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Physicist Giulio Racah Dies

Physicist Giulio Racah Dies

August 28, 1965 Physicist Giulio Racah, a winner of the Israel Prize, dies at age 56 during a visit to Florence, Italy. The cause of death is believed to be asphyxiation by a faulty gas…

Today in Israeli History|August 28, 1965
Israel Museum Opens in Jerusalem

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The concept of a national museum originated in the early years of Zionist settlement in the Yishuv. Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, opened the Bezalel Museum in 1912.

Today in Israeli History|May 11, 1965
‘Sallah Shabati’ Receives Oscar Nomination

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Ephraim Kishon’s “Sallah Shabati” becomes Israel’s first Oscar-nominated film in the foreign language film category for the 37th Academy Awards.

Today in Israeli History|February 23, 1965
Bones of Moshe Hess Brought to Israel

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Moshe Hess, a 19th century Zionist, is reburied in the Kibbutz Kinneret cemetery beside other fathers of socialist Zionism.

Today in Israeli History|October 10, 1961
All-Time Miss Israel Illana Shoshan Is Born

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April 14, 1961 Illana Shoshan, who wins the 1980 Miss Israel title after finishing second in the 1978 teen pageant, is born in Kfar Saba, Israel. In a public vote held in 2010 to celebrate…

Today in Israeli History|April 14, 1961
Wadi Salib Riots Begin

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July 9, 1959 Riots break out in the impoverished Haifa neighborhood of Wadi Salib after police officers shoot resident Yaakov Elkarif during an attempt to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly. Witnesses dispute whether…

Today in Israeli History|July 9, 1959
Museum Marks First Official Yom HaShoah

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May 5, 1959 Some 2,500 people, including Israeli Interior Minister Israel Bar-Yehuda and Polish Ambassador Antoni Bida, gather at Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot in the western Galilee for a commemoration of the first Yom HaShoah (Holocaust…

Today in Israeli History|May 5, 1959
Singer Ofra Haza Is Born

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November 19, 1957 Singer Ofra Haza, the youngest of nine children, is born in Tel Aviv to a family who had emigrated from Yemen. Haza grows up in the impoverished Hatikvah Quarter, where she is…

Today in Israeli History|November 19, 1957
Conductor Shlomo Mintz Is Born

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Shlomo Mintz, violinist and conductor, is born in Moscow.

Today in Israeli History|October 30, 1957
Yiddish Writer Sholem Asch Dies

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July 10, 1957 Yiddish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch dies at age 76 in London. Asch was born in Kutno in Russian-controlled Poland in 1880 as the youngest of 10 children in a Hasidic family….

Today in Israeli History|July 10, 1957
Eilat Mazar Is Born

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Eilat Mazar, a third generation Israeli archaeologist, is most well-known for her work at the City of David site in Jerusalem. She is a professor of archaeology at Hebrew University.

Today in Israeli History|September 10, 1956
Writer Gadi Taub Is Born

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April 19, 1956 Writer and academic Gadi Taub, a leading commentator on the meaning of modern Zionism, is born in Jerusalem. Taub’s grandparents were Zionist pioneers who arrived in Palestine in the 1920s during the…

Today in Israeli History|April 19, 1956
Hadassah Medical Center Breaks Ground

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June 5, 1952 Having been forced to evacuate its campus on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus after the massacre of 78 medical people April 13, 1948, Hadassah breaks ground on the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center at…

Today in Israeli History|June 5, 1952
Rock Star Yoni Rechter Is Born

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November 18, 1951 Yoni Rechter, considered one of Israel’s greatest musicians, is born in Tel Aviv. He is the son of architect Ya’akov Rechter and stepson of actress Hanna Maron. He pursues music as a…

Today in Israeli History|November 18, 1951
Filmmaker Amos Gitai Born in Haifa

Filmmaker Amos Gitai Born in Haifa CIE+ CIE+ members only

Filmmaker Amos Gitai, known for documentaries and features on the Middle East, the Israeli-Arab conflict and Holocaust memory in Europe, is born to architect Munio Weinraub and teacher Efratia Margalit in Haifa.

Today in Israeli History|October 11, 1950
Third Maccabiah Games Begin

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The Third Maccabiah Games commence in the 50,000-seat stadium in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Today in Israeli History|September 27, 1950
First Festival of Jewish Music Opens in Jerusalem

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June 20, 1950 Israel’s first Festival of Jewish Music begins in Jerusalem and runs until July 1. It is arranged by the Music Department of the Israeli government’s Ministry of Education and Culture and the…

Today in Israeli History|June 20, 1950
Harari Resolution Halts Effort to Enact Israeli Constitution

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After more than a year of continued debate on the issue, the First Knesset adopts the “Harari Resolution,” which stipulated that the “constitution” of Israel would be composed of a series of Basic Laws approved by the Knesset.

Today in Israeli History|June 13, 1950
Airlift of Iraqi Jews Begins

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Following the passage of March 1950 law allowing Jews to leave Iraq, the Ministry of Aliyah in Israel develops a plan to facilitate their immigration to Israel.

Today in Israeli History|May 19, 1950
Rock Singer Shlomo Artzi Is Born

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Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and composer Shlomo Artzi is born on Moshav Alonei Abba, southeast of Haifa.

Today in Israeli History|November 26, 1949
Compulsory Education Law Is Implemented

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The Compulsory Education bill, which had been passed on September 12th, enters into law. It mandates that all children between the ages of 5 and 15 attend a state-recognized educational institution.

Today in Israeli History|September 18, 1949
Israel Joins UNESCO

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September 16, 1949 Israel becomes a member of UNESCO, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Based in Paris, UNESCO has the purpose of creating peace and security by encouraging international collaboration in education, natural…

Today in Israeli History|September 16, 1949
Herzl’s Body Is Reburied in Israel

Herzl’s Body Is Reburied in Israel

August 17, 1949 Theodor Herzl, who was buried in Vienna after his death July 20, 1904, is reburied along with his wife and parents on the Jerusalem hill that is renamed Mount Herzl in his…

Today in Israeli History|August 17, 1949
Poet Elisheva Bikhovsky Dies

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March 27, 1949 Elisheva Bikhovsky, one of the “four mothers” of modern Hebrew poetry, dies of cancer at age 60 in Tiberias and is buried at Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz. A native of Russia with…

Today in Israeli History|March 27, 1949
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