B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l Available (again) at Pomeranz [2 Av] Inquisition established, 1267. Another pope (ineffectively) bans blood-ritual accusations, 1274. French police round up for deportation 13,000 Jews (including 4500 children) in Nazi-occupied Paris, 1942. 30 adults survived. [July 15] Crusaders capture Jerusalem, 1099. Spanish Inquisition abolished, 1834. Berlin Jews attacked by Nazi gangs, 1935. [3 Av] 10,000 Jews of Polannoe persish in Chmelnicki pograms, 1648. First shipload of Jewish immigrants arrive in New York from Russia, 1881, marking the beginning of the mass immigration of Jews from Eastern Europe to America. [July 16] Crusaders herded Jews of Jerusalem into a shul and burnt it, killing all, 1099. Jews were barred from Jerusalem under Crusader control for 88 years. French police rounded up 13,000 Jews for deportation, 1942 - only 30 survived. [4 Av] Nechemya began to build wall around Jerusalem, 444 b.c.e. The Rashba bans the study of metaphysics and philosophy for students under 30. Jewish male of Aniksht and all Jews of Vilkovishk, both in Lithuania, murdered by the Nazis, 1941. [July 17] Raoul Wallenberg supposedly died in Lublyanka prison, 1947. Pope forbids blood-ritual accusations against the Jews, 1272 (I guess popes aren't always listened to). [5 Av] Pope bans forced baptism of Jews, 1345. Yahrzeit of the ARI z"l, 1572. Anti-Jewish riots in Posen, Poland, 1716. Anti-Jewish riots in Budapest, 1883. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, 1940. [July 18] Jews of Brussels ordered out, 1716. British seized the "illegal" immigration ship Exodus, 1947. [6 Av] A bill of Emancipation of the Jews of England passed its third reading in the House of Commons, 1833, but was rejected by the House of Lords (nice guys) and not approved for another 12 years. [July 19] Yarkon Water Project, 1955. 38 Jews burned at the stake in Berlin, 1510. [7 Av] Nevuchadnezer occupied the first Beit HaMikdash, 586 b.c.e. (some say it was 587 b.c.e.) Jews of Valencia, Spain, massacred, 1391. Hermann Goering ordered the launch of the mass murder of Jews as "the final solution of the Jewish question", 1941. [July 20] Armistice agreement between Israel and Syria, 1949. Dispute between the Ramban and Pablo Christiani began, 1263. [8 Av] Jews of Frankfort perish in the Black Death massacres, 1349. Jews of Vienna expelled, 1670. Mass transportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto - largest ghetto under Nazi control - was begun, 1942. From Erev Tish'a b'Av, it continued for 53 days until Erev Rosh HaShana when 90,000 Jews were deported, bringing thetotal to 300,000 Jews who were taken to extermination camps from this one ghetto. (Only seven COUNTRIES in the world today have that many Jews - can you name them? Answers at the end of BHYY.) A plane bound for Israel was shot down by Bulgaria, 1955, at the loss of 58 lives. [July 21] Lybia ordered confiscation of Jewish property, 1970. Haifa port opened to traffic, 1933. [9 Av] Decree against the adult male population of the Exodus Generation. More than 15,000 died each year of the Wandering, on Tish'a b'Av. Nevuzaradan set fire to the first Beit HaMikdash, 586 b.c.e. The Romans destroyed the second Beit HaMikdash, 70. The Romans plowed up Har haBayit to use it for a Roman colony, 71. Betar,last independent outpost under Bar Kochba fell to the Romans, 135. King Edward I of England ordered expulsion of all Jews, 1290 (thought it was Spain's idea?) Period of expulsion from Spain began, 1492. Yahrzeit of the Chozeh miLublin, 1815. Hungary's Jews emancipated, 1849. Petach Tikva was founded, 1878. World War Ibroke out, 1914. [July 22] 200 Jews killed in Beziers, France, 1209. Again I say that as one looks through the entries day after day, one cannot help but notice all the different dates and all the different places that are associated with troubles we have had throughout history. B'CHOL DOR VaDOR... in every single generation there are those who rise up against us... And we feel this, orthe more so, in the first part of the month of Av. With the prayer that we will see the sadness of the month of Av change to joy, speedily in our time. Answer to question posed earlier: What are the seven countries of the world with 300,000 or more Jews? (1997 estimates) U.S. (5,800,000), Israel (4,670,000), France (600,000), Russia (480,000), Ukraine (400,000), Canada (360,000), England (300,000) [The Devarim Homepage]
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