B"H Yom Yom

From Day by Day in Jewish History
by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l

Courtesy of Pomeranz Bookseller and Ktav Publishing

Elul

[12] One of the earliest recorded Church censorships of Hebrew writings was ordered by King James I of Aragon, 1263.

[13] Jews of New York were denied Charter of Liberties to exercise their religion in public, 1683.Nazis closed all shuls and schools in Kovno ghetto, 1942.

[14] Jews deprived of all property by Nazi decree, 1940. Jews of Vilna ghettoized, 1941.

[15] Yahrzeit of Rabbi Akiva Eger, 1758. Russia decress draft of Jewish boys from age 12, 1827.

[16] The forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion appeared in
Russian paper, 1903. Hitler orders attack on Poland, 1939. Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania was massacred, 1941.

[17] No'ach sent the dove from the Ark to test the depth of the water. Roman garrison in Jerusalem destroyed by Judean insurgents, 66. 2000 Jews of Ceasaria massacred, 66. Anti-Jewish Nurenberg racial laws, 1935.

[18] Shimon Chashmonai elected Kohen Gadol and Governor, marking the new independence of the Jewish Nation, 141 BCE. (This independence lasted exactly 206 years.) Yahrzeit of the Maharal of Prague, 1609.

[19] Anti-Jewish riots in Stockholm, Sweden, 1852. England and France declare war on Germany, 1939. Charles Lindbergh delivered anti- semitic speech over the radio, 1941 marking the introduction of Anti-Semitism in American public life.

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