The 6 Day War, 1967
On This Day in Jewish History: June 5th, 1967 Israel pre-emptively strikes the grounded Egyptian Air Force to spark what one week later…
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Modi Alon Saves Tel Aviv, 1948
On This Day in Jewish History: June 3rd, 1948. ✈️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-312RlcyX/ . . Mordechai “Modi” Alon, one of…
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Farhud, 1941
On This Day in Jewish History: June 1st, 1941. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5lhAAlxvY/ . The beginning of the end of Iraqi Jewish…
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Emmanuel Lasker Becomes Youngest World Chess Champion, 1894
On This Day in Jewish History: May 26th, 1894 ♟ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqOO5SFzVw/ . . The son of a German-Jewish family, Emmanuel…
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Beginning of Chmielnicki Pogroms, 1648
On This Day in Jewish History: May 25th, 1648. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnlCcxFXQr/ . Reader’s discretion is advised. The content…
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Levi’s Jeans Patent Obtained, 1873
On This Day in Jewish History: May 20th, 1873. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAavNkxA-Be/ . 2 Jewish businessmen named Levi Strauss (L) &…
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Execution of Eli Cohen, 1965
On This Day in Jewish History: May 18th, 1965. . Nadia sheli, I’m not sure you’ll ever read this letter and my hand can barely move from…
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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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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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