B"H Yom Yom From Day by Day in Jewish History Courtesy of Ktav Publishing and Pomeranz Booksellers TT weeks are THU-THU, with an overlap
of Thursday [11] Jews of Colmar, Germany ordered expelled, 1510 • (Jan.28) French National Assembly granted equality to Jews of Alsace, 1791 (France led the way in Erope in its attitude towards Jews' e.g. they were the first to grant citizen to Jews) [12] First Nazi-provoked anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam, 1941. Attackers were driven off by the Jews. Two years later, to the day, first show of resistance by Jews of the Warsaw ghetto. This was a prelude to the better known Warsaw ghetto uprising. Two years later, Russian army liberated 2,819 survivors of Auschwitz. [Jan.29]Ezekiel Hart, first Jew to be elected to Canada's parliment was denied his seat because he refused to take the Christian oath of office, 1808. Nice try, Canada, but no cigar. [13] French National Assembly became first European country to grant full equality and citizenship to Jews. [Jan.30] Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany, 1933. Society of Youth Aliya established on the same day in Berlin. Jews of Freiberg, Germany massacred in 1349, Black Death Riots. [14] [Jan.31] Nothing exciting seems to have happened on these dates. [15] Rosh HaShana La'Ilonot. Bene Israel Jews of India celebrate the day as the Fair of Eliyahu HaNavi. First Daf Yomi Siyum, 1931. First session of the Knesset, 1949. [Feb.1] Palestine Post building bombed, many lives lost, 1948. [16] [Feb.2] Another "empty" day. [17] Purim of Saragossa, from 1428. [18] King Alfanso V, 1428, ordered Sicily's Jews to attend conversive sermons. Chaim Weizmann elected Israel's first president, 1949. (That means that Israel had no president for its first 9 months. Take a guess about the U.S. on the same fact. Washington was elected in 1789 - 13 years after independence.) [Feb.4] Oliver Cromwell granted permission to a Jew to live in England. Seems to have been a BIG thing in those days. Israel exported copper from King Solomon's mines, 1959, first time since ancient times. [The B'Shalach Homepage] |
