History events
66 — (23 Tishrei 3827) Jewish War. The Syrian governor-general Cestius Gall, leading the 12th Legion, eight regiments of Syrian infantry, and a significant contingent of troops from vassal states (the Jewish king Agrippa alone, trying to prove his loyalty to Rome, sent out two thousand cavalry and three infantry regiments), camped 50 stadia from Jerusalem.
1845 — (28 Elul 5605) Memorandum from Chief of Police Luzhin to Governor Shcherbakov: “There are 207 permanent Jewish residents in Moscow serving in the police, 326 in the gendarmerie, 82 cantors, 18 in the garrison battalion, 18 in the invalid company, totaling 657.” This was followed by a request to establish the position of rabbi
1883 — (28nd of Elul, 5643) The first Jewish house of worship…a brick structure that served as both Hebrew school and synagogue was dedicated today in Salt Lake City, Utah
1936 — (14 Tishrei 5697) Due to Arab unrest, Britain imposed martial law in the Land of Israel.
1941 — (8 Tishrei 5702) Shoah. Mass shootings in Kyiv are largely completed. Einsatzkommando 4a reported the execution of 33,771 Jews over the course of two days. The 304th police battalion shot Jewish women and children in Kirovograd.
1941 — (9 Tishrei 5702) Shoah. The Jewish community of the Lithuanian town of Trakai and all Jews from the surrounding settlements were destroyed (a total of 2,500 people)
1942 — (19 Tishrei 5703) Shoah. The ghetto in the suburb of Warsaw — Zelechow — was liquidated. All its inhabitants were transported to the Treblinka extermination camp. Hundreds of Jews managed to escape and joined Polish and Soviet partisan units
1942 — (19nd of Tishrei, 5703) Polish Jews trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto begin the construction of bunkers for a military defense. By January of 1943, they will have constructed more than 600 fortified bunkers
1942 — (19 Tishrei 5703) Shoah. From Ternopil, Kopychyntsi, Khorostkiv, Zbarazh, Zboriv, Kozlov, and Probiizhna, 5,800 Jews were transported to Belzec, with 750, over 1,000, 1,200, 260, 600, 1,000, and 1,000 respectively, over 50 were shot on the spot in Kopychyntsi, and several dozen in Zbarazh. About 100 Jews were shot in Zlatopol (Kirovograd region). In September, 242, 200-300, and several hundred Jews were also killed in Shumsk, Vyshnivets, and Pochaiv (Ternopil region), respectively, and over 700 Jews in Solobkovtsy (Khmelnytsky region). In Stepani, Derazhno, Dubrovitsa, and Rokitno (Rivne region), over 400, 152, about 70, and over 400 Jews were killed, respectively. From the Belz area (Lviv region), 500 Jews were transported to Sobibor. About 60 Jews were relocated from Krasnodon to Luhansk.
1943 — Shoah. (1 Tishrei 5704) During the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the rabbi of the Greek city of Volos, Moshe Pesach, was summoned to the residence of the head of the German occupation administration, where he was asked to provide a list of all the Jews in the city within a day (allegedly for the allocation of food rations). However, the perceptive rabbi immediately suspected foul play and sought help from the local bishop, Joachim Alexopoulos, who confirmed through his channels that the Nazis planned to deport the local Jewish community. At the rabbi’s request, the bishop wrote a letter to the priests of neighboring villages, urging them to provide shelter to the persecuted Jews. With the help of the mayor, municipal officials, and the police chief, most of the Jews of Volos were smuggled into neighboring mountain villages and hidden in peasant homes within three days. The Germans managed to capture and send to death camps only 130 Jews who did not manage to leave the city in time. The Nazi commander announced a reward for the rabbi’s head. Two of Rabbi Pesach’s sons, who taught in religious schools in nearby towns, were captured and killed. Rabbi Moshe-Shimon Pesach organized a genuine partisan group from members of his community, successfully fighting against the Germans. After the war, Rabbi Pesach and 700 Jews from his community returned to Volos. In 1946, he was elected chief rabbi of Greece and held this position until his death. In 1957, the remains of Moshe Pesach and his wife Sara were transferred to Israel and buried in Jerusalem.
1944 — (13nd of Tishrei, 5705) Jewish deportations from Slovakia resume. Between now and March 31, 13,500 were deported and another 5,000 were imprisoned locally
1945 — (23 Tishrei 5706) A ceremonial opening of the Habima Theater building took place in Tel Aviv
1947 — (16nd of Tishrei, 5708) Several Arab leaders included Mohammad Nima Hawari, ….. a lawyer who founded the firs and largest of the paramilitary Arab youth organizations in Palestine, expressed their opposition to the UNSCOP plan and the creation of a Jewish state. They said that any such move would result in a violent reaction on the part of the Arabs in Palestine. They said that any attempt to create a Jewish state would be met a Pan-Arab Army led by a modern day Saladin who lead them to victory as had happened in the days of the Crusaders
1956 — (25nd of Tishrei, 5717) French and Israeli officials met in Paris where the French seek to induce the Israelis in being part of the Anglo-French plans to take control of the Suez Canal away from Egypt’s Nasser
1962 — (2 Tishrei 5723) Terrorist act. Two Arabs attacked an «Egged» bus on the way to Eilat. No one was injured.
1984 — (4 Tishrei 5745) The internet appeared in Israel.
2003 — (4 Tishrei 5764) The «Roadmap» plan developed by the US administration was officially accepted by Israel. The plan included 14 strategically important points for Israel. Military experts predicted that the concessions Israel was willing to make as part of the «roadmap» would remove all Palestinian claims against Israel and lead to lasting peace in the region.
2009 — (12 Tishrei 5770) More than 500 motorcyclists contributed to colossal traffic jams on Highway No. 1 from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in the morning. This was a protest by motorcycle owners against the Ministry of Finance’s decision to raise the cost of mandatory insurance for two-wheeled vehicles by an average of 11%.
2011 — (2 Tishrei 5772) A clash occurred between residents of the settlement of Anata and Arabs and leftists over land ownership. An Arab named Abu Salah al-Rifai claimed that 43.5% of the territory of Anata was private Arab land. However, the main cause of the conflict was apparently the Palestinian flag raised by the Arab on his property. Anata is a secular Jewish settlement in the Binyamin desert, 9 km from Jerusalem.
2024 — (27 Elul 5784) Operation «Northern Arrows.» The forces of the 98th Division began a limited ground operation against Hezbollah and its infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
2024 — (27 Elul 5784) The new Israeli airline Air Haifa, which will be based at Haifa airport, made its first commercial flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Ramon Airport.
2024 — (27 Elul 5784) The defense company «Elbit Ma’arakhot» received an order from the Ministry of Defense to build a factory for the production of aviation bombs to reduce dependence on supplies from the USA.
2025 — (8 Tishrei 5786) A terrorist attack on the Tunnel Highway, south of Jerusalem near Bethlehem. An Arab in a car ran over people waiting at a bus stop. Teenagers aged 15 and 16 were injured.
People
132 — (3nd of Cheshvan, 5543) On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi Akiva passed away
1199 — (8nd of Tishrei, 4960) Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1782 — (22nd of Tishrei, 5543) Rabbi David Tebele Scheuer passed away in Mainz, Germany
1801 — (23nd of Tishrei, 5562) Zacharias Frankel, Jewish scholar and theologian, born
1865 — (10th of Tishrei, 5626) Samuel David Luzzatto an Italian Jewish scholar, poet
1908 — (5nd of Tishrei, 5669) Birthdate of David Fiodorovich Oistrakh, a Jewish Soviet violinist
1911 — (8 Tishrei 5672) Ruth Gruber was born — a well-known journalist, public and political figure in the USA. She died on November 17, 2016
1928 — (16nd of Tishrei, 5689) Birthdate of Elie Wiesel, author and Nobel Prize
1933 — (10 Tishrei 5694) Ilya Kabakov was born — an artist. He died on May 28, 2023.
1937 — (25nd of Tishrei, 5698) The Palestine Post reported on the death in London of Earl Peel, the Chairman of the Royal (Peel) Commission on Palestine, at the age of 71. Earl Peel properly appreciated the Jewish part and effort in the development of Palestine. The entire Hebrew press, paid a warm tribute to Lord Peel
1945 — E. Olmert was born — an Israeli political and public figure, Prime Minister from 2006 to 2009
1952 — (11nd of Tishrei, 5713) The Jerusalem Post reported that a guard, Shimon Badini, was killed and a farmer badly wounded by infiltrators from Jordan who stole from Jewish villages in the Jerusalem Corridor, during the Yom Kippur fast