History events
67 (24 Elul 3827). The Jewish War. The beginning of the month‑long siege of the Gamala fortress in Galilee by Vespasian.
70 (28 Elul 3830). The Jewish War. The Romans captured the so‑called Tower of David
1104 — (1th of Tishrei, 4865) Dedication of the Mayence synagogue
1628 (5 Tishrei 5389). The first evidence of Jews on the island of Barbados: a letter from a certain Abraham Jacob to his business partner in London: “Conducting trade on the new island — Barbados — is becoming extremely profitable, and such an opportunity must not be missed.” The newcomers established the “Nidchei Yisrael” community in Barbados. In 1664, the first synagogue was opened. According to census data, in 1679 there were 300 Jewish families in Barbados, mostly Sephardim.
1654 (21 Tishrei 5415). “Almost all the Jews brought here would like to stay with us, but, being convinced that their inherent usury and dishonesty in trade with Christians make their presence incompatible with people who are sincerely devoted to us, I would consider it beneficial for our settlement to issue an order for their expulsion and to request that this deceitful race, these blasphemers who hate our Saviour, be forbidden from ever appearing in our new colony…” 22 September 1654. Governor of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, to the directors of the West India Company. The lord directors, however, did not yield to the official’s persuasion. “After long deliberation, we have come to the decision that these people may live, travel, and trade in New Amsterdam,” they replied.
1919 (27 Elul 5679). Civil War. The Fastiv pogrom, organized by Cossacks from Denikin’s Volunteer Army, lasted six days. About 1 000 people died
1921 — (19nd of Elul, 5681) Gdud HaAvoda VeHaHaganah al shem Yosef Trumpeldor (the Joseph Trumpeldor Work and Defense Battalion) known simply Gdud HaAvod established kibbutz Ein Harod today
1928 (8 Tishrei 5689). A partition separating the men’s and women’s sections of worshippers was installed in the square before the Western Wall. This marked the beginning of a conflict that escalated into pogroms throughout the Land of Israel.
1941 — (1th of Tishrei, 5702) This day saw the beginning of a new intensity in the murder of the Jewish people. In Vinnitsa, Ukranian militia, trained by the SS, killed an estimated 23,000 Jews.
1941 (1 Tishrei 5702). The Shoah. Executions of Jews in Mykolaiv continued. In Beryslav (Kherson Oblast), Sonderkommando 10a shot 400 Jews. In Zolotonosha (Poltava Oblast), 300 Jews were killed. In Uman, a unit of Operational Team 5 began carrying out a “Jewish action.” In Kyiv, the headquarters of the 29th Army Corps ordered the arrest of all Jewish men and their use in clearing away Jewish prisoners of war. The 17th Army requested that Sonderkommando 4b take reprisals against the Jews of Kremenchuk, as three cases of cable damage had occurred in the city.
1942 (11 Tishrei 5703). The Shoah. Another “Jewish action” took place in Ivano‑Frankivsk. “Jewish actions” began in Rivne. From Romania, 594 Jews were deported to Odesa Oblast for evading public works. 980 Jews were shot in Mlyniv (Rivne Oblast), and probably 700 Jews from the townlet of Boremol (Demydivka district, Rivne Oblast)
1942 — (11th of Tishrei, 5703) The Jewish ghetto in Czestochowa, Poland, is liquidated; 40,000 residents are transported to the Treblinka death camp and killed
1943 — (22nd of Elul, 5703) Off the coast of Haifa, the British boarding party used guns, gas and fire hoses to quell resistance from a boat load of Jewish “displaced persons” seeking to find a home in Eretz Israel.
1952 (3 Tishrei 5713). The first Sabra of Eilat was born. The boy was named Etzion.
1974 (6 Tishrei 5735). At the UN General Assembly, the “Palestinian question” was included on the agenda for the first time as a separate item, which effectively meant recognition of the existence of the so‑called Palestinian people.
1985 (7 Tishrei 5746). The mayor of Givatayim, Yitzhak Yaron, issued the call: “Kill them while they are still small!” — and five thousand kibbutz members, members of left‑wing parties, and youth movement activists arrived in the city, armed with stones and metal rods, to prevent Rabbi Kahane from speaking. The crowd rushed to his car, trying to overturn it; stones flew. The windshield was smashed, and only police who arrived at the last minute saved Rabbi Kahane and his companions from lynching. As soon as Meir Kahane took the podium, stones were thrown at him again
2005 — (18nd of Elul, 5765) The IDF finished evacuating four settlements in the Northern West Bank
2006 (29 Elul 5766). During the night, four unknown assailants threw stones at a synagogue in Khabarovsk. A day earlier, a synagogue in Astrakhan had been attacked.
2024 (19 Elul 5784). A massive overnight barrage from Lebanon targeted northern Israel (including Nazareth, Nof HaGalil, Afula, Migdal HaEmek, Yokneam Ilit, and other населённых пункты up to and including Haifa). Hezbollah launched about one hundred rockets
People
1895 — Babette Deutsch, writer and public figure in the USA, was born. She died in 1985
1895 — Paul Muni, a prominent Hollywood film and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s, was born. He died on 25 August 1967
1896 — Uri Zvi Greenberg, an Israeli poet, was born. He died on 8 May 1981.
1943 — Ariel Zilber, an Israeli singer, poet, and composer, was born
1950 — Limor Livnat, an Israeli public and political figure, was born
1952 — (3th of Tishrei, 5713) Isser Harel named head of Mossad
1978 — (20nd of Elul, 5738) Aharon Barak began his service as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Israel
2000 — (22nd of Elul, 5760) Seventy-six year old prize winning Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai passed away today
2025 (29 Elul 5785). The war with Gaza. Major Shahar Netanel Bozaglo, aged 27, was severely wounded in combat in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and died the following day