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Haim Ben-Asher Is Born
Haim Ben-Asher was born in Odessa in July 1904. He later served in the first two Knessets.
Mordecai Manuel Noah Dies
On March 22, 1851, Mordecai Manuel Noah died in New York. In 1825 he had tried to found a Jewish refuge called Ararat.
Isaac Rülf Is Born
On February 10, 1831, Isaac Rülf was born in Rauischholzhausen. He later became rabbi of Memel and an early Zionist.
Abba Berdichev Is Executed
On this day, January 26, 1945, the Nazis murdered Yishuv paratrooper Abba Berdichev at Mauthausen after capturing him in Slovakia.
Saul Raphael Landau Dies
Saul Raphael Landau, a Zionist journalist and lawyer, died in New York on 16 July 1943.
Mordechai Anielewicz Is Killed
On this day, May 8, 1943, German forces seized the ŻOB bunker at 18 Miła Street. Mordechai Anielewicz died there during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
The Haganah Is Founded
On 15 June 1920, the Ahdut HaAvoda convention at Kinneret resolved to establish the Haganah.
Zena Harman Is Born
Zena Harman was born in London in 1914. She died in Jerusalem on 21 January 2013.
Teddy Kollek Is Born
On May 27, 1911, Theodor Kollek was born in Nagyvázsony, Hungary. He later served as mayor of Jerusalem.
Rachel Cohen-Kagan Is Born
On February 19, 1888, Rachel Cohen-Kagan was born in Odessa. She later signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence.