JUNE 11 In Jewish History
1509: Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and
Katherine of Aragon. Before marrying Henry, the Spanish made him promise that
he would never permit Jews to live in his Kingdom. Henry agreed which was no big deal at the
time since Jews had been officially banished from the realm for centuries. In one of those ironic twists of history,
Henry would rely on the book of Leviticus when seeking to divorce
Katherine. He sought support from Rabbis
in Italy whose interpretation of the divine text might be different from the
prelates in England. The Italian Rabbis
did not jump at the opportunity to bail out the English monarch since they had
no desire of angering the “Bishop of Rome” who had power over their existence.
1590: The entire Jewish quarter of Posen which was
built almost entirely of wood burned while the gentile population watched and
pillaged. Fifteen people died and eighty scrolls were burned.
1774:
Jews in Algeria escape the attacks of the Spanish army.
1807:
Curacao businessman Moses Levy Maduro Peixotto landed in North America. He would not be able to return to Curacao and
settled in New York where he served as the Rabbi for Congregation Shearith
Israel
1834:
Lewin Aron
(`Libesch') Pinner, who served as a rabbi in Bombst and Wronke became a
naturalized citizen of Posen under the terms of the Emancipation Act of 1834.
1835:
Congregation B'nai Israel laid the cornerstone for the first synagogue to be
built in Cincinnati, Ohio. The congregation would hire Max Lilienthal as its
Rabbi in June of 1855.
1852:
An column entitled “America’s Mail – Some Additional Items” included a copy of
Lionel Rothschild’s “address to the independent electors of London” in which he
thanked them for their twice electing him to the House of Commons even though
he has been denied his right to take his seat in Parliament and soliciting
their support in the upcoming election so that the will of the people will hold
sway and he will finally be seated.
1857:
An article entitled "Moral and Religious," subtitled "Denominations
in London," published today reports that according to Mr. Low's Handbook
to Places of Worship London has 11 synagogues with 8,642 seats.
1859:
Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, who served as Austria’s foreign minister
for nearly forty years, passed away. Metternich’s dealings with Jews were as
devious and Machiavellian as were his dealings with anybody else. Metternich was careful not to pursue
anti-Jewish policies that would offend the powerful Salomon Rothschild. He did come to the defense of the Jews during
the Damascus Blood Libel. But Heinrich
Graetz, the Jewish historian who lived during the Metternich Era, viewed him
negatively saying that Metternich was prone to treat the Jews in a manner consistent
with Maria Theresa rather than with the benevolence shown by Emperor Joseph II.
During the Napoleonic era Metternich said of the Jews, “I fear that” they “will
believe Napoleon to be their promised Messiah.”
1859:
A major silver strike known as the Comstock Lode is discovered in Nevada. David H. Cohen was one of several who Jews
worked “as ordinary muckers and miners” where they earned four dollars for
spending 12 hours beneath the earth.
Adolph Sutro was a self-taught engineer who tried to bring modern
technology to the mining operations.
This included the building of the Sutro Tunnel which a “passageway”
designed to improve ventilation in the mines while providing an easier way to
haul the ore and drain excess water.
1859:
Disraeli was replaced by his arch-rival William Gladstone as Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
1865:
Frederick
Knefler is mustered out of the Union Army with the rank of Brevet Brigadier
General. He had joined the army in 1861 with the rank of Lieutenant.
1870:
The funeral of Mrs. D. Dinkelspiel, the wife of the Treasurer of the Hebrew
Mutual Benefit Society is scheduled to be held this morning at Number 7, West
53rd St.
1871:
It was reported today that the Jewish Times has taken issue with criticism
published in some Connecticut newspapers of the fact that a rabbi had been
asked to lead the opening prayer at the state legislature. The Times contended Protestant, Catholic or
Jew could call upon the Divine to provide support for the legislators and that
anybody who questioned that was neither a Christian nor a gentleman.
1871:
The Notes and News column reported on the efforts of Polish authorities to
enforce the new Russian rules that require the Jews to give up their
traditional garb and hairstyle – including the requirement that they shave
their beards, cut off their side curls, give up their long coats and their
short pants. The Jews are resisting the changes and the authorities are
resorting to trickery and force to accomplish their goals.
1872:
According to an article entitled “Jews versus Christians” published today that
the efforts of various societies, many of which are located in England, to
convert Jews have met with “very limited success.” Most Jews do not respond to these expensive
attempts and the few that do “are of a sort whose private life and reputation
does not render them very valuable acquisitions as citizens.” The article continues with a repute of the
attacks on the Jews of Smyrna and suggests that the money might be better spent
teaching the Christians of Smyrna to behave like Christians. The article concludes that considering the
Christian violence in Smyrna, “people almost be excused for thinking that a
liberal-minded Jew may easily be a better man than a Smyrna Christian.”
1876:
In an article subtitled “Consecration of a Synagogue” published today the New
York Times reported that U.S. Grant, the President of the United States and the
Speaker Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate had attended the consecration of a new
orthodox synagogue in Washington, DC. (Editor’s note: The article fails to name
the Synagogue was Adas Israel which is still located in Washington, DC.)
1876: Louis Raminsky, a Jew living on Mott Street was assaulted by Irishman named George Richardson who mistook him for a man named Rubenstein.
1877(30th
of Sivan, 5637): Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
1878(10th
of Sivan, 5638): Thirty-eight year old Lucien Levy passed away this
afternoon. Based on the note found with
the body, he had committed suicide by taking strychnine. Levy, a successful New
York businessman had been for a week prior to this death.
1879:
An article entitled American Israelites in Russia published today
1881:It
was reported today that there are 277,000 Jews living in Kiev; 155,000 in
Kovno, 143,000 in Minsk; 119,000 in Vilna and 98,000 in Bessarabia. The total Jewish population of Poland is
reported to be 815,000. Large
communities of Jews can also be found in St. Petersburg and Moscow where they
have been settling since the ban instituted by Nicholas I was overturned by his
successors.
1882: The New York Times published a review
of Spinoza: A Novel by Berthold Auerbach which has been translated into
English from the original German.
1882:
It was reported today that a dispatch from St. Petersburg states appointing
Jews as Chief Surgeons in the Russian Army has been forbidden.
1883:
“Felix Adler and Israelites” published today described the belief of some
Jewish leaders, including those who are friends of Felix Adler, that membership
in his Ethical Cultural Society means that Jews have joined a group that is
beyond the pale of the Jewish community.
Dr/ Solomon H. Sonneschein a leading rabbi in St. Louis has written an
open letter published in the American Israelite that asks his friend Adler,
“Are you still an Israelite, a disciple of Moses and the prophets, a standadrd
bearer of God’s love and truth, as understood by reformed Judaism…or have you
hopelessly abandoned the faith in which you were born and bred?”
1885:
It was reported today that a Jew named Solomon Ovitch has arrested for seditious
practices at Kharkoff.
1887:
Mrs. Abraham Bernstein, the wife of Jewish peddler living at Port Chester,
found today that her husband was living in Glenville, Connecticut, with another
woman. The towns are only a couple of miles apart.
1886(8th
of Sivan, 5646): James Koppel Gutheim, who has been serving as Rabbi at Temple
Sinai, the leading Reform congregation in New Orleans, passed away this evening
in the Crescent City
1888:
In New York during trial being held in the Court of General Sessions, the
defense attorney “spoke to the Jury as Christians and became very indignant”
when held them that Jews do not believe “in the divinity or miracles of
Christ.” He apparently forgot that five the jurors were Jewish.
1893:
In Atlantic
City, N.J., dedication of the Jewish Seaside Home takes place. The home was the
outgrowth of a project in which four cottages had been rented to provide a
refuge designed to help improve the health of invalid mothers and their
children. The cottages were purchased and converted into a thirty room
institution which would meet the needs of these women and their offspring.
1897:
The Jewish community in München protests against holding the Zionist congress
in the city.
1900: Birthdate of journalist, producer and
broadcaster Lawrence E Spivak. Spivak was one of the creators, first producers
and first moderators of Meet the Press. This was the original television news
interview show. It was for its time because it put a major political or other
such leader on television facing the unfiltered question of four members of the
working press. In various formats, this program has survived for almost six
decades. Spivak died in 1994.
1901: In London Herzl attends a banquet at the
Maccabaeans with Israel Zangwill and Sir Francis Montefiore and other
influential and wealthy Jews. But the successes in London
1906: As a prelude to the Bialystok Pogrom, “the
Police Chief of Białystok, Derkacz, was murdered, most likely on the orders of
the Russian commissar and fervent anti-Semite Szeremietiev. Derkacz, who was
Polish, was known for his liberal sympathies and opposition to anti-semitism;
for this he was respected by both the Jewish Bund and the Polish Socialist
Party. On a previous occasion, when Russian soldiers attacked Jews in the
marketplace, Derkacz had sent in his policemen to put down the violence and had
declared that a pogrom against the Jews would occur “only over his dead body”.
1909: In New York, a two day conference that has
created Young Judaea came to an end.
1909(22nd of Sivan,
5669): Jacob Michailovitch Gordin “a Russian-born American
playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater” who “is known for
introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater” passed away.
1912(26th of Sivan, 5672): Arthur L. Welsh passed
away. Born in Kiev in 1881, Leibl Welcher, came to the United States with his father
Abraham and mother Deborah at the age of 10 where he would become Arthur L.
Welsh. After trying a variety of
careers, including a stint in the U.S. Navy, Welsh found his calling as test
pilot with Orville and Wilbur Wright. In 1912,
the Wrights had sent Welsh to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in College Park, MD,
to serve as a civilian test pilot for a new plane being developed for the War
Department. On June
11, 19 12, Welsh, accompanied by Signal Corps Lt. Leighton W.
Hazelhurst, was attempting to complete final military tests of the Wright Model
C airplane when the airplane buckled under its 450- pound load. Both men were
killed instantly, the first-ever fatalities at College Park. Hap Arnold who gained fame as one of the most decorated leaders of the
U.S. Army Air Force during World War II was one of his most famous students.
1915: American ambassador to Turkey University of Constantinople
1916: The Federation of the Oriental Jews of America
held its third annual meeting in New York. Joseph Gedalecia served as President and Albert
J. Amateau served as secretary. The 1000 member organization's purpose was the
"Americanization and betterment of condition of Oriental Jews."
1920: Birthdate of Irving Howe. A graduate of City College
1921: Daniel Joseph Jaffé, the son of Martin
Jaffé and a nephew of Sir Otto Jaffé,
passed away. A noted waterworks consulting engineer, his most famous efforts
were completed in China. Evidence of his
fame can be seen Hong Kong’s Jaffe Road which was named in his honor.
1926: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that “a
concert hall will be erected in Tel Aviv through the efforts of Palestinian
Jewish musicians as a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the
musical composer Engel.”
1929: The British High Commissioner wrote to the
Mufti defending the right of the Jews to ‘conduct their worship’ (at the
Western Wall) as in the past.
1932(7th
of Sivan, 5692): Second Day of Shavuot
1933: “The Jewish organizations of Silesia hold a
conference to discuss the safeguarding of rights of German Jews.”
1934: Birthdate of Murray Wolfe, successful
businessman, playwright, poet, Yiddishist, and, most important of all, a first
class mensch. If you did not know that Murray was a real person, you would think
his life story was one of those big historic novels written Leon Uris.
1934(28th of Sivan, 5694): Lev Semenovich Vygotsky a
developmental psychologist known for his socio-cultural perspective passed
away. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Orsha, Russia in 1896,
Vygotsky's faith and social standing shaped many of his choices and views.
1935: Birthdate of Gene Wilder. Born Jerome
Silberman in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Wilder is known for his roles in “Young
Frankenstein” and “Silver Streak.”
1936: As the wave of Arab violence increased, The Palestine Post reported that many Arabs were injured and a
number might have been killed in a battle with police and British troops in the
Ein Harod area and during a demonstration in Hebron. Arab crowds were dispersed
in Jaffa Jerusalem Egypt
1936:
As the Arab uprising continued, arsonists set fire to the fields of Kfar Joshua
and to the forest at Ataroth which is located outside of Jerusalem. Guards at
the forest fired shots at the arsonists as they escaped.
1937: Marx Brothers' "A Day at the Races"
released to popular acclaim.
1941: Following the bombing of Haifa, which is an
important naval base for the British, by German planes, the Vichy government
has condemned reports by the British that the German war planes “returned” to
the Aleppo airfield in Northern Syria. The term “returned” implies that the
planes had flown from Aleppo to attack Haifa and the Vichy French claim that
there are no German aircraft in Syria.
Syria is a French colony which is supposedly governed by the Vichy
government under the terms of the surrender agreement signed with the
Nazis.
1941: Hans and Margaret Rey try to buy two bikes so
that they can leave Paris. The search is
fruitless.
1941: Hans Rey spent 1,600 francs for two
unassembled bikes. He then spent the
rest of the day putting them in working order.
1942: Major Liebmann and
his hundred surviving men (out of a company that had been 400 strong when the
fight began on June 2) linked up with the forces of General Marie Pierre Koenig
of the 1st Free French Division who was in charge of the fort at Bir
Hakeim. The French general had no idea that his unit had been supported by this
group of Jewish volunteers. In perfect French, Major Liebmann told him that his
men were fighters from Palestine, but that they could not serve under their
flag because of British rules. Koenig then told him to raise their Star of
David flag, and all Free French officers around him saluted it.
1942: One thousand Jews were deported from
Prague, Czechoslovakia, to the “East,” where they are murdered.
1942(26th of Sivan, 5702): Ten thousand Jews
from the ghetto at Tarnów, Poland, were murdered at the Belzec extermination
camp.
1943: Himmler ordered the liquidation of all Polish
ghettos.
1944: For the next seven days the Germans shipped an
additional 50,805 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz .
1945(30th of Sivan, 5705): Rosh Chodesh
Tammuz
1945(30th of Sivan, 5705): Fifty-two year
old Eliyahu Golomb who played a key role in the creation of the Haganah and the
Palmach passed away today. Born in Russia in 1893, he made Aliyah in 1909.
After working at the famed kibbutz Dagania Alef he served with the British in
the Jewish Legion during WW I. During the inter-war years he worked with the
Revisionists to try and form a unified Jewish military defense force. During
the Arab Revolts in the 1930’s he served with the FOSH.
1948: The
first truce between the Israelis and the Arab invaders began. During four weeks
the Israelis had not only survived, they were in control of respectable amount
of territory. This included the eastern
and western portions of the Galilee , the
Jezreel Valley from Haifa Jordan River , the
coastal plain as far south as Ashdod Negev and the corridor
that connected Jerusalem
1948: As the first truce between Arabs and Israelis
went into effect, Kfar Darom was completely surrounded by Egyptian forces
laying siege to the Negev Kibbutz. The
Kibbutz had been under attack since December.
The Moslem Brotherhood had tried to capture it in April and the
Egyptians had begun their assault in May. Although the Kibbutz would eventually
have to evacuated, its gutsy stand gave heart to the embattled Israelis and
prevented the Arabs from sweeping up the road to Tel Aviv.
1948: As of today,
300 people have been killed and 1,400 more have been wounded since the battle
for Jerusalem began on May 14. The Arab
Legion had lobbed more than 14,000 shells at the Jewish defenders since the
British High Commissioner flew off to Haifa.
1948 (4th of Sivan, 5708): As night fell on the first night of the
truce, tragedy struck. The Jewish
commander of the Jerusalem Front, Mickey Marcus aka Mickey Stone, was shot by
an Israeli guard. Marcus was spending
the night with a Palmach battalion. When
return from a trip to the latrine, Marcus was challenged by a guard. Marcus spoke no Hebrew and was unable to
respond. The youngster fired a warning
shot and called again for the password.
Marcus did not respond, but kept moving forward. The young guard fired several more shots one
of which hit Marcus, mortally wounding him.
Marcus’ most famous accomplishment was the construction of the “Burma
Road” – the roadway to Jerusalem built under the threat of Arab guns that
guaranteed Jerusalem would be part of the Jewish state. Marcus’ body was taken back to the United States West Point , the
military academy that gave him the training to fight for his country during
World War II and to fight for his people during the War of Independence.
1950: “Israel notified Jordan that it was holding up
the establishment of mixed border patrols” that are intended “to check Arab
infiltrations into Israel” and thus limit the possibility of clash between the
military forces of the two neighbors.
Israel said that its action was in response to Jordan’s failure to
return three soldiers who had been captured six weeks ago. Israel claims that three are survivors of a
five-man patrol that had accidently crossed the Armistice line with Jordan. The
Jordanian killed two of the Israelis and imprisoned the three survivors. In the mean time, armed Arab gangs continue
to infiltrate the Jewish state from Jordan.
1950: Plans to proceed
with the construction of what is to be the "Harry S. Truman" village
(Kfar Truman) in Israel were announced here tonight at the "Land for
Israel" dinner of the New England Jewish National Fund. “Vice President
Alben W. Barkley who addressed the 1,500 guest accepted honorary chairmanship
of the project.” In a letter addressed to Dr. Harris J. Levine, chairman of the
JNF which was read at the dinner President Truman wrote, “I am highly honored
and appreciate very much what you are proposing to do.
1950: It was reported today that Rosemary
Sebag-Montefiore the daughter of Colonel Thomas Henry Sebag-Montefiore and the
late Mrs. Sebag-Montefiore plans to be married in England this October to her
fiancé, Dr. Joseph Richmond, Levenson, the Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard
who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Levenson of Massachusetts
1951: The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel Syria Lebanon Lebanon
1952:
The Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a note to the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
“drawing attention to the ‘atmosphere of mystery’ surrounding the arrest of
Mardechai Oren, an Israeli citizen.
1954:
Archeologist Yigael Yadin sent a telegram to Teddy Kollek stating that four
Dead Sea Scrolls, including the Book of Isaiah, had been brought to the
United States and were being offered for sale.
Yadin said they could be purchased for $250,000, what he considered a
paltry sum for so great a treasure. He
said that he could raise the money from private sources but that it would take
a year. He pleaded with Kollek to get
the Israeli government to provide the funds immediately. Prime Minister Sharett agreed and authorized
the Minister of Finance to provide the funds.
Thanks to the quick action, this national treasure was secured for Israel
1967:
“A delegation of former residents of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem asked the
municipality for permission to rebuild their old homes.
1967:
Teddy Kollek arranged for 20,000 bottles of milk for infants to be taken in to
the Muslim, Christian and Armenian Quarters of the Old City
1968:
Birthdate of Michelle Levin
1969:
Pierre Goldman, the son of Alter Mojze Goldman, robbed the Royal Bank of Canada
in Puerto La Cruz , taking 2.6 million bolívars (the biggest hold-up of that
year).
1976: The Jerusalem Post reported that in view of the
voices emanating from Arab organizations "inviting Jews to return to Iraq Morocco Israel
1978(6th of Sivan, 5738): First Day of Shavuot
1978(6th of Sivan, 5738: Herman Barron, the first Jewish golfer to
win a PGA Tour event passed away.
1978: In Italy, Premier Giulio Andreotti's government scheduled a
national referendum for today despite the fact that it had been told that it
was a Jewish holiday and observant Jews would not be able to participate in the
vote.
1982: The Jerusalem Post published a front page photograph
of 21 year old Yoav Blum an IDF soldier pictured holding a portrait of Yasser
Arafat taken from the PLO’s headquarters in southern Lebanon.
1982: Israel Syria Lebanon Israel Lebanon Syria Lebanon province of Greater Syria Syria Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Israel
1983: Mayor Ed Koch and Bronx Borough President
Stanley Simon are scheduled to a gathering that will celebrate the 10th
anniversary of Lambert Houses, the award low-rising public housing buildings in
the South Bronx.
1986: Birthdate of actor Shia LaBeouf
1990: Ariel Sharon succeeded David Levy as Minister
of Housing and Construction.
1990: Avner Shaki succeeded Zevulen Hammer as Minister
of Religious Services.
1997: Herb Gray began serving as Deputy Prime
Minister of Canada.
1997(6th of Sivan, 5757): Shavuot
1997(6th of Sivan, 5757): Benjamin (Ben) Dunkelman passed away. Born in 1913 to Polish-Jewish
parents who had settled in Toronto, he had a distinguished military career in
the Canadian Army during WW II followed by service with the IDF during the 1948
War for Independence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Dunkelman
1999: Polo Ralph Lauren became a public company
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RL.
2000: The
New York Times featured reviews of
books by Jewish authors and/or of special interest to Jewish readers including Ordinary
Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope by Jonathan Kozol and
the recently released paperback edition of Another Life: A Memoir of Other
People by Michael Korda.
2001: The Right
Honourable Barbara Roche completed her term as Minister of State for Asylum and
Immigration under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
2003(11th of Sivan, 5763): In Jerusalem, seventeen
people - 11 women and six men - were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide
bombing on Egged bus #14A outside the Klal building on Jaffa Road in the center
of Jerusalem.
2003: President and Mrs.
Bush host 70 members of the Jewish community at the White House for a Kosher dinner
to honor of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 10th anniversary.
2006: Shalshelet’s Second
International Festival took place today at Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy
Chase, Maryland
2006: The New York Times featured reviews of books by Jewish authors and/or of special interest
to Jewish readers including Mohr by Frederick Reuss and The Good
Fight: Why
Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great
Again by Peter Beinart
2007: Nobel Laureate Dr. Elie Wiesel delivers
the 2nd Annual Gershon Jacobson Memorial Lecture at the Museum of Jewish
Heritage in New York.
2007:
On the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War, U.S. News & World Report magazine features three articles on
the subject including “A Changing Mind-Set Among Jerusalem's Palestinians,” “A
Look Back at the Six-Day War” and “Marking the 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War.”
This last article was written by Fouad Ajami, a Lebanese born American
professor who states that “at the heart of the war lay the willful Arab refusal
to accept Israel
2008:
In Cedar Rapids , Iowa , Temple Judah
2008:
The Croatia Jewish Film Festival opened in Zagreb
2008:
The New York Times includes a review
of Travel Pictures by Heinrich Heine.
Of Judaism, he writes, “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. It gives you nothing but scorn and shame, I
tell you, it’s no religion at all, just a lot of hard luck.” “Heine refers only once, bitingly, to German
anti-Semitism. Pointing out a hunting
area, he concedes the sport’s pleasure for some. ‘My ancestors, however, did
not belong to the hunters, but rather to the hunted.’”
2009:
President
Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright again sought to tamp down
controversy in the wake comments blaming "them Jews" for keeping him
away from the president. He had meant to refer to "Zionists" and not
all Jews, he said in an interview on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's "Make it
Plain" with Mark Thompson."Let me say like Hillary, I misspoke,"
Wright said. "Let me just say: Zionists."
2009:
In Washington, D.C. the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is closed for the day in
honor of the memory of Stephen T. Johns who died from the wounds inflicted by
an anti-Semitic white supremacist who attempted to shoot his way into the
building on Wednesday
2009:
In Washington,
D.C., David Makovsky, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
signs copies of his new book, which he coauthored with Ambassador Dennis Ross,
special advisor to the secretary of state for the Gulf and Southwest Asia,
entitled Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in
the Middle East
2010: Men’s Club Shabbat, completed with the installation of next year’s Board of
Directors is scheduled to take place Congregation Olam Tikvah
2010: “Called up to life- Legends of the Baal Shem Tov” is scheduled to open in
Gaithersburg, MD.
2010: “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,” comes out today.
2010: Two Border Police officers were lightly wounded in Wadi Joz this afternoon
when a pickup truck rammed into them as they entered the east Jerusalem
neighborhood amidst reports of potential rioting in the area. According to
police, the driver of the truck, Zeyad Joulani, continued driving after hitting
the officers before exiting the vehicle and attempting to flee the scene on
foot. When Joulani refused the officers’ orders to stop, he was shot and
critically wounded. A Red Crescent
medical team evacuated Joulani to the al-Muqadas Hospital in east Jerusalem
where he succumbed to his wounds. Police Spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said that
Joulani had been driving with another man who had apparently been wounded in a
stone-throwing incident in the area beforehand. Police opened an investigation
into the incident to determine whether the case was politically motivated or if
it had been a hit-and-run accident. However, security forces had been put on
high alert prior to the incident after an intelligence assessment released by
police on last night warned of potential for violence in east Jerusalem
following this afternoon prayers at Al-Aksa Mosque. In response to the warning,
police had imposed age restrictions on worshippers at the Temple Mount,
allowing men over the age of 40 and all women to enter the compound.
2011: Shelby Zukin is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah in Iowa City, IA at
Agudas Achim.
2011: In New York City the duet "Heroes" is scheduled to be performed
by Israeli based Yossi Berg and Oded Graf on the 4th night of the
Contemporary Israeli Dance Week
2011: Bank of Israel
Governor Stanley Fischer has decided to become a candidate for head of the
International Monetary Fund, Israel's Channel Two News reported today. The
Channel Two report said Fischer's name was in the final list of candidates for
the job vacated by Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned after his
arrest on May 14 on charges of attempting to rape a New York hotel maid. Bank
of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer has decided to become a candidate for head
of the International Monetary Fund, Israel's Channel Two News reported today.
The Channel Two report said Fischer's name was in the final list of candidates
for the job vacated by Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned after his
arrest on May 14 on charges of attempting to rape a New York hotel maid.
2011: Representative Anthony D. Weiner planned to
check himself into a treatment center today after House Democratic leaders,
including Nancy Pelosi, called on him to resign and suggested he needed
psychiatric counseling. A spokeswoman for Mr. Weiner said he would request a
leave of absence from the House and seek treatment, but provided no further
details. “Congressman Weiner departed
this morning to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better
husband and healthier person,” said the spokeswoman, Risa Heller. “In light of
that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of
Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment
to make himself well. This afternoon, Congressman Steve Israel called Mr.
Weiner, a New York Democrat, to let him know that Mr. Weiner’s situation had
become politically untenable and that he would be calling on him publicly to
step down.
2012: The Carmen at Masada Opera Festival is
scheduled to come to a close.
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