HistoryAugust 13, 2020
Israel and the United Arab Emirates Agree to Normalize Relations
On August 13, 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to full diplomatic relations. The treaty was signed on September 15.
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HistoryJanuary 6, 2020
AJC Holds the First JewishandProud Day
On January 6, 2020, the American Jewish Committee asked Jews and their neighbors to mark JewishandProud Day in public.
HistoryApril 30, 2012
Benzion Netanyahu Dies
Benzion Netanyahu died at his home in Jerusalem on 30 April 2012. He was 102.
HistoryAugust 1, 2006
Michael Levin Is Killed in Lebanon
On 1 August 2006, Staff Sergeant Michael Levin, a paratrooper from Pennsylvania, was killed in Lebanon.
HistoryFebruary 1, 2003
Columbia Breaks Apart, Killing Ilan Ramon
On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry. Israeli payload specialist Ilan Ramon died with the crew.
HistoryJuly 13, 2000
Jan Karski Dies
On this day, July 13, 2000, Jan Karski died in Washington. The Polish courier had carried eyewitness reports of the Warsaw ghetto and the murder of Polish Jews to Allied governments.
HistorySeptember 13, 1993
Israel and the PLO Sign the Oslo Declaration
On September 13, 1993, Yitzhak Rabin and Mahmoud Abbas signed the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn.
HistoryApril 24, 1990
The House Acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
On 24 April 1990, the House of Representatives voted to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
HistoryFebruary 16, 1987
Demjanjuk Trial Opens in Jerusalem
On this day, February 16, 1987, John Demjanjuk’s trial opened in Jerusalem. Prosecutors charged that he was the Treblinka guard known as Ivan the Terrible. That identification was later overturned.
HistoryJanuary 28, 1986
Judith Resnik Dies on Challenger
On January 28, 1986, Judith Resnik died with the crew of the space shuttle Challenger.
History17 March 1969
Golda Meir Becomes Prime Minister of Israel
On this day, March 17, 1969, Golda Meir presented the government that made her Israel’s first woman prime minister, succeeding Levi Eshkol.
HistoryAugust 7, 1955
Bar-Ilan University Opens
On this day, August 7, 1955, Bar-Ilan University opened in Ramat Gan. The plan had been formed by American Mizrachi leaders around 1950.
HistoryMarch 26, 1953
Jonas Salk Announces a Polio Vaccine
On this day, March 26, 1953, Jonas Salk announced on CBS radio that a killed-virus polio vaccine had shown promising early results, not yet ready for general use.
HistoryNovember 29, 1947
The United Nations Votes to Partition Palestine
On November 29, 1947, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 by 33 votes to 13, with 10 abstentions.
HistoryMarch 5, 1947
Nuremberg Justice Trial Opens
On this day, March 5, 1947, the United States opened the Justice Case in Nuremberg against German judges and prosecutors.
HistoryMay 5, 1945
U.S. Troops Liberate Mauthausen
On this day, May 5, 1945, a U.S. Army reconnaissance unit reached Mauthausen. Larger Third Army units arrived in the following days.
HistoryJuly 16, 1943
Saul Raphael Landau Dies
Saul Raphael Landau, a Zionist journalist and lawyer, died in New York on 16 July 1943.
HistoryApril 19, 1943
Bermuda Conference on Refugees Opens
On this day, April 19, 1943, British and American delegates opened a closed conference in Bermuda on wartime refugees. It produced no rescue program.
HistoryDecember 11, 1941
Hitler Declares War on the United States
On this day, December 11, 1941, Germany declared war on the United States, four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
HistoryFebruary 17, 1925
Florence Prag Kahn Is Elected to Congress
On 17 February 1925, Florence Prag Kahn won a special election and became the first Jewish woman in Congress.
HistoryDecember 28, 1918
Eta Wrobel Is Born
On this day, December 28, 1918, Eta Wrobel was born in Łuków, Poland. She later helped lead a Jewish partisan unit.
HistoryFebruary 23, 1913
Solomon Schechter Founds the United Synagogue of America
On this day, February 23, 1913, Solomon Schechter founded the United Synagogue of America, later the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
HistoryMarch 25, 1911
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York killed 146 workers.
HistoryJuly 17, 1862
U.S. Law Opens the Army Chaplaincy to Rabbis
On this day, July 17, 1862, U.S. Army chaplain law opened the chaplaincy to regularly ordained ministers of any religious denomination, including rabbis.
HistoryJanuary 18, 1854
Judah Touro Dies
On this day, January 18, 1854, Judah Touro died in New Orleans. His will funded Jewish congregations, civic institutions, and relief in Ottoman Palestine.
HistoryMarch 22, 1851
Mordecai Manuel Noah Dies
On March 22, 1851, Mordecai Manuel Noah died in New York. In 1825 he had tried to found a Jewish refuge called Ararat.
HistoryJanuary 31, 1848
Nathan Straus Is Born
On January 31, 1848, Nathan Straus was born in Otterberg, Bavaria. He later co-owned Macy’s and funded pasteurized milk.
HistoryMay 28, 1773
Rabbi Carigal Preaches in Newport
On this day, May 28, 1773, Rabbi Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carigal preached a Shavuot sermon in Newport that became the first published American Jewish sermon.
History8 April 1730 (Julian)
Shearith Israel Consecrates the Mill Street Synagogue
On 8 April 1730, the seventh day of Passover, Congregation Shearith Israel consecrated its Mill Street synagogue, the first purpose-built synagogue in continental North America. British New York still used the Julian calendar.
HistoryJuly 27, 1655
Jews in New Amsterdam Request a Cemetery
On this day, July 27, 1655, Jews in New Amsterdam asked for a burial ground. The colonial council refused, saying there was no need yet.