This Day, January 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 10
49
BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
Caesar’s opposition was led by Pompey, the Roman who defiled the Holy of
Holies, mocked the Jewish religion and shipped thousands of Jewish slaves to
Rome. On the …
January 10
49
BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
Caesar’s opposition was led by Pompey, the Roman who defiled the Holy of
Holies, mocked the Jewish religion and shipped thousands of Jewish slaves to
Rome. On the other hand, once Caesar had won the war, he allowed the walls of
Jerusalem to be rebuilt, instituted a taxation system that took the sabbatical
year into consideration and made it possible for the Jews living in the Italian
peninsula to form into communities. The Jews living under Caesar must have
thought him to be at least the “lesser of two evils” if not a “good guy” since
Romans of the time took note of the unusual grief displayed by the Jews when he
was assassinated by Brutus and his cohorts.
1072:
Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo, Sicily. His new subjects certainly included
at least some Jews. By the time the Norman warrior took control of the Sicilian
city, Jews had been living on the island for at least 400 hundred years since
records exist of letters being written to Pope Gregory I whose papacy ended in
604, about the conditions of the Jews living in Sicily. Conditions for the Jews
would later deteriorate when the Crusaders stopped at the Island and by the
start of the 15th century Jews would be living in Ghettos.
1276:
Pope Gregory X passed away. During his papacy Gregory acquiesced to a request
by the Jews and issued a bull “which ordained that they were not to be made by
brute force to undergo baptism, and that no injury was to be inflicted upon
their person or their property.”
1571:
Today, “Alba notified the authorities of Arnhem that all Jews living there, and
all their property—of which an inventory was to be made—should be seized and
held in ward until further disposition be made” and although, “this demand was,
as far as is known, not complied with by the authorities of Arnhem it probably
added to the anti-Jewish sentiment that the Jews left during the reign under
Charles V and did not return until the late seventeenth century.
1601:
Robert Durie, the father of Scotch Calvinist clergyman and philo-Semite John
Dury who had delivered the famous “Israels Call to March of Babylon into
Jerusalem” speech to Parliament, was tried for treasonable actions today which
led to his being exiled to France.
1654:
In Venice, Phineas Nieto and his wife gave birth to David Nieto, the father of
Isaac Nieto. (see entry below for details about his life)
1699, Louis XIV gave the Company its first
rules
1710: Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi received
a letter of appointment to the chief rabbinate of the Ashkenazi congregation of
Amsterdam. In addition to free residence, the office carried with it a yearly
salary of 2,500 Dutch guild.
1728(Tevet,
5488): Seventy-four year Rabbi David Nieto passed away in London on his
birthday. Born in Venice in 1654, Nieto was the Haham of the Spanish and
Portuguese Jewish community in London, later succeeded in this capacity by his
son, Isaac Nieto. He first practiced as a physician and officiated as a Jewish
preacher at Livorno, Italy. There he wrote in Italian a work entitled
"Paschologia" (Cologne, 1702), in which he dealt with the differences
of calculation in the calendars of the Greek, Roman, and Jewish churches, and
demonstrated the errors which had crept into the calendar from the First
Council of Nicaea until 1692. In 1702 Nieto succeeded Solomon Ayllon as
ecclesiastical chief of the Portuguese Jews in London; and two years after his
settlement in that city he published his theological treatise, Della Divina
Providencia, ó sea Naturalezza Universal, ó Natura Naturante (London, 1704).
This work provoked much opposition against him; and it was used by his
opponents as ground for accusing him openly of Spinozism, which at that period
was equivalent to atheism. However, Tzvi Ashkenazi, who was called in as
arbitrator, decided in his favor (Hakham Tzvi, Responsa, No. 18). Nieto was a
powerful controversialist. In his Matteh Dan, or Kuzari Heleq Sheni (London,
1714), written in Hebrew and Spanish on the model of the Kuzari of Judah
ha-Levi he defended the Oral Torah against the Karaites, and showed that the
contradictions of the Talmud lay not in essentials but in externals.
("Karaites" here does not refer to the historic Jewish sect of that
name, of whom there were none in Western Europe, but to Jewish dissidents such
as Uriel Acosta who cast doubt on the Oral Torah.) He waged war untiringly on
the supporters of the Shabbethaian heresies, which he regarded as dangerous to
the best interests of Judaism, and in this connection wrote his Esh Dat
(London, 1715) against Hayyun (who supported Shabbetai Zevi). Nieto was one of
the most accomplished Jews of his time and was equally distinguished as
philosopher, physician, poet, mathematician, astronomer, and theologian. A
prolific writer, his intercourse with Christian scholars was extensive,
especially with Ungar, the bibliographer. Nieto was the first to fix the time
for the beginning of Sabbath eve for the latitude of England.
1729:
Abraham Isaaci, the son of David Isaaci and the nephew of Isaac Azulai, the
“eminent rabbi in Jerusalem and author of The Seed of Abraham passed
away today.
1765:
Aaron Gomes Da Costa, the Portuguese born son of Abraham Gomes Da Costa and
Abigail Gomes Da Costa and his wife Miryam De Solomon Gomes Da Costa gave birth
o Isaac Gomes Da Costa.
1776:
Thomas Paine published his famous pamphlet “Common Sense” with a Second Chapter
that ties what he sees as the evil of the monarchy to the history Israelites.
http://www.classicallibrary.org/paine/common/chapter02.htm
1783:
Birthdate of Danish surgeon Ludwig Lewin Jacobson the native of Copenhagen who
refused to convert to Christianity in order to be named a professor at the
University of Copenhagen.Dr. Ludwig Lewin, was the surgeon who treated
casualties during the British bombardment of Copenhagen, who served as a
surgeon with the French army to improve his medical skills and who “invented several appliances which proved of great benefit to
the surgical profession” which led to the the Académie des Sciences awardig him
one of the Monthyon prizes and being created a knight of the Dannebrog passed
away today without abandoning the faith of his fathers, which he had done so,
would have led to more opportunities and honors.
1784:
Louis XVI of France abolished the poll-tax on Jews in Alsace-Lorraine. This
tariff, the same as for market animals was paid by Jews who wished to enter
certain cities. The poll tax had been instituted in many countries in Europe,
dating back as far as the Roman Emperor Domitian (93CE) though it was only
adopted in Europe in the 14th century.
1791:
King Leopold II of Hungary approved the bill passed by the Diet protecting the
rights of the Jews.
1792(14th
of Tevet, 5552): Mrs. Abraham de Leon passed away today.
1794:
In Philadelphia, PA, Miriam Marks and Benjamin Abraham Nones gave birth to
Abraham B. Nones, the husband of Maria del Rosario Martinez with whom he had
three children – Rafael, Isabel and Adelaida – before passing away at the age
of 41 in Venezuela.
1794:
Isaac Levy and his wife gave birth Frederikke Levy who was buried at the
Horsens Jewish Cemetery in Denmark when she passed away in 1873.
1796(29th
of Tevet, 5556): Keila Fuerth, the wife of Simon Fuerth passed away today in
the United Kingdom
1798: In response to incitement by members of the
clergy, Christian rioters attempted to burn the Jewish section and sack it.
1799:
After having been placed in command the 20-gun USS Baltimore in 1798, today
Captain Isaac Phillips was relieved of his command after he had allegedly
allowed the British, two of whose frigates had surrounded his ship, to
“impress” fifty-five members of the crew,
https://www.amazon.com/Impartial-Examination-Phillips-Commander-Baltimore/dp/1374380199
https://archive.org/details/impartialexamina02phil/page/n6
1802:
In Philadelphia, Rebecca Lyons and John Moss gave birth to Clarissa Moss.
1801:
Birthdate of Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob, Russian born “bibliographer, author, and
publisher.”
1807:
In London, Rabbi Solomon Hirschel delivered a sermon today warning Jews against
sending their children to a free school that had been opened by the London
Missionary.
1808:
Birthdate of Abraham Mapu “one of the first, and finest, of the novelists to
write in Hebrew.” “Heavily influenced by a wide range of sources--the Bible,
the Romantic Novelists, and renewed pride in ancient Jewish history--his works
recall the finest works of writers such as Flaubert and other great romantic
novelists. His first novel, Ahavat Ziyyon (The Love of Zion), published
in 1853, won immediate acclaim. Its sixteen editions attest to its continued
popularity. (As reported by Toby Press)
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10385-mapu-abraham
https://www.ithl.org.il/page_13193
1815:
Today, during the Congress of Vienna “an entertainment was given by Baroness
von Arnstein,” the daughter of “Court Jew Daniel Itzig and the wife of “banker
Nathan Adam von Arnstein” “which was attended by several members of royalty and
prelates of the church including Cardin Consalvi, the Prince of Prussia and
Count Capo-D’Istria.
1821:
In Germany, Beier Grunebaum and David Jacob Felsenthal gave birth to Helena
Felsenthal, the sister of Hermann, Phillip, Esther and Johanna Felsenthal.
1822: At Frankfurt am Main,
David Philipp (Feist) Schloss and Malchen Schloss gave birth to Louis Schloss
1823(27th of Tevet, 5583): Abraham Rodrigues Rivera,
the New York born son of Jacob Rodrigues and husband of Hannah Lopez who was a
member of the Newport Artillery Company and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum
and the founder of “a school for the Jewish community of Congregation Shearith
Israel in New York City” passed away today.
1833
Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premiered in Berlin.
While this may have been a grand day for the world of music, it was a sad one
for the Jews. Felix Mendelssohn was the Lutheran grandson of Moses Mendelssohn.
For some, the fate of Felix Mendelssohn was proof of the dangers of the
teachings of Moses Mendelssohn.
1840:
In Kozlov, which is now part of the Czech Republic Karl and Theresia Neubauer
gave birth to Adolf Neubauer, the husband of Klara Neubauer with whom he had
three children --- Emilie, Ida and Karl.
1845:
Birthdate of William Henry Hechler, the Anglican minister who fought against
anti-Semitism, promoted Zionism and was a close personal friend and advisor to
Theodor Herzl.
1845:
In what was the first mention in print of the St. Louis Jewish community, Rabbi
Isaac Lesser published a letter in today’s issue of the Occident and American
Jewish Advocate that described attempts to form a United Hebrew Congregation in
St. Louis which made it the first synagogue to be established west of the
Mississippi
1846:
Today, Shabbat, Dr. Max Lilienthal was installed as Chief Rabbi of the three
congregations of German Jews, (Anshay Chessed, Shaaray Shamayim, Rodef Shalom)
in New York City at the Henry Street Synagogue.
The
installation of Dr. Max Lilienthal, as Chief Rabbi of the three congregations
of German Jews, (Anshay Chessed, Shaaray Shamayim, Rodef Shalom) took place
today, which was Shabbat, in New York City at the Henry Street Synagogue. The
fact of his having been unanimously elected for this important office, argues
well for the true religious spirit which pervades the above congregation. An
immense number of persons of both sexes were present on this interesting
occasion, and the order and decorum that reigned throughout, notwithstanding
that every passage was literally blocked up, deserve honourable mention.
Between the almemor (desk) and the ark, seats were prepared for the presidents,
vice presidents, treasurers, and for the teachers of the three schools connected
with these congregations. The three Readers of the three Synagogues, occupied
the almemor. The ceremonies began with the recitation of Psalm 103. The Right
Reverend the Chief Rabbi was then introduced by the President and the Reverend
Mr. Felsenheld, who on presenting the compact to him, made an appropriate
address, to which the Chief Rabbi briefly responded, and was then conducted to
his seat, at the right hand side of the ark. After the Psalm 24 had been
recited, the Right Reverend Chief Rabbi ascended the pulpit, and delivered one
of the most eloquent sermons to which I have had the good fortune to listen. As
this sermon may fairly be considered a manifesto of his position and
principles, it would be very desirable to have it published for the information
of your readers. However, I am happy to state that the Chief Rabbi cherishes no
sympathy with the so-called reforming Rabbis of Germany; but that he is adverse
to their movements, and fully determined to uphold our religious institutions
and to be guided only by the law, as it is laid down in the Bible and explained
by our sages. The sermon was preceded by a prayer in which he implored God to
assist him in his arduous duties, to guard him from all errors, in order that
he may lead in the right path those who have chosen him as their spiritual
guide. But it was not only for himself that he implored this blessing, he
likewise prayed that the grace of God may be bestowed on his flock, that
harmony and love may fasten still stronger the bond of union which now united
them, and that their solicitude for our holy religion, so nobly manifested on
this occasion, may never cease. He chose his text from Malachi 2:7 "For
the priest's lips should keep knowledge," &c., and applied it very
skillfully to the various duties of his office, in relation to his
congregations, to the Synagogue, to the schools, and to domestic life. The
duties devolving upon him with regard to his flock were certainly of a very
important character. By virtue of his office, as Chief Rabbi, he was their
judge in religious matters. But far was it from him to entertain the idea of
arrogating to himself an uncontrolled power; אל תהי דן יחידי שאין דן יחידי אלא
אחד "Be not judge alone; for no one can judge alone, but the One,"
was the maxim of our sages; and in conformity of this injunction he would form
a בית דין (religious tribunal), with whom he would deliberate on any important
question or dispute brought before him, and it was only to the decision of this
בית דין obtained by mature deliberation, that he would adhere; forואל תאמר קבלו
דעתי שהן רשאין ולא אתה "And say not Accept my opinion; for they are
empowered to do so, and not thou" was the conclusion of the above
sentence. (Aboth 4:10.) With reference to the Synagogue, he would introduce no
unwarranted innovations. He was aware of the factious spirit which at the
present moment disturbs the peace and happiness of many of our congregations,
which once were united in brotherly love, with the noble champions of oar
ancient and venerable institutions on the one side, and the self-styled
progressmen, whose watchword is "Onward," on the other. But these
innovators, having overstepped the marks established by our wise forefathers,
could only do so from their ignorance of our law and our history, or from a
determination not to appreciate the beneficent influence the Oral Law has
exercised over our people, during the time of its dispersion, and to set it
aside at all hazards. But at the same time, whilst he would keep aloof from
innovations, he would see that order and decorum be established as the דין
(ordinance of the law) enjoins. He made here various quotations from the Orach
Chayim, Maimonides, Zohar, and other works, all going to show, how the
materials of a wholesome reform of the Synagogue were contained in these codes,
if only properly understood and acted upon. The most important of his duties he
considered to be that of superintending the schools, of sowing into the minds
of the young the seeds of religious truth that will blossom through life, and
bear fruit in eternity. He spoke very feelingly on this subject, and called in
very impressive terms on the parents, school directors, and teachers, to aid
him in this important cause. He then spoke of the domestic and social relations
between himself and his flock. He would make no distinction between rich and
poor; his house should be open to everyone who required his advice or
assistance. He would be alike ready to sympathize with the poor, to comfort the
sick, to console the dying, and to join in the thanks to the Almighty, offered
up by the grateful hearts of the more fortunate. Thus taking the law as his
guide, and not being a respecter of persons, he hoped that the love and
confidence now so deeply cherished for him, would not abate in their intensity,
but continue to strike still deeper root in the hearts of his flock.After the
conclusion of the sermon, Psalm 100 was recited, A prayer was then offered up
by the Right Rev. the Chief Rabbi, invoking the blessing of God on this
country, and on the congregations entrusted to his charge; after which Yigdal
was sung in a beautiful style by the three Readers. The assembled multitude
dispersed, highly pleased with the solemn ceremonies, and deeply impressed with
the importance of this event, presenting as it does bright prospects for our
future religious welfare. Indeed the appointment of a Chief Rabbi, may be
considered a new era in our religious concerns. Hitherto no such authority was
acknowledged here, and any religious question, requiring decision, which arose
in our midst, was submitted to a foreign authority. The difficulty attending
such a mode of proceeding, prevented many an important question from being
settled at all, and the consequence was that several cases have been acted upon
in a summary and unauthorized mariner, or, at least, remain in uncertainty. All
this can now be obviated. We have now a standard, round which to rally our
scattered forces. A ש"ס חברה has also been formed, where תלמוד and the
פוסקים will be studied. I hope that the Chief Rabbi will be assisted in his
efforts to place our religion on a solid footing by every well-minded
Israelite, and that the hearty welcome he has received at the hands of his
countrymen, of whom many have known him in the old world, may stir up the emulation
of other congregations to place themselves under his spiritual guidance. May he
long enjoy health and happiness and may God's blessing attend his labours.
1847:
In Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Moses and Clara (née Niederhofheim) Schiff
gave birth to
Jakob
Heinrich Schiff, who gained fame as Jacob Henry Schiff, the New York City
financier and philanthropist.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jacob-henry-schiff
1849:
Birthdate of St. Petersburg, Russia, native David Raffalovitch who would be
buried in the San Remo Jewish Cemetery when he passed away in 1898.
1849:
Eleven men, including Friedman Kohn, Henry Strauss, Carl Abales, Charles
Heyneman, Abraham Posner, Lazarus Lobel, Herman J. Goldsmith and Isaac
Hamburger formed the first lodge of the Free Sons of Israel which they name
Noah Lodge No. 1 in honor of Judge Mordecai M. Noah
1854(10th
of Tevet, 5614): Asara B'Tevet
1857:
Birthdate of Polish native Benjamin Warner, the husband of Pearl Leach
Eichalbaum Warner whom he married in 1876 and with whom he had nine children
including Albert, Harry, Same and Jack, the Warner Brothers of Warner Brothers
film fame.
1858(24th
of Tevet, 5618): Seventy-nine-year-old Jaco Philipson, the Polish born son of
Isaac Philipson and husband of Elizabeth Philipson passed away today in St.
Louis.
1859:
Birthdate of Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow, the native Wyszogród, Poland who
gained fame as author, journalist, Zionist and promoter of modern Hebrew, Nahum
Sokolow.
1860:
Today's City Intelligence column reported that “The efforts which have been
made to raise a fund for the suffering Jews and Protestants at Gibraltar have
met with great success. It is estimated that $10,000 will be sufficient to load
a vessel at this port with such provisions and clothing as would be most
acceptable to the destitute multitude which is so badly in need of food and
clothing.” Those being helped were probably refugees from the fighting that
resulted from Spain’s invasion of Morocco in 1859.
1860:
Daniel Löw, the Son of David Löw and Eva
Löw, and his wife Helene Löw gave birth to Moritz Löw, the Husband of
Kamilla Löw
1861:
Florida seceded from the Union. At the time of secession, David Levy Yulee, one
of the Senators representing the Sunshine State and the first Jew elected to
the U.S. Senate withdrew from that body and joined a similar institution of the
Confederacy. Yulee married a Christian and his children were raised in the
faith of his wife. David Camden DeLeon, who gained famed in the Florida’s
Seminole Wars, would leave the U.S. Army and be named the first Surgeon General
of the CSA.
1862:
Philadelphian Ephraim Rosenthal began his three and half years of service with
Company A of the 12th Cavalry during which he would rise from the
rank of Private to Sergeant.
1863(29th
of Kislev, 5624): Fifth Day of Chanukah
1863:
In Hungary, Isaac Rappaport and his wife gave birth to Hungarian trained rabbi
Julius Rapport who in 1891 became the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth-El
in Chicago.
1866:
In Lithuania, “Abraham and Etta (Kaiserling) Abels gave birth to Pittsburgh
wholesale clothing businessman and bank director Simon Abels, the husband of
Nellie Teplitz who morphed into a New York realtor with the formation of Abels
Gold Realty Company and a builder with the formation of Simon Abels Mfg.
Company which pioneered construction in Bay Ridge, Queens and Astoria as can be
seen by such building as the Congregation B’nai Israel in Brooklyn and the
B’nai Israel Community Center.
1866:
At Ratibor (Racibórz) in Prussian Silesia, German chemist Moritz Traube and his
wife gave birth to chemist Wilhelm Traube whose membership in the Evangelical
Church did save him from the wrath of the Nazis who deprived of his right to
teach and then imprisoned at Berlin where he died “as a result of
maltreatment.”
1872:
Reb Yehudah Moshe Bayuk, the Bialystok born so of Khana and Yaakov Bayuk and
his wife Feiga (Fanny) Bayuk gave birth to Max Mordechai Bayuk, the husband of
Esther Bayuk with whom he had three children – Edward, Beatrice and Eleanor.
1874:
Fifty-four-year-old Frankfort-on-the Main born “jurist and economist Heinrich
Bernhard Oppenheim was elected as a member of the Reichstag today, holding a
seat from Ruess which he would lose in 1877.
1875:
In Mgoliev on the Dnieper River Moses Schur and his wife Golde Schur (née
Landau gave birth Schaia Schur who gained fame as mathematician Issai Schur
“best known today for his result on the existence of the Schur decomposition
and for his work on group representations (Schur's lemma).”
1875:
The New York Times featured a review
of “Remains of Lost Empires” by P.V.N. Myers and H.M. Myers that includes a
sketch of Palmyra which owes it creation to King Solomon. Known in the Bible as
“Tadmor in the Wilderness, the “City of Palms” has a more interesting and chequered
history than such famous ancient cities as Babylon or Ninveh.
1876:
In St. Louis, MO. Julia Meyer and Isidor Marcus Wiener gave birth to Washington
University graduate and Missouri Medical College trained physician Meyer Wiener
the associate professor of ophthalmology at Washington University and husband
of Marguerite Lesser who the ophthalmologist for the Jewish Hospital in St.
Louis.
1876:
Samuel Shrimski began serving as a member of the New Zealand Parliament for
Waitaki.
1877:
In New York City, Meyer Samuel Isaacs and Phoebe Marie Isaacs gave birth to
Columbia University trained attorney Lewis Montefiore Isaacs the “Borough
President of Manhattan who was the husband of “the former Edith J. Rich, the
editor of Theatre Arts Monthly, with who had three children.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/12/13/86738953.pdf
1880:
Fifty-eight-year-old Frank Leslie whose illustrated newspaper carried articles
and woodcuts about Jewish events and celebrations passed away today.
1880:
Abraham Erlanger, the German born of Simon and Rosine Reele Erlanger and his
wife Bertha Bela Erlanger gave birth to Mosi Moses Erlanger, the husband of
Margaret Erlanger with whom he had three children – Edith, Lilly and Berta.
1881:
In New York Daniel L.M. Peixotto and Ida Solomons gave birth to Irma R.M.
Peixotto, the granddaughter of Moses Levy Maduor Peixotto whose articles and
drawings were published in Good Housekeeping magazine.
1881:
German-born, English lawyer Hermann Makower delivered a lecture at Posen today.
1881:
Birthdate of Viennese native Hanns Sachs one of the earliest psychoanalysts and
close personal friend of Sigmund Freud.
http://openvault.wgbh.org/exhibits/boring_and_sachs/article
1882:
Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Trieber, the Russian-born Morris and Blume Trieber
who worked in the family-owned store in Helena while studying law which led to
his being admitted to the bar in 1876 and who would be the first “Jew ever
appointed as a federal judge” married Ida Schradzki in Peoria, IL today.
1882:
Three days after she had passed away, Amelia (Bertram) Salamon, the wife of
“Nahum Salaman” with who she had had six children was buried today at the
“Balls Pond Road Jewish Cemetery.”
1883:
In Philadelphia, Johana Sommer and Roland Reed gave birth to actress Florence
Reed whose first movie was The Dancing Girl made for Adolph Zukor's Famous
Players. (Some sources show her birthdate as 1888)
1883: Publication of
the first edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. (Editor’s note – 130 years later
the Gazette would continue to be a locally owned independent newspaper
providing, among other things, the kinds of stories about religion and culture
that dispel ignorance and promote harmony and understanding. The Gazette has a history of covering stories
about Jewish customs and ceremonies on the local level. For example, when the Gazette did a story
about the foods of Passover, an editor came to a Seder hosted by a local family
and then published reminisces and recipes.
The Editorial Page publishes letters, guest columns and op-ed pieces on
the dangers of anti-Semitism and the dangerous challenges faced by Israel. Jews and non-Jews alike are the beneficiaries
of the efforts of those who work so hard to provide a vanishing treasure –
independent, locally owner, quality journalism.)
1884:
Father Marie Theodor Ratisbonne, who had converted to Christianity at the age
of 22 passed away today. His conversion
was an extreme example of changes in religion by western European Jews who felt
the baptismal font was the only path to full acceptance.
1884:
“Will of Julius Hallgarten” published today described the various bequests made
by the late Jewish financer. The estate was valued at over three million
dollars. Besides making providing for the financial needs of his family, he
left bequests to a variety of educational institutions including Yale, Harvard
and Columbia as well as Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Hebrew Benevolent Orphan
Asylum Society. In a move that was
unique in its day (and even more unique today), Hallgarten made provision for
each of the clerks working for his company to receive an amount equal to 20% of
their annual salary.
1886:
The Passover Relief Society sponsored a ball in Tammany Hall as a fund raiser
under the direction of Mrs. Rosendorff.
1887:
Birthdate of Russian-American portrait painter Jacob Binder.
https://www.artprice.com/artist/73861/jacob-binder/biography
1887:
Birthdate of Johann Krausen a member of the anti-Nazi resistance organization
called the Enrenfeld Group who was hung at the age of 57 for his opposition to
the Hitler government.
1888:
Birthdate of University Pittsburgh graduate and Northern Illinois College
trained optometrist Julius H. Leventhal who was also a Yiddish journalist and
the President of the American Jews of Lithuanian Descents.
1890:
Birthdate of Russian born physicist Grigori Landsberg. Landsberg graduated from
Moscow University in 1913. His primary scientific contribution was in the
fields of optics and spectroscopy. He was a co-discoverer of inelastic
scattering of light used in Raman spectroscopy. He passed away in 1957.
1891(1st
of Shevat, 5651): Rosh Chodesh Shevat
1892(10th
of Tevet, 5652): Asara B’Tevet
1892:
James J. Hoffman, President of the Board of Trustees presided over the annual
meeting of the Hebrew Technical Institute today.
1892:
In Allentown, PA, 18 years after the founding of the Altoona (PA) Hebrew Reform
Temple, founding of Agudas Achim led by Rabbi Josef Rosenberg.
1892:
It was reported today that London has become so cosmopolitan that “a Russian
Jew…dressed in his native garb is hardly noticed…”
1892:
James J. Hoffman, President of the Board of Trustees presided over today’s
annual meeting of the Hebrew Technical Institute at 36 Stuyvesant Street.
1893:
Birthdate of Washingtonian Sylvan N. King, the all-sport high school all-star
who played fullback for Princeton University in 1914 and 1915.
1893:
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's
official newspaper, runs an article by Jesuit Father Saverio Rondina called
"Jewish Morality" in which Rondina wrote, "The Jewish nation
does not work, but traffics in property and work of others; it does not
produce, but lives and grows fat with the products of the arts and industry of
the nations that give it refuge. It is the giant octopus that with its
oversized tentacles envelops everything. It has its stomach in the banks... and
its suction cups everywhere: in contracts and monopolies... in postal services
and telegraph companies, in shipping and in the railroads, in the town
treasuries and in state finance. It represents the kingdom of capital... the
aristocracy of gold. ...It reigns unopposed."
1894:
Birthdate of Uri Zvi Greenberg. Born in Poland to a Chasidic family, Greenberg
gained fame as a poet who wrote in both Yiddish and Hebrew. Originally a
favorite of the Labor Zionists, Greenberg became a supporter of Jabotinsky.
During the thirties, he was one of those who warned the Jews of the dangers
presented by Hitler and the Nazis. While he was able to escape his family
perished. He was a right-wing member of the Knesset. While his political views
were viewed as extreme, his value as a poet was unquestioned. In 1957 he was
honored with the Israel Prize. Greenberg’s belief that the Covenant with
Abraham, later renewed with the Jews at Sinai, is the basis of Jewish being”
infused both his art and his politics. He passed away in 1981.
1895(14th
of Tevet, 5655): Sixty-two-year-old Jacob Gottstein, the Austrian born
physician whose specialty was “diseases of the throat and ear” and the author
“The diseases of the larynx and trachea” passed away today in Breslau.
1895:
In Bobruysk, Zvi Luzinski and Esther Seldovitch gave birth to Kadish Luzinski
who gained fame as Israeli political Kadish Luz who served as Speaker of the
Knesset for 10 years, from 1959 to 1969.
1896:
It was reported today that during December of 1895, the United Hebrew Charities
spent over fourteen thousand dollars to meet needs of those who applied for
aid. In addition to providing clothing, shoes and lodging, the Employment
Division found employment for 531 of its 750 applicants and training in sewing
and dressmaking for 234 young ladies.
1896(24th
of Tevet, 5656): Bavarian-born Benjamin Bloomingdale, the husband of Hannah
Weil Bloomingdale, and the father of Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale, the
founders of Bloomingdale’s Department Store passed away today in New York.
1896:
As part of the ongoing attempt by some to convert Jews to Christianity, the
American Mission to the Jews will open a new mission house today in New York
City.
1896:
Three days after he had passed away, 57-year-old Julian Goldsmid, “the 3rd
and last Baronet,” an MP and philanthropist” who was the son of Frederick David
Goldsmid and Caroline Samuel and the husband of Virginia Phillipson with whom
he had had two children – Violet and Edith – was buried today at the “Balls
Pond Road Jewish Cemetery.”
1896:
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Bachrach are scheduled to attend the funeral today in
Bloomington, Illinois for Aaron Bachrach the Baltimore businessman who in 1839
married Augusta Straus Bachrach with whom had six children including Decatur,
Illinois clothing merchant Henry Bachrach passed away today after which he will
be buried in the Jewish Cemetery at Bloomington, Illinois.
1897:
Birthdate of Russian native Joseph Kaplow, WW I veteran and “organizer for the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America who founded the Jackson Company which
manufactures furniture and was active in numerous Jewish organizations
including the UJA and Farband Labor Zionist Order while raising two daughters
with his wife, “the former Rhoda Yevelson.”
1897:
In Pensacola, FL, 23 years after the establishment of Congregation Beth El led
by Rabbi Isaac E. Wagenheim, founding of the Progress Club whose members
included M.L. Bear, Jake Levy and M.B. Tanner
1897:
German born, British financer and businessman Gustav Christian Schwabe passed
away. At the age of six he was forcibly converted to the Lutheran religion.
1897:
It was reported today that $38,537.12 had been donated to the Hebrew Technical
Institute during its first year of operation and expenses were $34,658.66 for
the same period. The school offered six
classes in various vocational courses which had an average attendance of 86
boys.
1897:
Jacob H. Schiff presented the Young Men’s Hebrew Association with a new home at
861 Lexington Avenue, New York.
1897:
Five days after he had passed away, Hirschel David Cohen, the son of Amy D. and
Daniel Cohen was buried today at the “Balls Pond Road Jewish Cemetery.”
1897:
Based on a report filed today, the St. Paul, MN section of the National Council
of Women which was formed in 1894 has “a membership of forty-five ladies, holds
it general meetings on the second Tuesday of every month and credits much of
its success to Mrs. Nina Cohen, the state Vice President.”
1897:
It was reported today that Judge M.S. Isaacs complimented the graduating class
of the Baron de Hirsch Trade Schools on their work after which each of the
youngsters received his own set of tools and a tool-chest that had been made by
the carpentry students.
1898:
Birthdate of Harvard trained lawyer and graduate of the Teachers Institute of
JTS, Mordecai Konowitz “the Queens County assistant district attorney and
president of the Jamaica Jewish Center who raised two children – David and
Judith – with his wife “the former Lillian Hirschman.”
1898:
The closed-door trial of Ferdinand Esterhazy which the German spy had requested
to clear his name began today.
1898:
Two days after he had passed away, Jacob Arnold was buried today at the
“Plashet Jewish Cemetery” in London.
1898:
Birthdate of Julie Harpmanova who was transported from Prague to Ujazdow where
she was murdered at the age of 44.
1898:
According to figures published today, there are 210 students enrolled in the
Hebrew Technical Institute which is an increase of 20 students from last year.
1899:
In Charleston, SC, at K.K. Beth Elohim, Rabbi B.A. Elzas officiated at the
wedding of Arthur Israel and Jeannette Brown.
1899:
Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, an orthodox Jewish Russian scientist from the
Pasteur Institute, established the Haffkine Institute which is located in
Mumbai, India.
1899:
Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire resigned as president of the Civil Chamber of the
Court of Cassation “when he accused the Criminal Chamber of conspiring with
Piquart and” favoring a review of the Dreyfus Trial.
1900:
Birthdate of Harry Aaron Kernoff “the Irish artist of Anglo/Russian extraction
who produced the illustrations for Dublin’s Little Jerusalem by Nick
Harris.
1901:
Birthdate of Henning von Tresckow, a “Generalmajor in the Wermacht” who
attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1943 and drafted the plan for Valkyrie, the
failed operation designed to topple Hitler in July of 1944.
1902:
Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler of Temple Beth-El is scheduled to deliver the address
this evening at the opening of the celebration the marking the 25th
anniversary Rabbi De Sola Mendes leaving Shaarai Tefillah, “the West End
Synagogue whose name in English is Gates of Prayer.”
1902:
Louis and Ethel Minsky gave birth to Morton Minsky, their fourth and youngest
son who joined his brothers in creating Minsky’s Burlesque.
1903(11th
of Tevet, 5663): Parashat Vayechi
1903:
In Buenos Aires, Maurice-Meyer Bloch, the Alsace born son of Rosalie and
Salomon Bloch and his wife Jeanne Bertha Maria Bloch gave birth to Ginette
Gilberte Denise Hollande, the wife of Raymond Weil (not to be confused with the
watches of the same name) and Jacques André Hollande,
1903:
“Wandering of the Jews” published today provides a review of The Flight of the
Hebrews by Calvin Dill Wilson and James Knapp Kneeve which tells “the story of
the wanderings of the Hebrew race from the days of Abraham until the conquest
of Canaan, which is one of the most impressive and dramatic in the history of
the world” at a “level for young readers.”
1904:
Savannah’s Mickve Israel joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
1905:
The Manchester Guardian published
“The Doom of Zionism” by Myer Jack (M.J). Landa the author of The Jew in
Drama.
1906:
“Joseph Cohen of 120 Eldridge Street who was in business as a clothier at 23
and 25 Bowery was locked up in the Elizabeth Street Police State today by
Detective Flood of the District Attorney’s Office on complaint of six insurance
companies who say he made false claims for fire losses.”
1906:
William Rainey Harper the namesake of the library at Deborah Dorfman’s alma
mater – The University of Chicago and the author “The Return of the Jews from
Exile” (9/1/1899) and “The Jews of Babylon” (8/1/1899) passed away.
1906:
“For the first time in the history of police court marriages a ceremony was
performed this afternoon in Essex Market Court which was characterized by
Hebrew rites Rabbi Morris Cohen officiated at the wedding of Isidore Ruben and
twenty-eight-year-old Goldie Krapson which Ruben’s way of avoiding any further
legal problems brought on Krapson’s complaint being by Magistrate Wahle.
1907:
“Caring For Jew Immigrants” published today described “the work of the
Educational Alliance in Americanizing the Jewish immigrants on the east side”
while quoting Dr. David Blaustein, the Superintendent of the Alliance as saying
that “there are 1,052 Jewish colonies in the United states and immigrant would
find any of them better than the east side.”
1908:
“Fully 75,000 Jews” including several rabbis, actor Jacob Adler and David
Blaustein “turned out this morning for the funeral of Abraham Goldfaden, the
Yiddish poet, playwright and Zionist who died at his home: on January 8.
1909:
“A dispatch to the Times of London from Helsingfors
(Helsinki) says the committee which is drafting the Finnish laws has just
agreed on a draft of laws concerning the right of Jews who have acquired
Finnish citizenship and as to trade rights for Jews who do not desire to become
Finnish citizens.
1910:
It was reported today that the funeral service for seventy-seven-year-old Moses
May who serve for twelve years is President of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in
Brooklyn is scheduled to be held tomorrow at
Temple
Beth Elohim.
1910;
Author and public school teacher Blanche Goodman Eisendrath, the Chattanooga,
TN born daughter of Pauline Fischer and Herman Goodman who had taken a “short
story course at the University of Pennsylvania” and whose work appeared in
several national publications including the Saturday Evening Post married
Oscar B. Eisendrath today.
1910:
As of today, it is understood that the “the election of a Chief Rabbi” for the
British Empire to succeed the late Dr. Adler will not take place as planned on
January 12 “when the Selection Committee of the Rabbinate Conference will meet
at the residence of Leopold Rothschild because, in part, of the strong
opposition to Dr. Drachman of New York because he “is regarded to be too rigid
in his orthodoxy.”
1911:
Birthdate of Yehoshua “Shayke” Frydman, the native of Zareby Poland who gained
fame as historian Zosa Szajkowski
http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/tmr/tmr02/tmr02.035.txt
1912:
The Baron Hirsch Woman’s Club and Co-Workers are scheduled to host “their
annual ‘Guest Day’” this afternoon at Sinai Temple under the direction of Mrs.
Joseph Fish with the assistance of Blanche Bloom, Mrs. Harry Kempner and Mrs.
Marie Sidenius Zendt.
1912:
The New York Jewish community made arrangements for a course of lectures to be
given by Miss Dona Saruya on Jewish dietary laws at Teachers' College.
1913:
Birthdate of Gallitzin, PA native and U of Michigan trained labor lawyer Walter
J. Isaacson, “an officer in the lawyers’ division of the UJA-Federation of
Jewish Philanthropies and husband of “the former Edith Lipsig Hebald”
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1984/05/30/226889.html?pageNumber=30
1914(12th
of Tevet, 5674): Parashat Vayechi
1914:
“New Home For School” published today described how “the Hebrew Technical
Institute for Boys…which founded in 1883 has received” an offer from the family
of the late Dr. Morris Loeb to build a news structure on the vacant lot which
the school owns and is next to its present facilities.
1915:
“The situation of the Jews in Russia, Galicia and Poland is even worse than
that of the Belgians according to a statement made today by the American Jewish
Relief Committee” headed by Louis Marshall.
1914:
A two-page agreement was signed today “between the German-Israelite
Congregation and the City Treasury of Hamburg” provided “the legal basis” for
“providing pastoral care for Jewish prisoners in the Fuhlsbüttel prison had
been a common practice since the late 19th century…”
1915:
With the approval of the censor, the Novoe Vremya wrote today that “When the
victorious” Russian “armies return from the theatre of the war, they will
publicly proclaim that the Jew was their enemy at the front” a statement
proving the anti-Semitism of the Czar’s regime despite the tens of thousands of
Jews serving in the Russian Army.
1915:
“The United States cruiser Tennessee and the collier Jason arrived at
Alexandria this evening” without having been able to pick up the 1,500 refugees
stranded at Jaffa due to bad weather and the need to replenish their supply of
coal before attempting to another rescue mission.
1915:
Dr. David de Sola Pool, the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel–the Spanish
and Portuguese Synagogue delivered an address “at the first communal meeting of
the Menorah Societies of the colleges of “New York” being held at New York
University today during which he said that “whatever the outcome of the war in
Europe, Jews will the chief sufferers.”
1916:
Some of the members of the surviving Zion Mule Corps arrived at Alexandria from
Gallipoli where they rejected orders to leave for “Ireland to help quell the
revolt” because “they had enlisted to the Turks and not Irish Patriots.”
1916:
“Life’s Whirlpool” the silent film starring Fania Marinoff was released today
in the United States.
1916:
“The American Jewish Relief Committee announced” today “the collection of
$1,095, 940 for the relief of the Jews suffering the war.”
1916:
“Assemblyman Shiplacoff of Kings, the only in Socialist in the” New York State
“Legislature introduced a resolution providing that the State of New York
request the President of the United States to ask belligerent nations to be
less severe in their treatment of the Jews in Europe.”
1917:
Birthdate of music producer Jerry Wexler. Yes, the man who brought you music
all the way from Aretha Franklin to Bob Dylan is Jewish.
1917:
Jacob H. Schiff, banker and philanthropist celebrated his seventieth birthday
today.
http://collections.americanjewisharchives.org/ms/ms0456/ms0456.html
1917:
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, “The Board of Directors of the
Central Jewish Institute presented a leather-bound hand-illuminated book with
an inscription which say in part: ‘May you continue, as you have so truly been,
a noble and self-sacrificing benefactor to all humanity and may you serve as
you have ever done, as an inspiration for that is lofty and good” to Jacob H.
Schiff
1917:
The Hebrew Free Loan Society celebrated the birthday of Jacob H. Schiff by “by
formally occupying its new building” today.
1918:
“From a source which it can vouch for as entirely trustworthy, The Morning Post,” an English newspaper,
provided an “account of conditions in Berlin” including the description of the
city’s populations as being divided “into three classes” including “the upper military class which adores Hindenburg
and hates Ludendorff; the middle class which loves Ludendorff because he gives
high posts in the army to Jews and the lower working class which loathes
Hindenburg, Ludendorff and especially the Emperor” who is a part “of the
imperial family which has ceased to be a dominate factor.”
1918:
Forty-one-year-old William J. Solomon, the New York City born on of Jacob and
Frances (Stich) Solomon who was the “editor and publisher of the weekly Hebrew
Standard” married Hermine Lederer in New York City today.
1919:
Today, the first Jewish Relief Unit led “Captain Elkan C. Voorsanger, formerly
the Senior Chaplain of the 77th Division and overseas director of
the Jewish Welfare Board” set sail today for Poland where it will assist in the
“distribution of relief funds, delivery of food and clothing” and the
development of methods for assisting those in outlying provinces where rail and
other means of transportation are not readily available.
1919:
Three days after he had passed away, 67-year-old
Anglo Jewish banker and philanthropist Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham, the
son of Herman de Stern and Julia Goldsmid and the first cousin of Sydney James
Stern and Sir Edward Stern who passed in Paris was buried today at the “Balls
Pond Road Jewish Cemetery” twoday.
1919: Rabbi Hyman Gerson Enelow who served “as a member of the
Overseas Commission of the Jewish Welfare Board, which went to France in July,
1918” is scheduled to go Vichy today, Friday, where he is planning to lead
services.
1919:
Birthdate of Milton Parker who will bring long lines and renown to the Carnegie
Deli in Manhattan with towering pastrami sandwiches and who, as a voluble
partner will kibitz with common folk and celebrities alike. He will record his
exploits in How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli – A
giant sandwich, a little deli, a huge success.
1920:
The U.S. House of Representatives refused to alowl Victor L. Berger take his
seat as the elected Congressman from Wisconsin’s 5th District. The refusal was
based on the fact that Berger was a member of the Socialist Party
1920:
The Nation reported today that “The death of Arnold B. Ehrlich, which occurred
in the city of New York a short time ago, has deprived the world of Biblical
scholarship of one of its most brilliant exponents. Ehrlich was not officially
connected with any institution of learning; his name is little known outside of
the narrow circle of professional Bible students and is possibly not
sufficiently known even among them. Yet, his life work, represented by eleven
substantial volumes dedicated to the elucidation of the Scriptures, merits the
grateful appreciation of all those to whom the Bible is an integral part of
human civilization.”
1920:
A meeting of the Conference of Jewish Organization sis scheduled to meet this
evening to discuss ways “to help raise the Building Fund of the Hebrew
Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America.”
1920:
The League of Nations holds its first meeting, and ratifies the Treaty of
Versailles, therefore ending World War I. The most significant fact of the day
was the absence of the United States from the League. This absence was proof
positive of America’s retreat to a policy of Isolationism that was a
contributing factor to the start of World War II.
1920:
Birthdate of Max Patkin known as “the Clown Prince of Baseball.” Patkin, who
passed away in 1999, is honored with a place in the Philadelphia Jewish Sports
Hall of Fame.
1921:
“A considerable drop in the prices of flour, condensed milk, coal and other
necessities of life” reported today has led the Palestine Government to alter
at least some of its economic policies as can be seen by its lifting embargo on
the exporting of barley.
1922(10th
of Tevet, 5682): Asara B'Tevet
1922:
Birthdate of University of Chicago trained attorney Lester Robert Uretz , “the
chief counsel of the IRS and husband of Miriam Uretz with whom he raised “two
sons and two daughters.”
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/25/archives/lester-r-uretz.html
1923:
Harry Falkenstein, the German born son of Moritz Falkenstein and Cäcilie
Falkenstein and his wife Esther Falkenstein gave birth to Edith Falkenstein who
died when she was eight which spared her sharing the fate of her father who was
murdered at Auschwitz.
1923:
President Warren Harding sent a letter “to a committee representing the Union
of American Hebrew Congregations regretting his inability to attend their
Golden Jubilee dinner as he had planned to do and expressing his belief in the
‘need for a restoration of the soul religious devotion.’”
https://www.amazon.com/JUBILEE-Convention-Harding-Newspaper-January/dp/B06Y5WC77H
1923:
Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. Memel had been part of the German Empire
before WWI. The Germans lost control under the terms of the Treaty of
Versailles. How Lithuanian came to control Memel is too convoluted a tale for
this blog. The Jews of Memel who would number 9.000 by the start of World War
II, were trapped between the Lithuanians, who ran the city's government, and
the Germans, who were a majority. After Hitler rose to national power in
Germany in 1933, the Nazis began campaigning for the city's return to Germany.
This campaign included anti-Jewish riots and other anti-Semitic actions. In
October 1938 the local Nazis called for the implementation of the Nuremberg
Laws in Memel; at the end of that year the Nazis won 26 of 29 seats in the city's
parliament, effectively making Memel part of Germany. German troops entered
Memel in March 1939. Many of the Lithuanians and almost all of the city's Jews
had managed to escape to Kovno and other nearby towns before the invasion.
However, after the Nazis took over Lithuania in mid-1941, they destroyed those
Jews along with the rest of Lithuanian Jewry. When Memel was liberated by the
Soviet army in January 1945, not one Jew remained.
1924
(4th of Shevat, 5684): The former Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Elyachar Haim
Moshe, passed away at the age of 80.
192514th
of Tevet, 5685): Parashat Vayechi
1925:
In an act political and moral courage, the Kansas Supreme Court effectively
banned the Ku Klux Klan from the state when it ruled today that the Klan “was a
corporation organized for profit and therefore could not operate there without
a charter.
1926:
“Der Rosenkavalier” a silent film based “on the opera of the same name”
directed and produced by Robert Wiene who wrote the script along with Hugo von
Hofmannsthal.
1927(7th
of Shevat, 5687): Fifty-three-year-old gambler and Tammany Hall politician Sam
Paul who played a role in the Herman Rosenthal murder case and who was the
husband of Lena Solomon and he father of Dorothy Paul passed away today
1927:
“A Modern Dubarry” a silent film produced by Josef Somlo, directed by Alexander
Korda” starring his wife Maria Corda and featuring Eugen Burg was released in
Germany today.
1927(7th
of Shevat, 5687): Fifty-four-year-old Lithuanian born Solomon Blumgarten, known
by his pen name Yehoash, the author, lexicographer and poet referred to as the
“Yiddish Milton” who had visited Palestine in 1913 with his wife Flora and his
daughter Evelyn passed away today while working as “an editor for The Day.”
1927:
Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” premieres. German born film director Lang had a
Catholic father and a Jewish mother. His mother converted to Catholicism, and
he was raised as a Catholic. When Hitler came to power, Lang was offered a
prominent position in the German film industry. Lang turned down the offer and
eventually fled Germany. He felt that the regime would eventually turn on him
because he was “half-Jewish.” This experience led him to become a staunch
anti-fascist and anti-Nazi
1928:
Birthdate of Philip Levine, two-time winner of the National Book Award for
Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1995 for “Simple Truth.”
1928:
The Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky.
1928:
George and Ira Gershwin’s musical "Rosalie" premiered at the New
Amsterdam in New York City
1929:
“Street Scene,” a play by Elmer Rice (born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein), opened
at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City and ran for a total of 601
performances. The action of this ambitious, groundbreaking play takes place
entirely on the front stoop of a New York City brownstone and in the adjacent
street in the early part of the 20th century. It studies the daily and complex
lives of the people living in the building (and surrounding neighborhood) and
their sad, often tragic interactions. It won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The main characters are Anna Maurrant, dealing with issues of infidelity; Rose
Maurrant, her daughter, who struggles with the demands of her job and boss and
her attraction to a Jewish neighbor, Sam Kaplan; Frank Maurrant, the
domineering and sometimes abusive husband and father of Anna and Rose; Sam, a
caring and concerned neighbor in love with Rose; and many other neighbors and
passersby.
1930:
In Jamaica, Queens, William Lyons, who “ran a family glass and mirror
business,” and “the former Sylvia Gittelson, who “worked as a manager and
bookkeeper gave birth to photographer Nathan Myron Lyons.
1930:
The campaign to raise $258,000 to cover the deficit the Federation for the
Support of Jewish Philanthropies, which was originally supposed to end on
December 31, 1929 is scheduled to come to an end today.
1931:
Birthdate of Henry Myerson who played guard for Harvard from 1929 to 1931 and
then played a football game at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics where it was a
demonstration sport.
1931:
Birthdate of David Maysles, the native of Boston, who along with his older
brother Albert formed a team of American documentary film-makes whose
“best-known films include Salesman (1969), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey
Gardens (1976).”
1931:
Birthdate of Shake Heights, Ohio, native and Emmy Award winner Marlene Sanders,
the first woman to anchor the network news, the wife of Jerome Toobin and the
mother of attorney and CNN commentator Jeffrey Toobin.
1932:
In Brooklyn, Rabbi Simon R. Cohen celebrated his 25th anniversary as the
spiritual leader of Union Temple.
1933:
A conference of “Brooklyn rabbis, presidents and representatives of Brooklyn
congregation” which had been called for by Dr. Israel H. Levinthal, Rabbi
Israel Goldfarb and Rabbi Joseph Miller for the purpose organizing “Brooklyn
congregations for united activity in dealing with some of the most difficult
problems facing Jewish religious” is scheduled to begin this evening “with a
dinner at the Brooklyn Jewish Center.
1933:
Sir Gilbert Mackereth assumed a diplomatic post for the British in Damascus
from which he would call for “an increase in border patrol around Palestine due
to the high numbers of Jewish immigrants fleeing from Nazi Germany.”
1934(23rd
of Tevet, 5694): Fifty-six-year-old George Anselm Alphone Rothschild, the older
son of Albert Salomon von Rothschild passed away in a private mental hospital
today without ever marrying which meant he produced no heir.
1935:
In Cracow, B’rith Trumpeldor is scheduled to resume its meetings having
temporarily adjourned so “its delegates would have opportunity to attend the
sixth Revisionists world conference
1935:
It was reported today that “Irving J. Joseph, the lawyer and former state
senator” has been “awarded the Mrs. Peter J. Schweitzer Medal for Distinguished
Service at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob” in the Bronx.
1936:
Birthdate of award-winning geneticist Sir Walter Fred Bodmer, the native of
Frankfort am Main who after earning his Ph.D. at Cambridge went on to a career
that included being “one of the first to suggest the idea of the Human Genome
Project.
1936:
Birthdate of Alvin "Al" Goldstein “an American publisher and
pornographer who founded the pornographic magazine Screw in 1968.” “In his book
XXX-Communicated: A Rebel Without a Shul, Luke Ford writes about a conversation
he had with Goldstein. During this conversation he asked Goldstein why the porn
industry contained so many Jews. Goldstein answered, "The only reason that
Jews are in pornography is that we think that Christ sucks. Catholicism sucks.
We don't believe in authoritarianism." Ford then asked, "What does it
mean to you to be a Jew?" To which Goldstein responded, "It doesn't
mean shit. It means that I'm called a kike." Ford also asked, "Do you
believe in God?" Goldstein said, "I believe in me. I'm God. Fuck God.
God is your need to believe in some super being. I am the super being. I am
your God, admit it. We're random. We're the flea on the ass of the dog."
1936:
German Justice, “the magazine of the Attorneys Association said tonight” that
“”200 judges or councilors of provincial courts” who were “either fully or
partly Jewish had lost their positions” because the Nuremberg citizenship laws.
1936:
It was reported today that “Swiss and other Continental Jews” were opposed to
“a plan for the financing of the transfer of property of Jewish refugees from
Germany with a fund advanced by non-German Jews and repaid through German
exports” because it would provide the financial “credits the Nazis” have been
seeking elsewhere without success.
1936:
Dr. Rabbi Alexander Basel, the rabbi of the Jacob H. Schiff Center presided
over “special services” held tonight at the center “commemorating the 89th
birthday of the late Jacob Schiff which “which coincided with the 25th
anniversary of the found of the Boy Scout movement of America.”
1937(27th
of Tevet, 5697): Sixty-nine-year-old chemist Julius Stieglitz, the younger
brother of photographer Alfred Stieglitz passed away today.
http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/stieglitz-julius.pdf
1937:
Rabbi Lichtenstein is scheduled to deliver the sermon at the Jewish Society
today.
1937:
Professor Reinhardt is scheduled to be the guest of honor this morning at
Temple B’nai Jershurun where Rabbi Israel Goldstein will give the sermon.
1937:
Rabbi Louis Newman is scheduled to deliver a sermon on “Gone With the Wind” at
Rodeph Sholom.
1937:
It was reported today that the Oxford University will publish Zero Hour:
Policies of the Powers by Richard Freund in late January or early February
while in February H.C. Kinsey and Company will publish Lord Melchett’s They
Neighbor, “a survey of the history of Jewish persecution through the ages,
an account of the position of the Jews in the world today and a description of
the rise and progress of Zionism.”
1937:
Rabi Milton Steinberg, James Waterman Wise and Israel S. Shipkin are scheduled
to take part in a symposium on “The Jew Looks Ahead – Which Road?” at the
Ivriah Women’s Jewish Education Association.
1937:
According to a report presented by Dr. Cyrus Adler at the 13th
annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee, “in the last year the people
of the United States have shown themselves to be impervious to anti-Jewish
propaganda, regarding anti-Semitism as a violation of the ideals of the better
American institutions.”
1937:
At Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Leon I. Feuer is scheduled to lecture on “Journey to
the End of Night” followed by a symposium on “Interesting the American Youth in
the Synagogue.”
1937:
The American Committee for Anti-Nazi Literature is scheduled to meeting this
evening at Mecca Temple.
1937:
At the services of the Free Synagogue held in Carnegie Hall, Rabbi Stephen
decried the fact that “the Jews have ceased to be a reading people” and “urged
his coreligionists to read the works of their own authors, both to make it
financially possible for Jewish authors to have their works publics and in
order that Jews should enjoy the cultural and intellectual advantages of being
conversant with Jewish problems and the best in Jewish Literature.” (Editor’s Note – Sounds like this could be a
sermon topic in the 21st century.)
1938:
The Palestine Post reported that the
ongoing citizenship rights revision in Romania could affect the bulk of the
Jewish population. It had already deprived many Jewish physicians of their
right to practice medicine. An Arab police constable was seriously wounded by
an Arab terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem. Major J.B. Paget, a veteran
combatant of the British Armed Forces who once served in Palestine, published
in Britain the so-called "Paget Plan," according to which he
recommended the establishment of an independent Jewish kingdom in Palestine,
under the Duke of Windsor, as hereditary king and ruler. (According to British
tradition the Duke of Windsor was the hundredth in direct descent from King
David.)
1938(8th
of Shevat, 5698): Seventy-eight-year-old Otto Warburg a noted German botanist
and leading Zionist who founded the botanical garden of the Hebrew University
on Mount Scopus passed away today in Berlin.
http://departments.agri.huji.ac.il/biotech/otto.htm
1938:
Forty-three-year-old British archaeologist James Leslie Starkey who was “the
first chief excavator of the first archaeological expedition at Lachish “was
robbed and killed by Arab bandits near Bayt Jibrin on a track leading from Bayt
Jibrin to Hebron.” (Editor’s Note – Lachish is one of the most ancient cities
in Eretz Israel with its fist Biblical mention coming in the Book of
Joshua. One cannot overstate the
importance of Archaeology to the Jewish people or the role that many non-Jews
played in this endeavor which has provided validation for many of the Biblical
tales as well as the ancient ties of the Jewish people to their homeland)
1939:
Birthdate of writer William Levy. Known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam and
Dr. Doo-Wop, Levy is the author of such works as The Virgin Sperm Dancer, Wet
Dreams, Certain Radio Speeches of Ezra Pound and Natural Jewboy. Mr. Levy
attended the University of Maryland and Temple University and taught in the
literature department at Shippensburg State College, in Pennsylvania. In 1998,
Mr. Levy was awarded the Erotic Oscar for writing at London's Sex Maniac's
Ball. Mr. Levy's alter-ego, Dr. Doo Wop, can be heard weekly spinning groovy
music across Amsterdam's airwaves. Mr. Levy currently lives in Amsterdam with
his wife, the literary translator Susan Janssen.
1939:
Birthdate of self-described Conservative activist, David Horowitz.
1940(29th
of Tevet, 5700): Seventy-year-old Sol Marcosson the native of Louisville and
“Cleveland’s longtime premiere violinist who founded the Marcosson Music School
and was married “to the former of Dorothy Frew” with he had four children –
“Fred, John, June and Ruth” – passed away today.
https://case.edu/ech/articles/m/marcosson-sol
1940:
“Music in My Heart” featuring George Tobias as “Sascha” was released today in
the United States.
1940:
Rabbi Koretz of Salonica, the man who succeeded Rabbi Uziel as chief rabbi of
Salonica, was among the candidates who submitted applications to the Tel Aviv
committee responsible for selecting a new Chief Sephardic Rabbi. Just three
years later Salonica Jewry would be wiped out, and Koretz would be found
communally guilty of holding back knowledge of the Germans plan to murder the
Jews.
1941(11th
of Tevet, 5701): On his 66th birthday, mathematician Issai Schur who
had been deprived of his career under the Nazis and who miraculously escaped
from Germany passed away today in Tel Aviv as the result of a heart attack.
1941(11th
of Tevet, 5701): Sixty-six-year-old German mathematician Issai Schur, one more
of the Jews who fled the Nazis, passed away today in Tel Aviv on his birthday.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Schur.html
1941:
Dutch Jews register with German authorities representing the Nazi occupiers.
1942(21st
of Tevet, 5702): Parashat Shemot
1942(21st
of Tevet, 5702): Morris Garunkel, the president of the Garfunkel Conditioning
Corporation, passed away tonight as the plane he was flying took from
Albuquerque, NM on its way to New York.
1942:
“All Through the Night” directed by Vincent Sherman, produced by Hal B. Wallis
and Jerry Wald, based on story by Leo Rosten and Leonard Spigelgass who
co-wrote the screenplay and with music by Arthur Schwartz was released today in
the United States.
1943:
In the Generalgouvernement, several thousand Jews who had left forest hiding
places on November 10, 1942, after a Nazi promise of safe passage, are
betrayed. Most are transported to Treblinka and gassed. The rest of them are
sent to labor camps at nearby Sandomierz and Skarzysko Kamienna.
1943:
Four hundred Jews who resist their German overseers at the Kopernik camp in
Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland, are burned alive in their barracks
1944:
The keel was laid down for the HMS Sanguine an S class submarine that would be
sold to the Israeli Navy in 1958.
1944(14th
of Tevet, 5704): Seventy-year-old Adele Ettinger, the daughter of Isak Hermann
{Hersch] Elsholz and Dorothea Elsholz and the wife of Dr. jur. Marcus Ettinger
died at Bergen-Belsen today.
1944
(14th of Tevet, 5704): Victor Basch and his wife, Ilona Basch (née Helene
Furth) aged 81, were taken from their home in Lyon and assassinated by Joseph
Lecussan und Henri Gonnet of the anti-Semitic Vichy French Milice Française
under orders of the regional chief Paul Touvier. For most of his life he had
been a professor at the Sorbonne who support the Zionists and opposed the
fascists.
1945:
Company E of the 63rd Infantry Regiment whose members included David
Robert Altiman, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, took part in the invasion
at Lingayen Gulf in Luzon that began today.
1945:
Today, while appearing before Cairo’s supreme military court, two Palestinian
Jewish youths, who are generally believed to belong to a right-wing terrorist
organization with which a great majority of Zionism vigorously dissociates
itself, confessed to the premeditated murder last of Lord Moyne on November 6,
1944. The accused were identified as Eliahu Bet-Tsouri a 23-year-old surveyor
from Tel Aviv and Eliahu Hakim from Haifa. In court today, the prosecutor
demanded that the death sentence be imposed on the two accused.
1946(8th
of Shevat, 5706): Harry Von Tilzer a very popular United States songwriter born
in 1872, passed away today in New York City. Von Tilzer was born in Detroit,
Michigan under the name Aaron Gumbinsky which he shortened to Harry Gumm. He
ran away and joined a traveling circus at age 14, where he took his new name by
adding 'Von' to his mother's maiden name 'Tilzer'. Harry soon proved successful
playing piano and calliope and writing new tunes and incidental music for the
shows. He continued doing this in Burlesque and Vaudeville shows for some
years, writing many tunes which were not published or which he sold to
entertainers for 1 or 2 dollars. In 1898 he sold his song "My Old New
Hampshire Home" to a publisher for $15, and watched it become a national
hit, selling over 2 million copies of sheet music. This prompted him to become
a professional songwriter. He was made a partner of the Shapiro Bernstein
Publishing Company. His 1900 number "A Bird In A Gilded Cage" became
one of the biggest hits of the age. Von Tilzer became one of the best-known Tin
Pan Alley songwriters. In 1902 Von Tilzer formed his own publishing company,
where he was soon joined by his younger brother Albert Von Tilzer. Harry Von
Tilzer's hits included "A Bird in a Gilded Cage", "Cubanola
Glide", "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie", "Old King
Tut", "All Alone", "Mariutch", "I Love My Wife,
But Oh You Kid!", "They Always Pick On Me", "I Want A Girl
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad", And The Green Grass Grew All
Around and many others.”
http://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/harry-von-tilzer
1947:
“Enterprise Productions is seeking an agreement with Zoltan Korda whereby Korda
will come to the Enterprise studio to produce and direct the screen version of
Aldous Huxley's short story, "The Gioconda Smile," it was learned
today.”
1947:
As part of their on-going program to deny Jews the right to enter Eretz Israel,
the British took two ships of "illegal" immigrants to Cyprus.
1947(18th
of Tevet, 5707): Sixty-six-year-old Austrian born psychoanalyst Hanns Sachs who
moved to Boston in 1932 as the Nazis came to power and founded the journal
“American Imago” in 1939 passed away today.
1948:
After 734 performances the curtain came down at the Plymouth Theatre on the
original Broadway production of “Call Me Mister” a revue with words and music
by Harold Rome and cast that included George S. Irving and Jules Munshin
1948:
Birthdate of cellist Mischa Maisky the native of Riga, who won the 1966
International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1970, he was imprisoned in
a labor camp near Gorky for 18 months. After his release in 1972, he immigrated
to Israel to avoid further persecution by the Soviet regime. Later, he moved to
Belgium. In his performing and recording career, Maisky has worked in
long-standing partnerships with conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Zubin
Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy.
1948:
The British released casualty figures for the last six weeks (covering the two
weeks before the Partition vote and the month since Partition was adopted)
showing 1069 Arabs, 769 Jews and 123 British casualties. The percentages are
disproportionate given the large number of Arabs.
1948:
The Arab Liberation Army, based in Syria invaded Eretz Israel. This was part of
the war waged against the Jews by the Arabs between the partition vote in
November 1947 and the actual date of British departure in May, 1948. The Arabs
were determined to destroy the Jewish state before it was even born. Nine
hundred Arab soldiers attacked the Jewish settlement of far Szold which was
defended by a force numbering less than 100. “When the British Ambassador in
Damascus protested to the Syrians about their role in the attack on Kfar Szold,
the Syrian Prime Minister replied, ‘Pretty soon the Arab armies will teach the
Jews a lesson they will never forget.’”
1949:
“The Goldbergs”, the first television show about a Jewish family premiered on
CBS. The show was based on the hit radio program that had begun back in 1929
called The Rise of the Goldbergs. Both shows starred Gertrude Berg in the lead
as the “Jewish Mother,” Molly Goldberg. The show took place in Brooklyn and
began with Molly calling out the window to her neighbor with the signature line
“Yoo hoo Mrs. Bloom.”
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/culture/2/Film/television/television-1950s/The_Goldbergs.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kuG8VNSzH8
1951:
American author and Nobel Prize winner, Sinclair Lewis passed away. An
anti-totalitarian, he saw the danger in the rise of Hitler. Only a year after
the Nazis had reached power by constitutional means in Germany, Lewis wrote It
Can’t Happen Here in “which he showed how a similar fascist takeover might very
well happen here in the sober, God-fearing USA.”
1951:
“The Steel Helmet,” the first movie about the Korean War directed and produced
by Samuel Fuller who also wrote the script was released today in the United
States.
1952:
Dr. Rudolf Margolius, the Czech government minister who had survived the
Holocaust was arrested by the Communist and executed at the end of the year for
being a part of treasonous plot that existed only in the minds of the Soviet
stooges who created it.
1954(6th
of Shevat, 5714): Seventy-seven-year-old Yale grad and NYU trained attorney,
Manfred Ehrich, the WW I veteran and leader of the Federation of Jewish who was
the father of Dona Hausman and Manfred W. Ehrich, Jr. passed away “suddenly”
today.
1954(6th
of Shevat, 5714): Edward Lazansky Sweedler, the Brooklyn born son of Nathan and
Ada Meyer Sweedler, and the father of Lenore Sweedler passed away today after
which he was buried at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn
1957:
Louis Lefkowitz begins serving as the 59th New York State Attorney
General.
1957:
Birthdate of Malcolm Harris Levitt, the native of Hull who earned a Ph.D.
Chemistry from Oxford and “is internationally known as a pioneer of nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, especially of pulse sequences in
high-resolution NMR.
1957:
Anthony Eden resigned and Harold Macmillan became PM Britain. Eden’s government
fell as a result of the British involvement in the ill-fated Suez Crisis when
an Anglo-French military force joined with the Israelis to fight Egypt in 1956.
The Israelis wanted to end the terrorist attacks coming from Gaza and the
Sinai. The Europeans were seeking to regain control of the Suez Canal and
unseat the Gamal Nasser, President of Egypt and militant Pan-Arabist. The
Soviets and the Americans under President Eisenhower thwarted the British and
French efforts. The clumsy, timid British military action ended Eden’s time as
Prime Minister.
1958:
A two-day conference on labor relations held in honor of the late Harry A.
Shulman began at Yale Law School where he was the Dean.
1959:
Seventy-three-year-old Gustav Schröder best known for his role as captain of MS
St. Louis during what was later termed “the voyage of the damned” passed away
today.
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/schroeder.asp
1960(10th
of Tevet, 5720): Asara B’Tevet
1960:
Delmore Schwartz was awarded the Bollinger Prize for poetry.
1961:
In New York, “Enid Irene, a mental health administrator, and Murry Raymond
Handler, an agency owner and advertising designer” gave birth to actor Evan
Handler turned author whose works included Time On Fire: My Comedy of Terrors
and It's Only Temporary...The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive.
1961:
Today “the Egoz, a Mossad-leased ship
carrying Jews attempting to emigrate undercover, sank off the northern coast of
Morocco.”
1961:
Mystery writer Dashell Hammett author died from throat cancer at the age of 66.
Hammett was not Jewish, but he is the one who took the term “shamus” and moved
it into the English language as a term referring to a private detective.
1962:
“Sophomore Barry Kramer scored 30 points as New York University defeated
Fairleigh Dickinson 80-72. (As reported by Bob Wechsler)
1963:
“Summer Holiday” a musical with a score by Stanley Black premiered in London.
1963(14th
of Tevet, 5723): Sixty-eight-year-old Bohemia born painter turned photographer
Franz F. Planer the Oscar award nominated cinematographer whose works spanned
from the big out door western “The Big Country” to the Manhattan stylishness of
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” passed away today.
http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/planer.htm
1966(18th
of Tevet, 5726): Sixty-five-year-old CCNY trained certified public accountant
Maurice Shapiro, a “partner in Vengrove, Shapiro and Co., certified public
accountants and the author of Cost Accounting in Shoe Manufacturing who was the
husband of Bess Shapiro and the father of Ronnie Shapiro and Mrs. Carol Miller
died of a heart attack suffered while going to his office aboard the Long
Island Railroad.
1966:
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol “did not present his new cabinet to the Knesset” as
planned because “of a dispute between the “alignment” partners – Mapai and
Achdut Avoda – “over a division of portfolios in the new government.”
1971:
"Light, Lively & Yiddish" closed at the Belasco Theater in
New York City after 87 performances
1971(13th
of Tevet, 5731): Ninety-six-year-old Meir Bayuk, the Bialystok born son of J.
Moses Bayuk and Feiga (Fanny) Bayuk and the father of tobacco dealer and broker
Ford Meyer Bayuk passed away today in Miami, FL.
1972(23rd
of Tevet, 5732): Al Goodman died at the age of 81. This Russian born Jewish
musician was best known as the orchestra leader for the NBC Comedy Hour, a live
Sunday night television show that was quite popular in the 1950’s.
1972:
In South Africa, anti-apartheid activists Valerie Polakow and Leonard Surkansky
who later immigrated to Michigan, gave birth to Brown University graduate Shael
Polakow-Surkansky, “the president of the Bank Street College of Education
1974(16th
of Tevet, 5734): Eighty-five-year-old “Mrs. Carrie Strump Balaban, the widow of
movie-theatre mogul A.J. Balaban, “the author of her husband’s biography Continuous
Performance and founder of the A.J. Balaban Foundation who was the mother
of his three children – Ida Joy, Cherry Blossom and Bruce -- passed away today
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/01/11/79617818.pdf
http://archives.nypl.org/the/18638
1975:
The annual meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee came
to an end today in Rome.
1977:
“The Death of Richie” starring Robby Benson premiered on NBC tonight.
1978(2nd
of Shevat, 5738): Eighty-two-year-old Hannah Gluckstein, the painter simply
known as “Gluck” passed away today.
http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/gluck_A.pdf
https://jwa.org/thisweek/aug/13/1895/androgynous-artist-gluck-is-born
http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jewish-painter-to-be-honoured-as-20th-century-lgbt-icon/
1978:
The Jerusalem Post reported that "belt tightening" was the keynote of
the annual budget speech, made in the Knesset by Finance Minister Simcha
Ehrlich. He made it clear that 1978 would not be an easy year neither for the
economy, nor for the individual. He hoped, however, for a brighter 1980. The
budget was sharply denounced by the Bank of Israel which said that it must be
trimmed, as otherwise it would steeply increase inflationary pressures. In
spite of the advanced Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations which could end in a
total surrender of the whole Israel-occupied Sinai area, plots for private
housing at Yamit were reported to be selling very fast to numerous prospective
investors.
1979:
Billy Carter, brother of President Jimmy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic
remarks
1982:
Simon Shnirman, who would be sentenced to three years in prison, was arrested
today.
1982(15th
of Tevet, 5742): Lazar Weiner, prolific composer of Jewish and Yiddish music,
died at 84
1984:
“Foul-Ups, Bleeps and Blunders” hosted by Steve Lawrence and Don Rickles was
broadcast for the time on ABC.
1986(29th of Tevet, 5746): Ninety-one-year-old
Viennese born man of letters turned psychologist who co-authored Existence:
A New Dimension in Psychiatry and Psychology passed away today in Newark,
NJ.
1987:
Israeli jets rocketed Palestinian targets near Sidon today, and shellfire from
Christian militiamen shut down the Beirut airport again. Palestinian
guerrillas, many loyal to Yasir Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation
Organization, hold strategic positions around the village of Maghdusheh. The
Israeli attack followed the firing of a rocket into northern Israel on Tuesday.
The rocket damaged a building, but Israeli military censors did not allow
publication of other details about the attack, for which the P.L.O. took
responsibility. In Tel Aviv, a military spokesman said today that the targets
near Maghdusheh were the ''headquarters of Palestinian organizations used for
staging terror attacks.''
1989(4th
of Shevat, 5749): Seventy-nine-year-old Jerome Udell, the son of Harry and Rosa
Uditsky and the husband of Ethel Udell passed away today.
1989:
During the Intifada 2 Palestinian girls died today of head wounds from Israeli
gunfire, bringing to four the number of Palestinian teen-agers who have been
killed in the last 36 hours
1990:
The List of Newbury Honor Books published today included Hershel and the Hanukkah
Goblins illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman and written by Erick Kimmel which
was published by Holiday House.
1991:
Israel moved palpably closer to a war footing today as the Defense Ministry and
other officials alerted citizens that conflict in the Persian Gulf now appeared
likely, and that they should begin preparing for a possible Iraqi attack. The
military, already on high alert for the last several months, raised its level
of readiness even more by calling up selected reserve air force and
intelligence specialists. And civil defense officials began preparing an urgent
public information campaign "to start giving more information on what they
should do" in case of Iraqi attack, said Dani Naveh, the Defense Ministry
spokesman. Across the country today, Israelis flocked to stores, stocking up on
canned goods, bottled water, batteries and other war supplies. Repeating a
threat Iraq has issued many times, Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz warned on
Wednesday night that Iraq would "absolutely" draw Israel into any
gulf war. Defense Minister Moshe Arens, asked if he believed that the failed
American-Iraqi talks in Geneva made war more likely, said, "I think it is
permissible to say that, since there were expectations that something would
happen in Geneva." This morning, Israel's large circulation daily
newspaper, Yedioth Aharonoth, published a main headline declaring, "High
Alert!" But Israelis, long hardened to war, were far from panic. Still,
across the country, there was clearly heightened concern and a mass effort to
prepare. "It's selling fast," a sales clerk, Mirta Lev, said in a
Jerusalem office supply store, pointing to a fat roll of heavy plastic
sheeting. Israelis are using the material to seal windows against chemical
attack. Broadcasting Instructions Mr. Naveh said public service announcements
on radio and television would tell people what they should do to insulate a
room against poison-gas attack. The ads will also instruct people on the use of
the gas masks that have already been distributed to 3.5 million Israelis. In a
television appearance, Defense Minister Moshe Arens said, "I'd advise
everyone to listen to the radio, through which announcements to the public will
be made." Already, Israelis are mobbing grocery stores to stockpile
supplies. "People are buying baking soda and canned goods," said
Hannah Dani, deputy manager of a Jerusalem grocery store. A baking soda-soaked
rag is believed to be an effective filter against gas. "There's an
increase in buying, but they aren't panicking," she added. While Israelis
are preparing themselves for possible war, foreigners are fleeing. Most hotels
are nearly empty, and many embassies are sending nonessential employees home.
At the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv, the general manager, Raul Jacoby, said he
expected only 30 percent occupancy next week, compared with 70 to 80 percent at
this time last year. Other hotels told similar stories. But there was one
exception -- the King David in Jerusalem, a favored hotel for American Jewish
visitors. "At the moment we are 100 percent full," Joseph Heksch, the
general manager, said today. "But most of the guests are Jewish
organizations and solidarity groups." Over the last week American Jews in
solidarity groups have poured into Israel, to demonstrate their loyalty to
Israel. But Mr. Heksch said that "most of these groups plan to leave on
the 14th," the day before the United Nations deadline for Iraqi withdrawal
from Kuwait.
1992:
General release of “Grand Canyon” directed and produced by Lawrence Kasdan,
with a script “by Kasdan and his wife Meg.”
1994(27th
of Tevet, 5754): Yigal Hurvitz passed away. Born at Hahal Yehuda in 1918, he
served as a member of the Jewish Brigade during World War II. A member of Mapia
who joined the various parties founded by David Ben Gurion, Hurvitz was an MK
who held several ministerial positions including Minister of Finance.
1996:
Israel freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return for further assurances
from Arafat et al that there would be no return to violence.
1997(2nd
of Shevat, 5757): Actor, director, producer Sheldon Leonard passes away.
1997:
On the second day of the Red Sea International Music Festival, the venue moves
across the border from Eilat to Aqaba for the premiere of works commissioned
from Charbon Shalayev, a Tagikistani composer, and Oded Zehavi, an Israeli.
Also on that program will be Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Scheherazade,'' Mussorgsky's
''Night on Bald Mountain'' and Ippolitov-Ivanov's ''Caucasian Sketches.'' In
what the sponsors call a move to foster peace in the Middle East, the Red Sea
International Music Festival is being held at sites in both Israel and Jordan.
1999:
In “Biography: The Short Form,” published today Peter Ackroyd reviewed Marcel
Proust by Edmund White
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/10/reviews/990110.10ackryot.html
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/w/white-proust.html
1999:
The New York Times book section included reviews of Murder in the Name
of God: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin by Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman,
Brother Against Brother: Violence and Extremism in Israeli Politics From
Altalena to the Rabin Assassination by Ehud Sprinzak, Heart of a Wife: The
Diary of a Southern Jewish Woman by Helen Jacobus Apite; edited by Marcus D.
Rosenbaum and The Jew of New York by Ben Katchor.
2000:
One hundred thousand Israelis packed Rabin Square tonight to protest a
withdrawal from the Golan Heights that would be part of any peace agreement
with Syria.
2000
(3rd of Shevat, 5760): American producer Sam Jaffe passed away at the age of
99. Born in 1901, he “was, at different points in his career in the motion
picture industry, an agent, a producer and a studio executive. He was
brother-in-law to B.P. Schulberg which no doubt helped him get his first job at
Paramount. Jaffe began as an office boy for Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky
Company where he worked his way up through the ranks to become the executive in
charge of production. In the early 1930s he worked at Columbia Pictures briefly
before leaving to start his own talent agency. He successfully represented
several stars of the era, including Lauren Bacall, Peter Lorre, Humphrey
Bogart, Fredric March, David Niven, Zero Mostel, Richard Burton, and Stanley
Kubrick, until the 1950s when his business was negatively affected by
investigations of many of his clients by Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations.”
2000:
A recess takes place today in the U.S. sponsored peace talks between Israel and
Syria. The talks are scheduled to resume on January 19, 2000.
2001(15th
of Tevet, 5761): Forty-one-year-old painter Sarah Raphael, the daughter of
writer Frederic Raphael and the granddaughter of Irene Rose (née Mauser) and
Cedric Michael Raphael, passed away today.
http://www.clivejames.com/files/images/SR%20ModernPainters%20profile%20p1_0.pdf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1318137/Raphaels-artist-daughter-dies-suddenly-at-41.html
2002(26th
of Tevet, 5762): Eighty-six-year-old labor leader Moe Foner, the brother of
historians Philip and Jack Foner and the uncle of historian Eric Foner, passed
away today.
2003:
Israel’s Supreme Court “reinstated the candidacy of Azmi Bishara and Ahmad
Tibi, two Arab members of the Israeli Parliament who had been struck from the
ballot by the country's election on grounds that they had made statements that
demonstrated a fundamental opposition to the character and existence of the
Jewish state.”
2004(16th
of Tevet, 5764) Parashat Vayechi
2004:
Rabbi Fabian Schofeld, “who leads Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills” admits that
he could not run off his car alarm if it should accidentally go off today
because that would violate the laws of Shabbat” but he is also opposed to bills
that would outlaw the sale and installation of audible alarms because he wants
to protect his car from thieves.
2005:
Stephen Friedman, the former Cornell University wrestler and Columbia trained
attorney Stephen Friedman competed his service as the “5th Director
of the National Economic Council” today.
2005(29th
of Tevet, 5765): Ninety-three-year-old Berlin born British cinematographer
Erwin Hiller passed away today in London.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erwin-hillier-484840.html
2005:
New York City native and Columbia trained attorney Stephen Friedman completed
his services as the 5th Director of the National Economic Council.
2005:
Ophir Pines-Paz began serving as Internal Affairs Minister.
2005:
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer began serving as Minister of National Infrastructure
2005:
Avrhaham Hirschson replaced Gideon Ezra as Minister of Tourism.
2005:
Dalia Itzik replaced Ehud Olmert as Communications Minister.
2005:
Isaac Herzog replaced Tzipi Livini as Housing and Construction Minister.
2005:
Shimon Peres begins serving as Vice Prime Minister.
2005:
Ninety-five-year-old Ursula Hoff, the daughter of “Hans Leopold Hoff,
Hamburg-based German Jewish merchant, and his wife, née Thusnelde Margarethe
(Tussi) Bulcke, of a German Lutheran” who had fled Germany when Hitler came to
power passed away today.
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/obituary-ursula-hoff-ao-obe-1909-2005/
2006:
Shimon Peres began serving as Minister for the Development of the Negev and
Galilee.
200610th
of Tevet, 5766): Asara B'Tevet: Observance of the Tenth of Tevet, a minor fast
day marking the start of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem that would end on
the ninth day of Av with the destruction of the Temple.
2006
(10 Tevet): On the secular calendar Judith Sharon Rosenstein (nee Levin) passed
away. Known to one and all as Judy, she truly was an Ashit Chayil, “A Woman of
Valor.” A devoted wife, loving mother, doting grandmother, faithful friend as
well as daughter and sister extraordinaire, Judy is a gift to all who are
fortunate enough to be part of her life. “And her children called her
‘Blessed’.” May her name always be remembered!
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=16295521
2007:
Alejandro Springall’s film “My Mexican Shivah” or “Morirse esta en hebreo”
based on a novella by Ilan Stavans premieres at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade
Theater as the opening entry of the New York Jewish Film Festival.
2007:
Jamie Raskin began serving as a member of the Maryland State Senate having
defeated Ida Rubin who had held the seat for twenty years.
2007: Labor leader Amir Peretz announced that Raleb
Majadele would be appointed Minister of Science, Culture and Sport
2007(20th
of Tevet, 5767): "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the
entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet
anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of
Lubavitch Jews, passed away at the age of 106. "She was small in size -
less than 5 feet tall - but a giant in stature," Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
said.For decades, the bubbe (grandmother in Yiddish) dispensed wisdom to
thousands in her Brooklyn neighborhood who came seeking her guidance. Her advice
came from decades of trial by fire. According to a Lubavitch biography of Bubbe
Maryasha, her father was killed in a pogrom, or organized massacre, in Czarist
Russia when she was 5, and her grandparents, with whom she and her mother
lived, were subsequently executed. Years later, under Soviet rule, Garelik, her
husband and their small children were evicted from their apartment into the
deep snow because he refused to do factory work on the Jewish Sabbath. As a
Jewish underground operative, he was arrested in the 1930s during Stalin's
rule, then shot. (His wife did not know exactly what happened to him until
1998, when his fate was revealed in an unsealed Soviet secret police file).
"She was a lone person who stood up to a regime that shot her husband in
cold blood in a field," Kotlarsky said. "She was left with six
children, ages 1 to 14, and she persevered and raised them by herself, with
ethical and moral integrity." When authorities warned her against lighting
the Sabbath candles, Garelik fled with her children. The family moved six times
in three years due to harassment from Soviet authorities; one home was a
stable. But she was resourceful, growing potatoes in back of a synagogue to
feed her family - with enough left over to pay for the dilapidated synagogue to
be fixed. When an acquaintance tried to persuade her to send her children to
the Communist public school, she said emphatically: "Stalin will be torn
down before my children are indoctrinated that way," as quoted by her
granddaughter Henya Laine, who is now herself a grandmother in Brooklyn. By
1941, when the Germans advanced onto Soviet soil, Garelik and her brood escaped
to Uzbekistan, where she made and sold socks to survive. In 1946, they ended up
in a detention camp in Germany. After the war, she moved to Paris, where she
established a Lubavitch Jewish girls' school that still exists. She immigrated
to the United States in 1953, helping to start a Brooklyn organization whose
members visited the sick, and a boys' school for which she collected money into
old age. God gave her "two healthy feet," she would say. "I can
walk; I can take care of myself and help others."
2008:
In Kensington, Maryland, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks reads from her
new novel, People of the Book, a work of historic fiction built around The
Sarajevo Haggadah.
2008:
After leaving Israel, President George W. Bush visits the Palestinian city of
Ramallah where he said that refugees should receive compensation for the loss
of homes they fled or were forced to flee during the establishment of Israel
and declared that should be an end to Israel’s “occupation” of lands seized in
war four decades ago.
2009:
With the reading of “Vayechi,” completion of the reading of Bereshit (Genesis).
2009:
Vandals struck four Chicago-area synagogues early this morning, shattering
glass doors and windows with bricks and rocks and spray-painting anti-Israel
graffiti.
2009
(14 Tevet, 5769): Edmund de Rothschild, a merchant banker from the renowned
banking family’s British branch who led the development of a major
hydroelectric project in Labrador while helping his firm expand globally and
opening it to people outside his family, passed away at his home at the age of
93. Mr. de Rothschild helped put together what in the early 1950s was the
largest project ever undertaken by private enterprise, the giant hydroelectric
development. The story began when Joseph R. Smallwood, premier of Newfoundland,
which governs Labrador, personally asked Winston Churchill to help arrange for
British investment in the project in 1953. Mr. Smallwood said he hoped the
British would develop something like the East India Company or the Hudson’s Bay
Company. Mr. Smallwood next met with Anthony de Rothschild, who then headed the
British Rothschilds’ business, and with Edmund, Anthony’s nephew. As a result,
Edmund put together a consortium of seven Canadian and American companies to
develop mineral, timber and hydroelectric power resources in an area bigger
than England and Wales combined. After many years of political and economic
twists and turns, the project, at Churchill Falls (originally named Hamilton
Falls), began operating in 1971 as the second-largest hydroelectric plant in
North America. Edmund de Rothschild made more than 400 trips to Canada in
pushing the project to completion. Mr. de Rothschild also changed the corporate
structure of the Rothschild partnership to open it to people from outside the
family. He made Rothschild a significant factor in the birth of the Eurobond
market, and oversaw the firm’s considerable expansion internationally,
particularly to Japan. Edmund Leopold de Rothschild was born on Jan. 2, 1916,
in London, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. After he
graduated, his father, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, paid for an 18-month trip
around the world, The Daily Telegraph reported in its obituary. Edmund went
big-game hunting in Africa and rode horseback over the Andes, and told of his
adventures in a book, “Window on the World” (1949).He returned from the trip to
work at the family firm until World War II. He joined an artillery regiment in
the British Army, and served in France, North Africa and Italy, where he was
injured. Mr. de Rothschild returned to the firm, where, since the death of his
father, his uncle Anthony had been the sole partner. “My knowledge of banking
was nonexistent,” The Telegraph quoted him as saying. When Anthony had a stroke
in 1955, Edmund effectively took over. He headed both Rothschild Continuation
Holdings, the Rothschilds’ holding company based in Switzerland, and the
family’s London operation, N. M. Rothschild and Sons.
2010:
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington is scheduled to present
“How Ain't Misbehavin' Became a Broadway Classic” with guest speaker Murray
Horwitz ,playwright, co-writer of hit Broadway show Ain't Misbehavin', and a
commentator for National Public Radio.
2010:
As part of the History of Genocide Initiative, The Center for Jewish History
and American Society for Jewish Music is scheduled to present: Imagination and
Catastrophe: Art and the Aftermath of Genocide, co-sponsored by American Jewish
Historical Society and Yeshiva University Museum.
2010:
The New York Times featured reviews of books by Jewish authors and/or of
special interest to Jewish readers including The Citizen’s Constitution: An
Annotated Guide by Seth Lipsky and the recently release paperback edition of
Hitler’s Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life by Timothy W. Ryback.
2010:
Opening Route 443 to Palestinian traffic could lead to the "total
collapse" of Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, a Transportation
Ministry representative told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee today.
2010:
Two sisters from Tel Aviv, now in their 80s, were given Franz Kafka's
manuscripts by their mother, who received them as a gift from Kafka's good
friend Max Brod, according to a report submitted to the court today by the
executor of the estate of the mother, Esther Hoffe.
2010:
The University of Haifa issued a press release stating that the text found at
Khirbet Qeiyafa was a social statement relating to slaves, widows and orphans.
According to this interpretation, the text "uses verbs that were
characteristic of Hebrew, such as asah ("did") and `avad
("worked"), which were rarely used in other regional languages.
Particular words that appear in the text, such as almanah ("widow")
are specific to Hebrew and are written differently in other local languages.
The content itself, it is argued, was also unfamiliar to all the cultures in
the region besides that of Hebrew society. It was further maintained that the
present inscription yielded social elements similar to those found in the
biblical prophecies markedly different from those current in by other cultures
that write of the glorification of the gods and taking care of their physical
needs."[28][31] Gershon Galil claims that the language of inscription is
Hebrew and that 8 out of 18 words written on inscription are exclusively
biblical. He also claimed that 30 major archeological scholars do support this
thesis.
2011:
NOA who is Achinoam Nini, Israel's leading international concert and recording
artist, is scheduled to perform at The City Winery in New York City.
2010:
Karen Armstrong, author of Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life and A History
of God, Islam, and Buddha is scheduled to speak at the Historic 6th & I
Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
2011:
Israel's leading international concert and recording artist, Tel Aviv native
Achinoam Nini, who performs under the name of NOA, is scheduled to appear at
The Winery in New York City.
2011:
Contemporary Dance Workshop with Israeli born dancer and choreographer Dana
Ruttenberg is scheduled to take place at the Peridance Capezio Center in New
York.
2011:
People of decency and conscience mourn those murdered and wounded in Tucson,
Arizona, including Gabriel “Gabby” Giffords, the Jewish congresswoman from
Arizona who was the target of the assassination. Others, who have published
maps targeting the congresswoman with a gun-sight and calling on their
followers not to retreat but “to reload” claim that there is no connection
between their rhetoric and this latest act of violence.
2010:
Three Kassam rockets were fired into Israeli territory and exploded in the Hof
Ashkelon Regional this evening. The rockets fell in an open area and did not
cause any injuries or damage.
2011:
It was revealed today that the overall moratorium on legal actions that could
change the status quo of conversions in Israel has been extended by another six
months in a deal brokered by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and Cabinet
Secretary Zvi Hauser.
2011:
The Kadima faction stated today that it will oppose the proposal to establish a
parliamentary commission of inquiry to investigate the funding and activities
of left-wing organizations.
2012:
W.W. Norton and the Leo Baeck Institute are scheduled to present “Joseph Roth,
A Life in Letters” -- a panel discussion of Roth’s literary legacy moderated by
W.W. Norton executive editor Robert Weil and featuring New Yorker fiction
editor Willing Davidson, the author and record producer Anthony Heilbut, and
author Fran Lebowitz.
2012:
A panel discussion featuring Michael Freund Beata Schulman and Max Jackl
entitled “The Hidden Jews of the Holocaust: Poland’s Re-emerging Jewish
Community is scheduled to take place at the th 92nd Street Y in NYC.
2013:
The storm battering the Jewish state which is “the fiercest Israel has seen in
two decades, is expected to let up” this afternoon.
2013:
Yeshiva University Museum is scheduled to present “Judaism and the Invention of
Christian Art.”
2013:
“Finding Barb,” a musical comedy about one Jewish girl's unorthodox quest for
love, is scheduled to be shown in Los Angeles
2013:
“Lies in the Closet” is scheduled to be shown at the Jerusalem Jewish Film
Festival
2013:
“Kol Nidre” is scheduled to be shown at the New York Jewish Film Festival
2013:
President Obama announced that he is appointing current Chief of Staff and
former OMB Director Jack Lew, who is an Orthodox Jew, to be the nation’s next
secretary of the Treasury.
2013:
Dr. Zvi Yvetz, the award-winning professor of ancient history at Tel Aviv
University whose family was wiped out during the Holocaust was buried today at
Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak.
2013:
My Neighbor Hitler: Memories of a Jewish Child by 88 year old Edgar
Feuchtwagner and French journalist Bertil Scal “is due out in French bookstores
today.” (JTA)
2013:
Two Israeli films were nominated for the 85th Academy Awards' Best Documentary
Feature category today, The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras.
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=299126
2014:
The Jewish Community Center of Northern version is scheduled to host “Mister
Benny,” a dramatized version of the life of Jack Benny.
2014:
President Barack Obama nominated Stanley Fischer to be Vice-Chairman of the US
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2014:
Beth Schafer is scheduled to perform during Friday night services at Beth
Chaverim in Ashburn, VA.
2014(8th
of Shevat, 5774): Sixty-two-year-old Vermont State Senator Sally G. Fox passed
away today in Burlington, VT.
http://www.jewishomaha.org/jewish-press/2014/sally-g-fox/
2014:
Caesarea native Karen Ann Zeidel is scheduled to perform at Le Poisson Rouge
2014:
“Out of Israel” Dance Festival is scheduled to begin at the 92nd
Street Y.
2014(8th
of Shevat, 5774): Seventeen-year-old Sam Berns who became the “public face of
progeria” passed away today. (As reported by Margalit Fox)
2014:
In Tel Aviv, authorities unveiled “a memorial honoring gays and lesbians
persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.”
2014:
President Obama nominated Stanley Fischer to serve as vice chair of the Federal
Reserve meaning that the two top spots at the “U.S. central bank” will be Jews.
2014:
According to reports first published today in Maariv “Jerusalem tour guides
discovered what they believe is a water tunnel from biblical times.”
2014:
A vehicle driven Colonel Yoav Harom, commander of the Samaria Brigade was
damaged by “unknown assailants in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.”
2015(19th
of Tevet, 5775): Begin reading Shemot, the 2nd book of the Torah
2015(19th
of Tevet, 5775): Ninety-six-year-old historian and political theorist Harry V.
Jaffa
2015:
Israeli flutist, composer and arranger Hadar Noiberg
is scheduled to perform at the Winter Jazz Fest in New York.
2015: The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia is
scheduled to host an evening with Quin Tangp which “intersperses its sizzling
music with narratives about Eastern European immigrants in Argentina, why a
shabbos goy became one of the greatest names in tango, and how the second
largest Jewish community in the world contributed more to tango than just
music.”
2015: Nadine Bommer Theater Dance is scheduled to perform today
during the 2015 Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference.
2015: Israeli basketball player Gal Mekel must be retained as of
today by the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans “in order to have his salary guaranteed
for the season.”
2015: In Broomfield, CO, the OHALA Shabbaton is scheduled to come
to an end this evening.
2015: Tonight, “several thousand people participated in a vigil
for the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket.”
2015: According to a list released today by the CRIF umbrella
group of the French Jewish communities the four people murdered at the kosher
market in Paris yesterday were Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, Phillipe Barham and
Francoise-Michel Saada – Baruch Dayan Ha’emet (As reported by JTA and Times of
Israel)
2015: “Tens of thousands of Israelis made their way to the Golan
Heights, the Galilee, Gush Etzion and even the Carmel Mountain this morning to
enjoy the accumulating snowfall of the last few days.”
2015: Julian Edelman, who is usually the one who catches the
passes, threw a fifty-one-yard touchdown pass – the first in his NFL career –
as the Pats beat the Ravens in the tonight’s playoff game.
2016:
The New York Times features reviews
of books by Jewish authors and/or of special interest to Jewish readers
including The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative
Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley by Eric Weiner, The
Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America From the Age of the
Pullman Porters to the Age of Obama by Ethan Michaeli and The Idealist:
Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet by Justin Peters
2016:
The Broadway Baby Concert featuring Efrat Raz and Eliah Zabaly is scheduled to
take place at the AISJ School in Jerusalem.
2016:
In Galveston, the Texas Jewish Historical Society Winter Board Meeting is
scheduled to come to an end.
2016:
As part of its Distinguished Scholars Series, Tikvat Israel Congregation is
scheduled to host Professor Jerry Z. Muller to speak on “Capitalism and the
Jews.
2016:
he Center for Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Society, Yeshiva
University Museum, YIVO Institute, The Jewish Museum, East European Jewish
Affairs, University of Colorado Boulder Program in Jewish Studies, and
Routledge Press are scheduled to present a symposium on “Jewish Museums in the
21st Century.”
2016:
Eighty-year-old Hungarian born Canadian journalist and author George Jonas
passed away today. (As reported by Bruce Weber)
https://web.archive.org/web/20151006145105/http://www.georgejonas.ca/biography
2017:
“The State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda,” an exhibition that
highlights Nazis use of propaganda “win broad voter support, implement radical
programs, justify war and mass murder” is scheduled to open in New York.
2017:
The confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s nominees which will
eventually include Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury are scheduled to
begin today at the same time that questions of potential conflict of interest
surrounding the appointment of Jarded Kushner remain to be answered
2018:
Today “ahead of an investigative report released by St. Louis CBS affiliate
KMOV the same evening, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens publicly disclosed that
he had engaged in an extramarital affair with his hairstylist in 2015.”
2018:
Counter-terrorism expert Steve Gar is scheduled to speak at the Iowans
Supporting Israel Luncheon in Des Moines, IA.
2018:
Jacob Wisse, director of YUM, is scheduled to lead a tour through the Yeshiva
University Museum’s exhibition “The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to Rome, and
Back.”
2019:
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is to host “Witnessing the
Struggle for Justice” which is a “commemoration of the Bosnian Genocide.”
2019:
“Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People” is scheduled to be shown at the New York
Jewish Film Festival today.
2019(4th
of Shevat, 5779): On the Jewish calendar “Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisrael
Abuchatzeira, the great Sephardic sage and kabbalist known as the Baba Sali.”
http://www.aish.com/dijh/Shevat_4.html
2020:
In Santa Rosa, CA, Copperfield’s Books is scheduled to host author any Andy
Weinberger as he talks about his latest work, An Old Man’s Game.
2020:
Israel is scheduled to complete the release of two Syrian prisoners “which is
believed to be the last installment in the deal that saw Russia returned the
body of Zachary Baumel
2020:
The fierce storms that have brought record rainfall to northern Israel over the
last two weeks are expected to continue today.
2020(13th
of Tevet): On the Jewish calendar Yahrzeit of Rabbi Menahem Eliezer of Minsk,
author of Yair Kino
2021: The Office of Cultural Affairs of the
Consulate General of Israel in New York is scheduled to host a performance by
former Batsheva Dance Company member Shamel Pitts in an encore performance of
“State of Darkness.”
2021: AICF Board member Joe Hollander is scheduled
to host “an exclusive live performance and chat with internationally renowned
Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and AICF former grant recipient David
Broza!”
2021: The American Sephardi Federation, the
Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging, and
the Shearith Israel League Foundation are scheduled to present:New York Ladino
Day 2021:Adelantre / Onward!”
2021: The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown
Virtual Book Club is schedule to a host a discussion with Arian Neumann the
author of When Time Stopped: A Memoir of my Father’s War and What Remains.
2021: In Columbus, OH, Tifereth Israel is scheduled
to host via zoom “Siddur and Torah Trope” where attendees “learn how to lead
parts of the Shabbat morning service and chant the notes of the Torah.
2021: Based on reports published yesterday, Gideon
Sa'ar, the former longtime Likud lawmaker who last month made a splash by
forming his own party, is strengthening his position in the upcoming election
because he has added Michal Diamant former Likud prime minister Yitzhak
Shamir’s granddaughter to his ranks.
2022: Congregation Beth Elohim is scheduled to
present, online, the second session of the “Simcha (Joy) Circle.”
2022: Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest
(jewishclimatefest.org), Urban Adamah and Congregation Netivot Shalom are
scheduled to present “Going With the Flow: Shmita Wisdom to Protec Our Water
and Climate.”
2022: The Cantors Assembly is scheduled to present
“Seven Plus Decades of Israeli Music” with “Naomi Shemer who is often consider
one of the most important creators of the classic Israeli sound.”
2022: The Tikvah Center Jewish Parents Forum is
scheduled to present “The Creative Jewish Parent,” “a conversation with Dara
Horn and Eric Cohen
2022: The American Sephardi Federation if scheduled
to present a virtual tour of the Babylonian Heritage Center in Or Yehuda with
Nachliel Selavan.
2022: The London School of Jewish Studies is
scheduled to present the first session of “Modern Jewish Literature” taught by
Dr. Aviva Dautch.
2022: Since the beginning of January, 114,390
Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus, beating the tally of the
previous three months combined — 42,754 in December, 14,923 in November and
44,993 in October — as the country grapples with a record-smashing COVID-19 outbreak.
(As reported by Yaron Druckman and Adir
Yanko)
2023: The JCCSF is scheduled to host “The Velvet
Underground: Rock’s Greatest Hitless Band” during which “Rock historian Richie
Unterberger presents and discusses film clips of the group’s incomparable
songs, which blend rock, blues, jazz and classical music with daring poetic
lyrics from Jewish singer/songwriter and founding member Lou Reed.”
2023: In Cedar Rapids, IA, Temple Judah is
scheduled to host the next study session of People Love Dead Jews.
2023: The Lappin Foundation is scheduled to
present, online, “The Influencers, Part 2: Menachem Begin, Shimon Peres, Ariel
Sharon & Benjamin Netanyahu.”
2023: In New Orleans, the National Council of
Jewish Women is scheduled to host a member event.
2023: Based on previously published information
Israel as of today Israel seems to be ripe for a social and political with the
Prime Minister defending his judicial reforms and opposition leaders Benny
Gantz and Yair Lapid calling for protests “in the streets” and “en masse”
demonstrations. (As reported by Carrie Keller-Lynn)
2024: In Cedar Rapids, IA, Brian Cohen is scheduled
to chair the board meeting at Temple Judah.
2024: In another lecture in the "Emmanuel
Levinas with Beloved Poets and Writers" lecture series, which will take
place at Yedidya Synagogue in Jerusalem, Rabbi Daniel Epstein is scheduled to discuss
Emanuel Levinas' ideas of ethics, following Vasily Grossman's book "Life
and Fate".
2024: Temple Judea is scheduled to host a learn
over lunch with Rabbi Feivel leading a discussion on “Jewish Mysticism.”
2024: Lockdown University is scheduled to host a
lecture by Trudy old on “Two Extraordinary Women: Emma Goldman and Golda Meir.”
2024: Yeshiva University Museum is scheduled to
present “YU Museum Director Gabriel Goldstein for a guided tour of The Golden
Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries, illuminating the life and impact of
the multifaceted luminary and great Jewish sage across continents and cultures
through rare manuscripts and books.”
2024: The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
is scheduled to host an “author event” during which Corie Admi is scheduled to
discuss her newest novel, The Marriage Box, which follows protagonist
Casey Cohen, a carefree 16-year-old cheerleader who gets in with the wrong
crowd and is abruptly relocated from the Big Easy to the Big Apple, where she
is suddenly pulled into an unfamiliar, insular world of Shabbat dinners, religious
school, and marriage prospects.
2024: The New York Jewish Film Festival is
scheduled to open at Lincoln Center.
2024: As January 10th begins in Israel,
the Hamas held hostages begin day 96 in captivity. (Editor’s note: this
situation is too fluid for this blog to cover so we are just providing a
snapshot as of the posting at midnight Israeli time.)
