Shrine of the Book Opens

Shrine of the Book Opens

April 20, 1965 The Shrine of the Book, built to house seven Dead Sea Scrolls found in the Qumran caves in 1947, opens as part of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Moshe Sharett announced the…

Shagar Is Born

Shagar Is Born

November 13, 1949 Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, known by the acronym Shagar, is born in Jerusalem to Reb Shalom Zelig and Sasi Rosenberg, both Holocaust survivors. Shagar is recognized as a rabbi, a philosopher of…

Today in Israeli History|November 13, 1949
Musician Ariel Zilber Is Born

Musician Ariel Zilber Is Born

September 22, 1943 Singer-songwriter Ariel Zilber is born in Tel Aviv to Bracha Zefira, a singer, and Ben Ami Zilber, a violinist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He attends a nonreligious boarding school on Kibbutz…

Today in Israeli History|September 22, 1943
Politician Zevulun Hammer Is Born

Politician Zevulun Hammer Is Born

May 31, 1936 National Religious Party politician Zevulun Hammer is born in Haifa. Hammer participates in the Zionist youth group Bnei Akiva and serves in the Israel Defense Forces’ Armored Corps with the Nahal program,…

Yisrael Meir Friedman Ben-Shalom Is Born

Yisrael Meir Friedman Ben-Shalom Is Born

November 8, 1923 Rabbi Yisrael Meir Friedman Ben-Shalom, a sixth-generation descendant of Rebbe Yisrael of Rizin, is born in Bohush, Romania, to a Hasidic and Zionist family. Friedman Ben-Shalom joins Hashomer Hatzair, the secular Zionist…

Today in Israeli History|November 8, 1923