B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l

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[3 Tammuz] Yehoshua commanded that the Sun and Moon stand still. Anti-Jewish riots in Spain, 1391. Rabbi Menashe ben Israel received official permission to practice Judaism in England, 1656. Emperor Alexander II of Russia gave the Jews permission to print Jewish books, 1871. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Bernard Illowy, 1871. FirstOrthodox Rabbi with a PhD to settle in the U.S. Strong opponent of the Reform Movement. The Yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe *"**. Arguably, the Jewish leader with the greatest influence of his time.

[June 17] Central system of Israel's underground water supply was dedicated in Northern Negev, 1951.

[4 Tammuz] Yahrzeit of Rabbeinu Tam, 1171. Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg was imprisoned, 1286. 40 Jews killed on charges of ritual murder, 1286. 1000 Jews in Poland tortured and killed by Cossacks, 1648. Jerusalem bombed for the first time in its history, 1948.

[5 Tammuz] Yechezkeil's first prophecy, 502b.c.e. Memorial fast day for approx. 50,000 Ukrainian Jews killed in 1768.

[June 19] Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel, 1948. King Louis IX decreed that Jews must wear yellow badge, 1269.

[6 Tammuz] Crusaders massacred Jews of Mehr, 1096. 24 wagonloads of Sifrei Kodesh burned in Paris, 1242. Hebrew date of the raid at Entebbe.

[June 20] Mass extermination of Jews by Nazis begins at Auschwitz, 1942.

[7 Tammuz] Ukrainian rioter kill many Jews, 1919. Hundreds of Jews of Yurburg, Lithuania executed by the Nazis, 1941.

[June 21] Himmler extended the liquidation decree to include Russian ghettos in addition to Polish ones, 1943.

[8 Tammuz] Jews expelled from Genoa, 1567. Queen-Mother of Spain abolished the Inquisition, 1834. Pogrom in Bialystok, 1903.

[June 22] Jewish Brigade formed, 1942. Jewish Quarter of Prague burned and looted, 1559.

[9 Tammuz] Nevuchadnezer's army breached the walls of Jerusalem, 586bce. Pompey captured Jerusalem and killed 12,000 Jews, 63bce. Anti-Jewish riots in Austria, 1230.

[June 23] Jews given permission to settle in Kiev, 1794.

[10 Tammuz] Tzidkiyahu HaMelech was captured, 586bce. Fast days in Frankfort on the Main and Algiers for different reasons.

[June 24] Third expulsion of Jews from France, 1322.

Points to ponder...

Why did the Jews keep coming back to France to be expelled again?

When Jews were treated well in their countries of dispersion, how did we behave and what happened to us?

Where did non-Jews get the chutzpa to do what they did?

Train of thought...

The Synod of Protestant Church of the Rheinland in 1980, agreed that they had to reexamine their relationship with Jews. They came to this conclusion in light of their recognition of Christian co-responsibility and guilt for the Holocaust - the defamation, persecution, and murder of Jews in the Third Reich. (This was oneof four factors that lead to the Synod's conclusions.

I include this statement just because I saw it for the first time this week, and I'm still thinking about what it means. It is not directly related to the Day-by-Day entries.