Operation Barbarossa Begins, 1941
OTDJH: June 22, 1941 https://www.instagram.com/p/CfIAT5qri-Z/ Operation Barbarossa began and with it, the Holocaust by bullets. Despite…
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Month: November 2023
Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi is Born, 1510
On This Day in Jewish History: June 20, 1510 On this day in Jewish history, 20 June 1510, converso Jewish legend and philanthropist Doña…
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Bialystok Pogrom, 1906
On This Day in Jewish History: June 16th, 1906 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgRhbyFO0t/ . . Today marks the end of the Bialystok…
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Haganah is Created, 1920
On This Day in Jewish History: June 15th, 1920 ⚔ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdo3V-lAMI/ . . 100 years ago today, The Haganah (The…
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Lag Ba’Omer, 5780
On This Day in Jewish History: 18th of Iyar, 5780 // May 11th, 2020 . Lag Ba’Omer, 5780 . The 33rd day of the count between the Exodus…
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Dovid Katz, Trailblazing Yiddish Linguist and Combatant of “Double Genocide” Theory, is Born, 1956
On This Day in Jewish History: May 9, 1956 https://www.instagram.com/p/COrVp7WNCLE/ Katz was born and raised in New York City into a…
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is Born, 1954
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was born on this day in Brooklyn in 1954. The child of Hungarian-Jewish and Syrian-Jewish parents, the latter of…
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Death Marches from Dachau Begin, 1945
On This Day in Jewish History: April 26, 1945 On this day, April 26, 1945, death marches from Dachau began.. The march from Dachau…
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Israeli Singer, Ofra Haza, Passes Away, 2000
OTDJH: February 23, 2000 https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUwYv2tepR/ On this day, 2000, Israeli-Yemenite Jewish icon, Ofra Haza, passed away….
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Tosia Altman, Jewish Resistance Fighter, is born, 1919
On This Day in Jewish History: August 24th, 1919 Tosia Altman was born in Lipno, Poland in 1919. In her early years, she was an active…
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