B"H Yom Yom TT weeks are THU-THU, with an overlap of Thursday TT366's week is 27 Iyar - 5 Sivan (MAY 13-20) [27 Iyar] Demetrius II recognized Jewish independence in E. Yisrael under Shimon Chashmona'i, 143 b.c.e. It lasted 70 years. [May 13] The city of Jaffa surrendered to Israel, '48. [28 Iyar] Yahrzeit of Shmuel HaNavi. Private festival of the Rambam marking his finding of a Ben Asher Sefer Torah. Yom Yerushalayim, 3rd day of the Six Day war when J'lem was united, '67. [May 14] Secular date for the establishment of the State of Israel, '48. [29 Iyar] Jews of Sicily forbidden to show signs of mourning in public 1393. Marranos of Segovia, Spain were massacred 1474. Polish Jews barred from Riga and Livonia 1593. Seven Cracow Jews are martyred 1637. Notice the different flavor of anti-Semitism spanning 4 centuries of 29 Iyar. [1 Sivan] The Flood's waters began to recede. Yaakov and family head down to Egypt to see Yosef. People of Israel arrive at Midbar Sinai. Massacre of the Jews of Worms 1096. [2 Sivan] Crusaders massacre Prussian Jews 1096. Pope condemns the Talmud 1415. Israel captures Quneitra 1967. [3 Sivan] Rambam's celebration of his arrival in Acre 1165. Anti-Jewish riots in Warsaw 1790. Col. David "Mickey" Marcus killed '48. Aliya of Iraqi Jews begins '50. [4 Sivan] Over 500 French Jews are forcibly baptized 576. Pope calls upon Christian princes to send back the Jews that fled the Inquisition 1481. Chmielnicki's warfare which resulted in the massacre of over 300,000 Jews begins 1648. [5 Sivan] Hundreds of Jews of Brussels were burned alive 1370. Two brothers were tortured and executed in Lemberg 1728. Their crime? Influencing a Jew who had left Judaism to repent and return. Henry Ford's newspaper began serializing The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 1920. Israel destroys Iraq's nuclear reactor 1981.
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