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; TT349's week is 26 Tevet - 4 Shvat (January 14-21) Tevet [26] King of Sicily decreed that Jews must wear a special badge, 1369 • Virulent anti-Semitism in Russia sparked by article in Pravda, 1953 • Maryland "Jew Bill" allows Jews to hold public office, 1826. It took 50 years!! The Denial of Christianity was a capital offense for many years • (Jan.14) Fire almost entirely destroysthe Jewish ghetto of Frankfort on the Main, 1711 • Jewish books and manuscripts burned by church authorities in Rome, 1601 [27] 110th yahrzeit of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch • Federation of Jewish Farmers of America founded, 1909 • State of Israel recognized by Australia, Belgium, Chile, Great Britain, Holland, Luxembourg, and New Zealand, 1949 (8½ months after Statehood) • (Jan.15) Switzerland grants its Jews civic equality, 1866 (proddedby the U.S.) [28] Rabbi Shimon b. Shetach reorganized the Sanhedrin by eliminating Sadducean members. The day was celebrated as a holiday • (Jan.16) Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, first hospital under Jewish auspices, 1852 • Ambush of the Gush Etzion 35, 1948 [29] Earliest authorization for the establishment of a university under Jewish auspices, including medical and judicial departments (guess, before you see the date and place), Sicily, 1466. It never materialized, but if it had, it would have beaten YU by a couple of years • Purim of Tripoli, from 1793 • Ezekiel Hart, firstJew to be elected to Canadian Parliment, denied his seat because he refused to take a Christian oath, 1808 Shvat [1] Plague of ARBEH (locust), coincides with its Torah reading - not many events do • Moshe began his review of the Torah - the Book of D'varim • Jews of Genoa, Italy expelled, 1598 • First Jewish newspaper pubished (in Ladino) 1678 in Amsterdam • (Jan.18) First resistance to Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto, 1943 [2] King Alexander Yannai died, 76 b.c.e. Celebrated as a holiday because of his strong opposition to Rabbinic Judaism • (Jan.19) 6000 Jews perish in Bucharest pogroms, 1941 [3] Jewish mourners attacked at a funeral in Egypt, 1012. Day became a communal fast day • Inquisition established in Peru, 1570 • Hitler became chancellor of Germany, 1933 • On the same day, the Society for Youth Aliya was established in Berlin. It transported over 115,000 children aged 12-16 to Israel • (Jan.20) Francoof Spain met with Jews to discuss the legal status of the Jewish Community, 1965. First such meeting since the expulsion 473 years earlier. [4] Yeshivat Kol Yaakov established in Moscow (approved by the Soviet government to counter charges that it was anti-Semitic) • (Jan.21) Edict guaranteeing protection of the Jews of Majorca, 1393 (the edict soon forgotten) Ed. note: I include some obscure material sometimes when the year and/or location hit me as a good reminder as to how widespread anti-Jewish behavior has been throughout history. [The Va'eira Homepage] |
