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March 11, 2021
Operation Tzur Israel Ends
On March 11, 2021, the last flight of Operation Tzur Israel landed, bringing the airlift to about 2,000 Ethiopian immigrants.
Israel
February 5, 2021
Ruth Dayan Dies
On February 5, 2021, Ruth Dayan died in Tel Aviv at 103. She founded the Maskit fashion house in 1954.
Israel · Zionism · Jews in Politics · Jews in Entertainment
Israel
August 31, 2020
El Al Flies from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi
On 31 August 2020, El Al flight LY971 made the first direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates.
Israel
August 13, 2020
Israel and the United Arab Emirates Agree to Normalize Relations
On August 13, 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to full diplomatic relations. The treaty was signed on September 15.
United States
January 6, 2020
AJC Holds the First JewishandProud Day
On January 6, 2020, the American Jewish Committee asked Jews and their neighbors to mark JewishandProud Day in public.
United States
August 23, 2019
Rina Shnerb Is Killed Near Dolev
On 23 August 2019, a bomb killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb as she hiked near Dolev with her father and brother.
Israel
April 2, 2018
Sara Ginaite-Rubinson Dies
On this day, April 2, 2018, Sara Ginaite-Rubinson, a Kovno ghetto survivor, Jewish partisan, and historian, died in Canada at 94.
World War II · Holocaust · Antisemitism
Europe
July 2, 2016
Elie Wiesel Dies
On this day, July 2, 2016, Elie Wiesel, the author of Night and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in New York at 87.
Europe
February 19, 2016
Samuel Willenberg Dies
On this day, February 19, 2016, Samuel Willenberg, a survivor of Treblinka and of its 1943 revolt, died in Israel at 93.
Israel · World War II · Holocaust · Antisemitism
Israel
April 30, 2012
Benzion Netanyahu Dies
Benzion Netanyahu died at his home in Jerusalem on 30 April 2012. He was 102.
Europe
August 1, 2006
Michael Levin Is Killed in Lebanon
On 1 August 2006, Staff Sergeant Michael Levin, a paratrooper from Pennsylvania, was killed in Lebanon.
United States