U.N. Approves Partition Plan

U.N. Approves Partition Plan

The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 181 by a vote of 33-13 with 10 abstentions. The Resolution recommended the creation of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, linked by an economic union.

Today in Israeli History|November 29, 1947
Bronislaw Huberman Dies

Bronislaw Huberman Dies

Known as one of the most cherished violinists of his generation, and one of the greatest Jewish musicians of all time, Bronislaw Huberman passed away at his home in Switzerland at the age of 64.

Bergen-Belsen Is Liberated

Bergen-Belsen Is Liberated

April 15, 1945 The British 11th Armored Division liberates the Nazis’ Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany, discovering 60,000 starving prisoners, most of them seriously ill, and 13,000 unburied corpses. They are the remnants of…

Labor Zionist Leader Berl Katznelson Dies

Labor Zionist Leader Berl Katznelson Dies

Berl Katznelson, a leader in the Labor Zionist movement, dies suddenly at the age of 57 in Jerusalem. His advocacy for the creation of a labor-based society in Israel would eventually form the basis of the Mapai party, which was created in 1930 and would dominate Israeli politics until the late 1970′s.

Today in Israeli History|August 12, 1944