B"H Yom Yom B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l Courtesy of Pomeranz Booksellers - The book is now available (again) at Pomeranz [17 Tammuz] Fast of the Fourth Month. Beginning of the 3 Weeks. Moshe broke the Luchot. Jerusalem breached in the time of the 2nd Beit HaMikdash. 4000 Jews killed in Toledo, Spain, 1391. Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted, 1559. American colonies declare independence, 1776. 4000 Jews of the Bialystok ghetto killed,1944. [July 1] Emperor Alexander II give Russin Jews to print Jewish books, 1862. Jewish male population of Nayshtat, Lithuania executed by Nazis, 1941. [18 Tammuz] King Louis IX of France decreed that Jews must wear the yellow badge (of shame), 1269. Jewish community of Morgentheim, Austria massacred, 1298. Rehovot attacked by Arabs, 1913. [July 2] Earthquake in Eretz Yisrael, 1927. First printing of Chumash with Ramban, 1490. [19 Tammuz] Moshe ascended Mt. Sinai again. First 14 members of BILU reach Yafo from Russia, 1882. Dreyfus restored to the army with full honors, 1906. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog, 1959. [July 3] Pogrom in Bialystok, 1903. First printing of the complete Tur, 1475. [20 Tammuz] Jews of Telz, including the heads of the yeshiva, killed, 1941. Jews of Kovno moved to ghetto, 1941. Kovno ghetto liquidated, 1944. [July 4] First post-Nazi massacre of Polish Jews, 1946 (Think about it). Entebbe, 1976. 41 Jews burned at the stake in Breslau, 1453. Rest of population expelled. [21 Tammuz] Jews barred from settling in Brazil, 1569. Spanish convert to Judaism martyred, 1644. Riots claim many victims in Vilna, 1795. Last victim of the Inquisition in Spain killed, 1826. Remains of the zealots of Masada buried at Masada, 1969, almost 1900 years after they died. [July 5] 2500 Jews fled Belgian Congo, 1960, following riots. Settlement Law of Israel granted all Jews absolute right to settle in Israel, 1950 (apparently, the gov't in those days did not consider the word to be offensive). Pope forbids ritual murder charges, 1247. Pope forbids forced baptism of Jews, 1345 (I guess onecan't listen to everything popes say). [22 Tammuz] Jews of New Amsterdam (the future N.Y.) denied permission to open a cemetery, 1655. Given permission one year later. Henry W. Longfellow visits Jewish Cemetery in R.I. and writes poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport", 1852. [July 6] Bendin (Poland) ghetto uprising, 1942. Roosevelt convenes a conference to consider the "displaced persons" problem (good going FDR, very helpful). [23 Tammuz] Crusaders capture Jerusalem 1099. Duke Frederick II grants a model charter to Austrian Jews, 1244. Pope Paul IV reintroduces all restrictions on Jews of Rome, 1555. Chmelnitzki hordes kill many Jews in Vilna, 1655. [July 7] 5000 Jews of Kovno executed by Nazis, 1940. Hundreds of Jews of Catalonia murdered, 1358. [24 Tammuz] Crusaders herded Jews of Jerusalem into a shul and set it aflame; all perished, 1099. Anti-Jewish riots in Cordova, 1148. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, RJJ, 1902 [July 8] Jew badge for all the Baltic States, 1941. Jews od Tzfat attacked by band of Druse, 1838. [The Pinchas Homepage]
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