Today in Jewish History

[phkrause]

24 Cheshvan

Yahrtzeit of Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934). A member of the Rothschild banking dynasty, he preferred to pursue artistic interests, acquiring an important collection of drawings and engravings that he bequeathed to the Louvre. In 1882, Rothschild became a leading proponent of the Zionist movement, buying land throughout Israel and subsidizing Jewish settlements. He financed the first new Jewish town, Rishon Letzion ("the first of Zion"), as well as Zichron Yaakov, Caesarea and some 30 other settlements. He also established Israel's wine industry when he helped Russian Jews flee pogroms in the 1880s and plant vineyards in Israel. In 1954, Rothschild's remains were re-interred to Israel. To honor his memory, his son paid for the construction of the Knesset building in Jerusalem.

[phkrause]

You welcome dgrimm

pk

[phkrause]

Pretty interesting, I didn't know he'd done that. Just thought that he was a big money bags kind of guy and just kept it all to himself, but he did a lot of good for his home.

pk

[phkrause]

25 Cheshvan

In 109 BCE, the Hasmoneans (led by John Hyrcanus, a nephew of Judah the Maccabee) conquered Samaria, the capital city of the Samarian sect. This conquest was significant because it ended some 800 years of Samarian influence in Israel. The Samarians were a schismatic movement, comprised largely of non-Jews who practiced some Jewish traditions. The conquest may have further polarized the Jews into two distinct parties: 1) the Pharisees ("separated ones") because they sought to retain the separation of Jewish culture from the Greek influences of Hellenization, and 2) the Sadducees, Jews who embraced Greek culture.

pk

[phkrause]

Cheshvan 26

In 1938, Father Coughlin broadcast an anti-Semitic diatribe on American radio. Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Michigan, and one of history's first evangelists to preach via the mass media. At its peak in the early 1930s, his radio show had a listening audience estimated at one-third of the nation. Yet Coughlin's broadcasts became increasingly anti-Semitic, expressing sympathy for Hitler and promoting The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It was only a few weeks after Kristallnacht, when synagogues across Germany were burned, that Coughlin caused a scandal by broadcasting a diatribe in which he blamed the Jewish victims.

pk

[phkrause]

Yes it is dgrimm.

pk

[phkrause]

All throughout history dgrimm. The Jews have never know peace, except for little time's here and there. But yet they get themselves up, dust themselves off and go on, without asking for anyone to give them anything.

pk

[nuff sed]

All throughout history dgrimm. The Jews have never know peace, except for little time's here and there. But yet they get themselves up, dust themselves off and go on, without asking for anyone to give them anything.

pk

If you will go back in history to when the Lord appeared to the Children of Israel on the two mountains he gave them a choice. If they obeyed and followed they would become a great nation etc. etc. If they didn't, all kinds of calamities would follow.

We know that the Jewish people eventually chose not to follow God.

Nations have tried to destroy the Jews as a people but failed

Jewish people today are intellectually brilliant, rich,famous,attractive,leaders. IMO God left just enough residue of his blessings on the Jewish people to assure that there would always be Jews and that the Lord means what he says. Every Jew you see today is a Miracle.

[phkrause]

Good post gladussee.

pk

[phkrause]

28 Cheshvan

On this date in 1949, the Jewish population of Israel reached one million. Over the years, waves of aliyah from Arab countries, Russia and Ethiopia -- combined with higher-than-average birthrates -- has pushed the Jewish population of Israel to 5 million. It is estimated that an additional one million Israelis live outside the country.

pk

[phkrause]

I think that many have been coming into Israel from other countries, mainly Russia, in the past few years. When they say outside the country, I think they mean just around in the middle east area dgrimm.

pk

[phkrause]

29 Cheshvan

Yahrtzeit of Israel Bak (1797-1874), a pioneer of book printing in modern Israel. In the 16th century, six books had been printed in the northern town of Tzfat. It would be 245 years until another Hebrew book was published in the Holy Land, when Bak moved from the Ukraine to Israel. He established a Hebrew press in Tzfat and published a Siddur and the Book of Leviticus with commentaries. An earthquake destroyed his print shop in 1837, and a Druze revolt the following year destroyed his press once again. Bak then moved to Jerusalem in 1841 where he established the first Hebrew press ever in the holy city.

pk

[Woody]

Most Interesting pk. Thanks

[phkrause]

Your welcome guys, here's todays:

Cheshvan 30

In 1783, American forces recaptured New York City, clearing the way for the return of Jews who had been forced to flee when the British captured New York City in 1776. Jewish leaders were in danger due to their public support of the American Revolution. Perhaps the best-known was Haym Salomon, an immigrant from Poland, who worked as an undercover agent for George Washington. Salomon was arrested in 1778, accused of plotting to destroy British property in New York. Salomon was condemned to death for sabotage, but bribed his guard while awaiting execution, and escaped to Philadelphia. Salomon was an astute merchant and banker, and succeeded in accumulating a huge fortune which he used to finance the Revolution and later to save the new nation from financial collapse. When Salomon died at age 45 of tuberculosis, he was bankrupt and the U.S. government owed him $700,000 in unpaid loans. In 1975, the U.S. issued a postage stamp in his honor.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

pkrause wrote:

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When Salomon died at age 45 of tuberculosis, he was bankrupt and the U.S. government owed him $700,000 in unpaid loans. In 1975, the U.S. issued a postage stamp in his honor.

I wonder what happened to the $700,000 that the US owed him...

[phkrause]

I guess they figured the postage stamp covered it rudywoofs.

pk

[phkrause]

Here's a link dgrimm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haym_Solomon#Personal_life

pk

[phkrause]

I do my best dgrimm, thanks

pk

[phkrause]

2 Kislev

Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), a prominent Torah sage in Lithuania, and later in America. Rabbi Kotler studied under the famed Alter of Slabodka, and was the son-in-law of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer. Rabbi Kotler led various efforts to rescue Jews from the Holocaust; he was instrumental in persuading Henry Morgenthau, U.S. Treasury Secretary, to risk his political career in order to help save Jews. In 1943, Rabbi Kotler founded a yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey, which has since grown into the largest institution of its kind in America with over 2,000 advanced-level students.

pk

[phkrause]

Oops, I guess I missed posting this from yesterday.

1 Kislev

In 1757, volumes of the Talmud were burned in Kamenetz-Podolsk, Russia. The instigators were followers of Jacob Frank, a Jewish merchant who claimed to be the messiah and successor of the false messiah, Shabbatai Tzvi. Frank's followers broke away from Judaism and created a new religion known as the Frankists, a quasi-Jewish, quasi-Christian religion. The local bishop held a debate between the rabbis and the Frankists; when the bishop decided that the rabbis lost the debate, he ordered them to pay a fine and to burn all copies of the Talmud in the district.

pk

[phkrause]

Kislev 4

In 346 BCE, a delegation of Babylonian Jews arrived in Jerusalem to ask the prophet Zechariah if the fast of Tisha B'Av should be discontinued (Zechariah ch. 7). Tisha B'Av is a commemoration of the destruction of the Temple, and at the time, the Second Temple had just been constructed. The answer, as recorded in the Talmud, is that if Israel remains under foreign control, then the fast remains -- even if the Temple is built. But if the Temple is built and Israel is self-governed, then the fast turns into a day of celebration. In this case, since the Second Temple was eventually destroyed (also on Tisha B'Av, 420 years later), it is commemorated till today as a Jewish national day of mourning.

pk

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Kislev 4

In 346 BCE, a delegation of Babylonian Jews arrived in Jerusalem to ask the prophet Zechariah if the fast of Tisha B'Av should be discontinued (Zechariah ch. 7). Tisha B'Av is a commemoration of the destruction of the Temple, and at the time, the Second Temple had just been constructed. The answer, as recorded in the Talmud, is that if Israel remains under foreign control, then the fast remains -- even if the Temple is built. But if the Temple is built and Israel is self-governed, then the fast turns into a day of celebration. In this case, since the Second Temple was eventually destroyed (also on Tisha B'Av, 420 years later), it is commemorated till today as a Jewish national day of mourning.

pk

Interesting

[phkrause]

I believe Richard they believe that someday the temple is going to be rebuilt. They don't know how, but that God will find a way for this to come about. Obviously since they don't believe Jesus was or is the Messiah, another Messiah must be coming so the temple has to be rebuilt! Sad but I have many relatives that believe this.

pk

[phkrause]

Yes I know dgrimm, and they are the ones trying to get as many Jews to Israel as possible. I hear a lot of people say its the Jews with the agenda in DC, but its all the Christian organizations that are lobing (sp) the US on behalf of that.

pk

[phkrause]

Kislev 5

Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shmuel Edels (1555-1631), a renowned Talmudic commentator, who is known by the acronym Maharsha. He was born in Krakow, Poland, and his masterful commentary, encompassing Jewish law, philosophy and ethics, is printed in all standard editions of the Talmud.

pk