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.
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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
June 25, 2006
Gilad Shalit Is Captured
On June 25, 2006, militants tunneled into Israel near Kerem Shalom, killed two soldiers, and took Gilad Shalit into Gaza.
Israel · Antisemitism · Zionism
Israel
September 20, 2005
Simon Wiesenthal Dies
On this day, September 20, 2005, Simon Wiesenthal died in Vienna. A survivor of several camps, he spent the postwar decades documenting fugitive Nazi criminals.
Holocaust · World War II · Antisemitism · Israel
Europe
June 1, 2001
The Dolphinarium Bombing
On June 1, 2001, a Hamas suicide bomber killed 21 people outside the Dolphinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv.
Israel · Antisemitism · Zionism
Israel
July 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.
Holocaust · World War II · Antisemitism
Europe
February 16, 1987
Demjanjuk Trial Opens in Jerusalem
On this day, February 16, 1987, John Demjanjuk’s trial opened in Jerusalem. Prosecutors charged that he was the Treblinka guard known as Ivan the Terrible. That identification was later overturned.
Holocaust · World War II · Antisemitism · Israel
Europe
October 9, 1974
Oskar Schindler Dies
On this day, October 9, 1974, Oskar Schindler died in Hildesheim. Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations in 1993.
Holocaust · World War II · Antisemitism
Europe
May 30, 1972
The Lod Airport Massacre
On May 30, 1972, three Japanese Red Army gunmen opened fire at Lod Airport, killing 26 people.
Israel · Antisemitism · Zionism
Israel
May 18, 1971
The Night of the Panthers
On May 18, 1971, about 6,000 people rallied in Jerusalem against discrimination toward Mizrahi Jews. Police and protesters clashed.
Israel · Antisemitism · Zionism
Israel