HistoryJuly 13, 2000
Jan Karski Dies
On this day, July 13, 2000, Jan Karski died in Washington. The Polish courier had carried eyewitness reports of the Warsaw ghetto and the murder of Polish Jews to Allied governments.
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HistoryJanuary 31, 1848
Nathan Straus Is Born
On January 31, 1848, Nathan Straus was born in Otterberg, Bavaria. He later co-owned Macy’s and funded pasteurized milk.
HistoryMarch 22, 1851
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.
HistoryMarch 25, 1911
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York killed 146 workers.
HistoryFebruary 17, 1925
Florence Prag Kahn Is Elected to Congress
On 17 February 1925, Florence Prag Kahn won a special election and became the first Jewish woman in Congress.
HistoryFebruary 1, 2003
Columbia Breaks Apart, Killing Ilan Ramon
On February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during reentry. Israeli payload specialist Ilan Ramon died with the crew.
HistoryAugust 5, 1906
Havana Jews Found a Congregation
On August 5, 1906, eleven Jews met in Havana to found a congregation and a cemetery.
HistoryFebruary 23, 1913
Solomon Schechter Founds the United Synagogue of America
On this day, February 23, 1913, Solomon Schechter founded the United Synagogue of America, later the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
History8 April 1730 (Julian)
Shearith Israel Consecrates the Mill Street Synagogue
On 8 April 1730, the seventh day of Passover, Congregation Shearith Israel consecrated its Mill Street synagogue, the first purpose-built synagogue in continental North America. British New York still used the Julian calendar.
HistoryMarch 5, 1947
Nuremberg Justice Trial Opens
On this day, March 5, 1947, the United States opened the Justice Case in Nuremberg against German judges and prosecutors.
HistoryMarch 26, 1979
Egypt and Israel Sign a Peace Treaty
On this day, March 26, 1979, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in Washington, witnessed by Jimmy Carter.
HistoryAugust 7, 1955
Bar-Ilan University Opens
On this day, August 7, 1955, Bar-Ilan University opened in Ramat Gan. The plan had been formed by American Mizrachi leaders around 1950.