August 12 In History
30 BCE: Cleopatra committed suicide. According to Josephus, the Egyptian tried to
convince her lover and co-ruler, Marc Antony, to give her control over lands to
the east including Syria and Palestine.
Herod was so afraid of her that he reportedly built the fortress at Masada
as place of refuge should she attack. While Antony did not give into all of her
demands, he did give her control over Jericho and several towns surrounding the
ancient city.
1099: During the First Crusade, the Crusaders defeated the
Saracens at the Battle of Ascalon. This
led to the creation of the Kingdom
of Jerusalem Palestine Jerusalem
1121:
At the Battle of Didgori the Georgian army under King David the Builder won a
decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. Georgian-speaking
Jewry is one of the oldest surviving Diaspora Jewish communities. The origin of
Georgian Jews, also known as Gurjim or Ebraeli, is debated, but
some claim they are descendants of the ten tribes exiled by Shalmaneser. Others
say the first Jews made their way to southern Georgia Jerusalem Babylonia .
The first Jews in Western Georgia
arrived in the 6th century when the region was ruled by the Byzantine
Empire . Approximately 3,000 of these Jews then fled to Eastern Georgia , controlled by the Persians, to escape
severe persecution by the Byzantines. The existence of the Jews in these
regions during this period is supported by archaeological evidence showing that
Jews lived in Mtzheta, the ancient capital of the East Georgian state of
Kartli. The Ebraeli spoke Georgian and Jewish traders developed a
dialect called Qivruli, or Judeo-Georgian, which included a number of Hebrew
words. In the second half of the 7th century, the Muslim Empire conquered
extensive Georgian territory, which became an Arab caliph province. Arab emirs
ruled the majority of the region until 1122. Under the Arabs, in the late 9th
century, Abu-Imran Musa al-Za'farani (later known as Abu-Imran al-Tiflisi)
founded a Jewish sect called the Tiflis Sect which lasted for more than 300
years. The sect deviated from halakhah in its marriage and kashrut
customs. (As rerported by the Jewish Vitrual Library)
1281: The fleet of Qubilai Khan, the Chinese emperor who celebrated
the festivals of the Muslims, Christians and Jews, indicating that there really were a significant number of Jews
living in China during his reign, is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching
Japan.
1317: John XXII, the second of the Avignon Popes, issued “Ex Parte Vestra” a Bull that dealt with converts
who relapse i.e. Jewish converts who wanted to return to the “faith of their
Fathers and Mothers.”
1381(14th of Av, 5141): In the Balearic Islands, Sayd
ben David was burned at the stake after being charged with “incontinence with a
nun”
1452: Birthdate of Abraham Zacuto “a Sephardi Jewish astronomer,
astrologer, mathematician and historian who served as Royal Astronomer in the
15th century to King John II of Portugal. The crater Zagut on the Moon is named
after him.” The creator of new type of astrolabe that could be used at sea, he
was one of the few Jews who was able to flee Portugal despite the edicts of
King Manuel I. He either passed away in
Jerusalem in 1515 or Damascus in 1520.
1530:
A charter was granted to the Jews of Germany despite the protests of Martin
Luther. Josel of Rosheim, the famous "shtadlan" (interceder) was
instrumental in its passing.
1819: Anti-Semitic riots broke out in Darmstadt and
Bayreuth, Germany
1829(13th
of Av, 5589): Mordecai
ben Abraham Benet, who was born in 1753 and became the chief rabbi of Moravia passed away.
1833:
Founding of Chicago Chicago Chicago Hyde Park
among the South Side German Jewish community. German Jews generally were
accepted into mainstream society. In Chicago, they were already being elected
to political office in the 1850s. Among the enterprises established by Chicago Brunswick State Street
1844:
Birthdate of Edward Lauterbach, successful defense attorney, leader of the
Republican Party and trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
1847(30th
of Av, 5607): Rosh Chodesh Elul
1848(13th
of Av, 5608): Avraham Ullmann, who had been born in 1791 and was the son Shalom
Charif Ullman, the chief rabbi of Lackenbach, passed away.
1853:
A German Jew, who has used a variety of aliases including J. Meyer, was
arrested at the Irving House. While
being taken to court he tried to get rid of a package containing pledge tickets for a large quantity of valuable
goods recently pawned at the shops of Bernstein, Levy, Silver, Smith and
Murdock. The items left at the pawn shop were all stolen.
1854:
The Moral and
Religious column described a new sect that has started in England called The
Disciples. They believe that Christ will appear in 1864; that the Russians will
triumph over the Turks and the Jews over the Russians-- the latter event to
happen in ten years' time when the Jews will become a nation in the Holy Land.
Christ is to be their King, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the rest of the
righteous Jews of old, with a few elect among Christians, will rise from the
dead and live forever in Palestine; but the heathen and the wicked Jews and
Christians will sleep eternally.
1862:
Birthdate of
Julius Rosenwald
1862:
Construction was
completed on the first synagogue built on Long Island which came to be known as
the Boerum Schule because it was located in Boerum Hill.
1862:
In the part of
Germany that included the cities of Moisling and Lubeck, The Oath More Judaico
or Jewish Oath was modified. It would
remain in force until 1879, when the Germans adopted laws regulating civil
procedure which abolished the oath.
1870:
A few days into
the inquest being held to determine the facts surrounding the death of Benjamin
Nathan, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle protested the disparity in treatment
being shown to his son’s Washington and Frederick, and the Irish Catholic
servants of the Nathan family who had suddenly become the prime suspects.
1877(3rd
of Elul, 5637): Rabbi Jaques Judah Lyons passed away today in New York. Judah
and Mary Lyons; gave birth to him at Surinam, Dutch Guiana in 1814. “He was
educated in Surinam, and was minister of the Spanish & Portuguese
congregation there, Neveh Shalom, for five years. He left Surinam in 1837 and
went to Richmond, Va., where for two years he was minister of the Congregation
Beth Schalom. In 1839 he was elected minister of the Spanish and Portuguese
congregation Shearith Israel, New York city, in succession to Isaac Seixas, and
served the congregation thirty-eight years, successfully combating every
movement to change the form of worship in his congregation. Lyons was among
those who founded The Jews' (now Mount Sinai) Hospital; he was actively
concerned in founding the Jewish Board of Delegates and Hebrew Free Schools and
was superintendent of the Polonies Talmud Torah School…For many years he was
president of the Hebra Hased ve-Emet and of the Sampson Simpson Theological
Fund. Lyons was an ardent student and collected a library that is now in
possession of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.” In 1857, he joined
with Dr. Abraham de Sola of Montreal, in preparing and publishing a Hebrew
calendar covering fifty years, together with an essay on the Jewish calendar
system
1878:
Jewish
representatives from the United States, Holland, Germany, England, Belgium,
Romania, Palestine, Turkey, Italy Spain, France Austria and Russia met in Paris
today to celebrate the anniversary of the Alliance Israelite Universelle of
France. During the meeting, the attendees provided reports on the conditions of
Jews in various countries and possible ways to improve their conditions. It was suggested that a medal “commemorating
the emancipation of the Jews in the East” should be presented to each member of
the Berlin Congress on behalf “of the Jews of the world.”
1878:
It was reported today that details have been released regarding the will of the
late Michael Reese. His generosity included $650,000 for the State University
of California and $25,000 to the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
1879:
It was reported
today that Romania might agree “to accept the principle of equal rights for the
Jews” if some consideration would be given to how it is applied. Germany might be willing to agree to such an
arrangement.
1881: In Ashfield, MA, Henry and Matilda Beatrice
DeMille gave birth to movie mogul Cecil B. DeMille. His father was Episcopalian and his mother
was Jewish. Regardless of how you view his religious background, he will
forever be connected with Moses and the Jewish people through “The Ten
Commandments.”
1881:It
was reported today that anti-Semitism is so prevalent Pomerania and West Russia
that recent government actions to protect the Jews living there will be totally
ineffective.
1882:
Today’s Congressional Record contained “a speech by the Honorable S.S. Cox on
the persecution of the Jews in Russia.”
It was “an elaborate paper illustrated with poetical extracts, two pages
of tables and a neatly engraved map.”
1882:
“Russian Jews” published today described the plan of Chicago banker Lazarus
Silverman to settle several Jewish immigrant families totaling 150 men, women
in children on 300 acres that owns on 300 acres of land on Carp Lake in
Michigan. The group includes one tailor, one wagon-maker, one blacksmith, one
cooper, one paper-hanger, two tinsmiths, three coppersmiths and most important
of all, 3 farmers.
1883(9th
of Av, 5643): Tish’a B’Av
1883:
“Bread Making” published today which describes the baking of bread in the
British Isles begins by declaring that “since the time of the early Jews there
has been very little change in the process.”
1884:
It was reported today that a note had been found on the body of Israel
Blatchky, a young Jew who had been living in Des Moines for three years. According to the note he was despondent over
a failed love affair and bought poison six months ago.
1884:
Leading Chicago businessman Morris L. Cohn was arraigned today and held for
trial in lieu of $10,000 bond on numerous charges of forgery that included his
issuance of $15,000 in bogus notes.
1888:
It was reported today that the Sanitarium for Hebrew Children will be providing
another free excursion for sick children under the age of six later this month.
1894(10th
of Av, 5654): The 9th of Av fell on Shabbat so Tish’a B’Av is
observed today
1890: Birthdate of Al Goodman. Born in Nikopol Russia
1898: An armistice
took effect ending the Spanish-American War. “In the Spanish-American War, Jews once again demonstrated that they are
willing and ready to fight and serve in defense of our country. When the
battleship Main was sunk on February 15, 1898, there were 15 Jewish sailors who
went down with the ship. The executive officer of the Maine, and later a vice
admiral in the United States Navy, was Adolph Marix, a Jew. Marix was the
chairman of a board of inquiry to investigate the mysterious sinking of the
Maine. It is interesting to note that his father was an interpreter in the
Lincoln Administration and that Abraham Lincoln appointed Adolph Marix to the United States Naval Academy United States Spain April 21, 1898 ,
the first volunteer was Colonel Joseph M. Heller, who left a thriving medical
practice to become an acting assistant surgeon in the Army. About 5,000 Jews
served in this war. When the Jewish High Holy Days were approaching in 1898,
there were 4,000 requests for furloughs to attend services. There were indeed
30 Jewish Army officers and 20 more in the Navy in the Spanish-American War.
Jewish casualties ran high for the percentage of Jews in the service. Twenty-nine
were killed, 47 wounded, and 28 died from disease - for a total of 104.
Corporal Ben Prager received the Silver Star Medal for his bravery in the Philippines Manila
1898: Birthdate of actor Oscar Homolka
1899:
Herzl travels to Darmstadt
1900:
A Garden Party was held in Regent's Park during
Herzl’s visit to Great
Britain
1900(17th of Av, 5660): The Father of
Modern Chess, Wilhelm Steinitz, passed away.
Born in the Jewish Ghetto in Prague Vienna
1902(9th of Av, 5662): Tisha’ B’Av
1910: Jews in Serres, Salonica protested against the use of the
200-year-old Jewish cemetery site for the construction of a new hospital. The
plan was later abandoned.
1911(18th of Av, 5671): Eighty-seven year old Dutch painter Jozef
Israëls passed away.
1912:
Yankee Guy Zinn sets a record by stealing home twice in the same game.
1912: Birthdate of Whitney Harris, one of the prosecutors who
brought high-ranking Nazi war criminals to justice at the Nuremberg trials and
who, a half-century later, was a significant voice in the creation of the
International Criminal Court.
1913(9th of Av, 5673): Tish’A B’Av
1914: As Europe stumbles its way
into what will become World War I with all of its negative consequences for
Jews Britain (and therefore the British Empire )
declares war on Austria-Hungary
1918: Birthdate of Sanford Daniel Garelik, the Bronx native whom
became the first Jew to serve as Chief Inspector in the New York Police
Department (As reported by Matt Flegenheimer)
1918: General John Monash was knighted as a Knight Commander of
the Order of the Bath on the battlefield by King George V following the
successful Battle of Amiens. (Monash was Jewish; King George wasn’t)
1918(4th of Elul, 5678): Anna Held Polish-born, American actress
and singer, passed away. Held is
variously described as the mistress and/or common-in-law wife of Flo
Ziegfeld. Reportedly, she collaborated
with Ziegfeld on the creation of his famed Follies review. She was 46 when she
died of cancer.
1922: Birthdate of Holocaust survivor and Polish journalist,
Leopold Unger.
1924: Moshav Magdi'el (now part of Hod Hasharon) was founded. A Moshav is a form of collective settlement. Unlike the Kibbutz, the Moshav allowed for more private ownership. Hod Hashron has grown into a modern city in the Central District of Israel.
1927: Birthdate of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich winner of
theJewish National Fund 1987 Man of the Year and the Humanitarian Award from
the United Jewish Appeal Federation
1930: Birthdate of millionaire businessman George
Soros. Soros has had a minimal
involvement with Jews and Jewish causes.
In a 1993 speech he essentially blamed Jews for anti-Semitism. He said that the rise in European
anti-Semitism was just the result of Israel Palestine
1931: Birthdate of William Goldman, author of Marathon Man and
Princess Bride.
1931: Louis
Lipsky, former president of the Zionist Organization of America, returned today
aboard the White Star liner Homeric from Europe
where he had attended the World Zionist Congress, held recently at Basle , Switzerland
1936: Birthdate of Evelyn Hausner, the Austrian born refugee who
gained fame as Evelyn Lauder, the wife of Leonard Lauder,
1937: The British Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, declared in
Geneva, during the deliberations of the League of Nations Permanent Mandates
Commission, that he was told by Dr. Chaim Weizmann that the political
resolution adopted by the 20th Zionist Congress opened the door to negotiations
for giving effect to the Peel Commission¹s proposals for the partition of
Palestine and that talks on this subject would start at the conclusion of the
September sessions of the League of Nations Council. Reports from Damascus Syria Palestine
1937: A proposal to settle 200,000 Jews in Palestine
within the next three years, involving an investment of about $175,000,000, was
laid before the World Zionist Congress today. The proposal was made by Elieser
Kaplal, treasurer of the Zionist executive committee, who said American Jewry
was expected to contribute $2,000,000 to the Zionist movement and Palestine
fund in the current fiscal year.
1940(8th of Av, 5700): Erev Tish'a B'Av
1941(19th of Av, 5701):
Nazis began the systematic murder of the Jews of Dvinsk, Latvia.
1941: The House of
Representative votes to extend the first peace time conscription bill. Proponents of the bill prevailed by one
vote. This one-vote victory was one of
Sam Rayburn’s proudest legislative accomplishments. If the bill had not passed, the United States Pearl
Harbor . One can only
imagine of how much longer World War II would have lasted and how many more
than six million Jews would have perished in a prolonged Holocaust.
1942(29th of Av, 5702):
Fifty-six year old pioneering psychoanalyst Sabin Spielrein was murdered by the
Nazis at Rostov-on-Don.
1944(23rd of Av, 5704):
Berl Katznelson “one the intellectual founders of Labor Zionism, instrumental
to the establishment of the modern State of Israel, and the editor of Davar,
the first daily newspaper of the workers' movement,” passed away today. “He was
born in Bobruysk, Russia in 1887, and dreamed of settling in the Jewish
homeland from an early age. In Russia, he was a librarian in a Hebrew-Yiddish
library and taught Hebrew literature and Jewish history. He made aliyah to
Ottoman Palestine in 1909, where he worked in agriculture and took an active
role in organizing workers' federations based on the idea of "common work,
life and aspirations." With Meir Rothberg, Katznelson founded the consumer
co-operative known as Hamashbir Latzarhan. He helped to establish the Kupat
Holim Clalit sick fund, a major fixture in Israel's network of socialized
medicine. He was the editor of the newspaper, Davar, as well as the founder and
first editor-in-chief of the Am Oved publishing house.” Katznelson was buried
in the cemetery on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
1945:
From Halkis , Greece
1946:
President Harry Truman sends a telegram rejecting the ”Morris-Grady” plan
because it would turn the Jewish zone in Palestine into “a ghetto” and “a
betrayal” of promises made to the Jews and Jewish aspirations for a homeland.
1948: The
first diplomatic envoy of the United States arrived in Israel
1948: The
Czech government ordered a halt to arms shipment to Israel
1948(7th of
Av, 5708): Three Jewish soldiers, Moshe Eliash, Alfred Rabinowitz and Pinah
Solevetchik, were killed when Arab Legion shells fell on Mount Zion.
1948:
“Arab Legion forces blew up the Latrun water pumping station” forcing Jewish
Jerusalem to rely on private cisterns for its water supply.
1951(10th
of Av, 5711): Since the 9th
of Av fell on Shabbat, observance of Tish'a B'Av
1951:
Joseph B Levin was designated Assistant Director of Office of Opinion Writing
at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1952: The government withdrew from the Knesset the bill granting the
World Zionist Organization a special status, as “the representative of the
Jewish people.” The government felt that there were many Jews and Jewish
organizations in the world which were not a part of the Zionist movement and
who had no intention of joining it, and yet they were interested and working
for Israel. The government did not wish to do anything to lessen their goodwill
or to interfere with their direct connection with the State. It was, however,
prepared to support a corrected version of the WZO status. A new, blue Israeli
passport was shown to the press for the first time.
1952(21st of Av, 5712):
In what was part of a wave of post-war anti-Semitism, 24 of the foremost
Yiddish writers of Russia were executed by the Soviet Government. Among the
victims were Peretz Markish, David Bergelson, Itzik Fefer, Leib Kwitko, David
Hofstein,Benjamin Zuskin, Solomon Lozovsky and Boris Shimeliovich
1956: William Shatner married
Gloria Rand
1962: Birthdate of David Horovitz, the London born Israeli
journalist who made Aliyah in 1983 and founded the newly created The Times of Israel.
1971: Birthdate of actor
Michael Ian Black
1979(19th of Av, 5739): Ernst Boris Chain German-born biochemist
and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945 passed
away.
1990: Iraq Israel Kuwait Israel Israel
1991(2nd of Elul, 5751):Yeruham Cohen, an early Israeli undercover
soldier, died on today, at the age of 75
years. “Mr. Cohen, an Arabic-speaker of Yemeni origin, died of an unspecified
illness. He was a top aide to the commander of Israel's underground forces
during the country's war for independence in 1948 and also belonged to a unit
whose members disguised themselves as Arabs to infiltrate enemy lines. Mr. Cohen is most famous for his acquaintance
with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, whom he met in 1948 during the Israeli war
for independence while Israeli forces encircled Egyptian troops the southern
Negev. According to historical accounts, Mr. Cohen saw the future President
while watching the Egyptians retreat, shouted and ran toward him, and they
shook hands warmly.
199(30th of Av, 5759): Rosh Chodesh Elul
2001: The New York Times
book section featured reviews of books by Jewish authors and/or of special
interest to Jewish readers including Houdini’s
Box: The Art of Escape by Adam Phillips, a children’s book
entitled Sigmund Freud Pioneer of
the Mind by Catherine Reef and two books about Nixon’s Jewish
born Secretary of State: The Trial
of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens and
No Peace No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and
Betrayal in Vietnam by Larry Berman.
2004(25th of Av, 5764): Thirty year old Capt. Michael
Y. Tarlavsky was killed today when his unit was attacked in Najaf, Iraq.(As
reported by Maia Efrem)
2005: A report in the Jerusalem
Post concerning absenteeism among workers may come as a surprise to some
Americans. For the first seven months of
2005, the rate of absenteeism was higher among men than women. There was no explanation for this reverse in
the statistical model from past years.
The report also revealed that absenteeism rates rise when economic
conditions improve. During economic slowdowns
workers are loathe to be away from work for fear of being replaced.
2005: It was announced at Texas Tech
University
2005: Reuben Greenberg resigned as Chief of Police in Charleston,
SC.
2006(18th of Av, 5766): Staff Sgt. Uri Grossman, 20, the
son of renowned novelist and peace activist David Grossman was killed in
Lebanon, just days after his father made a public call for the government to
halt its military operation and enter negotiations.
2007: The Sunday New York
Times book section features reviews of books by Jewish authors and/or of
special interest to Jewish readers including How American Grew From Sea to
Shining by Jewish Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Kluger and The
Man In The White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado in which she “chronicles
her Jewish family’s flight from the rise of Nasser.”
2007: The Chicago Sun Times
book section featured a Q&A with Gail Carson Levine author of Fairy
Haven and the Quest for the Wand and a review of What Goes Up by
Eric J. Weiner.
2007: In a story entitled, “A Museum to Get Lost In, And How
Israel Is Fixing It” the New York Times describes “an $80 million
expansion and renovation that will transform the way a visitor navigates and
experiences” the Israel Museum, “
2007(28th of Av, 5767): Dr, Ralph Asher Alpher, author of the Big
Bang Theory, passed away.
2008: In Little Rock, AR at the Chabad House,
second session of From Ruins to Glory, a course of study based on a virtual
tour of the Temple
2008: Rabbi David Loksen and Rabbi Shmulie Hecht, of the Brooklyn, New York-based Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Community Enrichment Program who are volunteers with Chabad Hawaii, leave Guam. They have been working with the island’s small Jewish community since July 22, 2008
.
2008: Two Israeli physicians were dispatched to Georgia to treat Yedioth Aharonot journalist Zadok Yehezkeli, who was seriously wounded in Gori when shrapnel from an artillery shell, reportedly fired by the Russians, hit him.
2008: General Norton A. Schwartz became the 19th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and the first Jew to hold that position.
2009: Tzfat [Safed] Klezmer Festival comes to a close.
2009:
Two
Israelis were lightly wounded in a shooting attack in the northern West Bank tonight,
according to the IDF. An initial investigation established that two of three
young passengers driving in a car near the settlement of Ma'ale Levona, near
Nablus, were lightly injured when Palestinians in a passing car opened fire on
them.
2009:
The
youth movement Habonim Dror, a driving force behind the popular campaign for
Gilad Schalit's return, organized a global prayer for the captured IDF
soldier's safe return the focus of which was a communal service held at the
Western Wall tonight at time that coincided with the soldier's 23rd birthday
according to the Hebrew calendar. Aviva and Noam Schalit, Gilad's parents, as
well as hundreds of others, were present at the Jerusalem gathering. Habonim joined forces with Tel Aviv Chief
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau to organize the ceremony, and released a statement which
read, "We are calling on all Jews - one people, one heart - to pray on
behalf of our brother Gilad's well being and for his safe return." Rabbi
Lau penned a special prayer for the service, which begins "May he who
blessed our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Ya'akov, Joseph, Moses and Aaron,
David and Solomon bless and guard over and save Gilad son of Aviva and Noam
Schalit." The prayer also beseeches
god to "redeem [Schalit] from his captivity and return him in the
immediate future." The event took place amid a flood of rumors in the Arab
media that a deal for the prisoner's release was nearing, despite the lack of
official statements from either Israel or Hamas.
2010:
YAD
Detroit Book Club Cluster is scheduled to discuss The Piano Teacher by
Janice Y. K. Lee at the Barnes & Noble Book Store in West Bloomfield,
Michigan.
2011: A special performance by Makela, DC’s co-ed Jewish a cappella
group, is scheduled to take place at the Sixth &I Historic Synagogue.
2011:
Tel
Aviv municipal inspectors distributed an eviction notice today to a tent
dweller who erected a structure that served as a kitchen and storage room at
the Nordau Boulevard tent city in north Tel Aviv.In response to the eviction
notice, one of the tent protest organizers said that the structure has been
standing since the "first day of the protest, and there is no reason to
remove it". "The municipality
must decide whether it will allow a legitimate and non-violent protest, or
whether it is more interested in fighting the protest", said the
organizer. Organizers also stated the protests will continue despite the
municipality's recent attempts at dissolving it with a Friday night Shabbat
service to be held on Nordau Boulevard. The last few days have seen municipal
inspectors remove several tents, claiming that they were not being used. The
inspectors also distributed eviction notices to protesters in Tel Aviv's Kikar
Hamedina, towed a caravan and confiscated a guillotine from Rothschild Boulevard.
The municipality has stated that they support the protest and have allowed for
it to take place since day one, but are also responsible for maintaining public
order. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel strongly criticized the move,
saying the mayors are attempting to "push the police to silence the
protest".
2011: A
hearing to discuss political redistricting in the Baltimore area began this
evening at 6:30 p.m. The hearing was
originally scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. but was changed to the earlier time to
accommodate Jewish citizens who need to be at home or in their synagogues to
mark the start of Shabbat. Like all
other citizens, Jews can e-mail in their testimony.
2011: The
New York Daily News published the first interview that Levi Aron, the man
charged with killing 8 year old Leib Kletzky, has given to the media.
2012: The New York Times features reviews of
books written by Jewish authors and/or of special interest to Jewish readers
including The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir by Claude Lanzmann and the
recently released paperback editions of The Night Circus by Erin
Morgenstern and Heddy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough
Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by
Richard Rhodes.
2012: The
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia is scheduled to sponsor a
contra-indicated (by the weather) fundraiser – Community Eat-for-Heat featuring
a pancake feast and water play.
2012: The
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is scheduled to present a
special screening of “Granito: How to
Nail a Dictator”
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