 1939.
1890 — Moshe David Cassuto was born — an Orientalist and Bible scholar. He passed away in Jerusalem in 1951
1924 — (17th of Elul, 5684) Birthdate of Bess Myerson who was crowned Miss American in 1945 and who was the first (and only Jew) to win the honor
1935 — (18th of Elul, 5695) Isaac Loeb Goldberg, “one of the world’s foremost Jewish philanthropists and a founder of the modern Zionist movement passed away today at the age of 75
1956 — Avigdor Meiri was born — a Hebrew poet, writer, publicist, and translator. He died on 3 April 1970.
1975 — D. Copperfield was born — a magician.
1975 (11 Tishrei 5736). G. Friedman was born — a sailor and Israel’s first Olympic champion.
2018 (7 Tishrei 5779). A terrorist attack. An Arab killed Ari Fuld, 40 years old, a father of four children, who lived in the settlement of Efrat