August 9
48 B.C.E.: Julius Caesar defeated Pompey at the battle of Parsalus. This victory helped to cement Caesar’s position and put an end to Pompey. Considering Pompey’s behavior towards the Jews, including his desecration of the
Temple
, Caesar’s victory was the preferred outcome.
378: Roman Emperor Valens who began his reign in 364, was killed by the Visigoths as he led his large to defeat at the Battle of Adrianople. During his reign Valens followed the course of his predecessors and issued an edict strengthening the Patriarchate. He issued an edict that exempted “officers of communities subject to the ‘illustrious Patriarch (Nasi)’ from service on municipal councils. In 368 he issued an edict forbidding the billeting of troops in Synagogues. Such minor sounding positive notes, makes him better than his imperial peers when it came to treatment of the Jewish people.
681: Founding of the first Bulgarian Empire. Archaeologists have found traces of Jewish communities in the area that pre-dated the formation of
Bulgaria
. The first major movement of Jews into
Bulgaria
took place early in the 8th century when Jews fled persecution in the
Byzantine Empire
.
1471: The Papacy of Sixtus IV began. “In Italy the reign of Sixtus IV marks a high point of tolerance. The pope used Jewish physicians, and perhaps employed Jews for the collection, copying, and translation of Hebrew works. He refused to canonize Simon of Trent, allegedly a victim of Jewish ritual murder. It is clear, however, that the pope's tolerance was offset, outside his own domains, by local hostility. A generous bull of 1479 concerning the Jews of Avignon was questioned and subsequently withdrawn. In November 1478 the pope issued a bull investing Ferdinand and Isabella with extraordinary powers to appoint inquisitors in all parts of Castile.” ( From the Jewish Virtual Library) This was the first step in what would lead to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
1506: Prince Yaroslavitch established the community of Pinsk. At the same time, he reconfirmed the rights given to the Jews by King Alexander Jagello, King of Lithuania.
1732(18thof Av, 5492): Rabbi Yaakov Culi the Talmudist and Biblical commentator who was the grandson of Moses ibn Habib, passed away in Constantinople.
1807(5th of Av): Rabbi Ze’ev Lesh, author of Kedushat Yisrael, passed away
1819: With the mobs crying “Hep, hep!” an anti-Semitic riot broke out in Frankfort.
1827: Birthdate of William Morris Stewart, the Senator from Nevada who defended the Jews of Romania from an attack by Senator Sprague. Sprague said the Jews were to blame for their suffering because of the economic success. “Mr. Stewart said he hoped Mr. Sprague did not mean to imply that when a man gets rich he ought to be killed.” Senator Sprague gave a faint smile but made no reply.
1850(1st of Elul, 5610): Rosh Chodesh Elul
1850(1st of Elul, 5610): Miss Rachel Myers Cohen of Philadelphia passed away at the age of 70.
1855: As further proof of the existence of a Jewish community from the earliest days of the Lone Star State, The San Antonio Texan reported today on the excitement that has gripped this city during its recent election. "In fact the excitement reached every class of our citizens, old and young, rich and poor, male and female, Protestant, Catholic and Jew..."
1858: It was reported today that the in Great Britain, the House of Lords, has taken action on two of the pressing issues of the day related to religion. Based apparently on its view of Biblical law, the Lords has expressed its opposition to allowing a widower to marry the sister of his deceased spouse. The Lords has agreed to allow Jews to sit in the House of Commons if they are elected to that chamber. The Lords has opposed this measure for decades, but as in so many other matters including the repeal of the Corn Laws and the Divorce Bill, the “upper house” has given way to the popular will. This latest capitulation in the matter of the Jews is seen as further evidence of the erosion of the power of the Lords. [This issue of the Jews sitting in Parliament was, in some respects, part of a much larger battle that was fought throughout most of the 19th century, between the landed gentry and the rising trading, industrial and professional classes.]
1860: It was reported today that Baron Alphonse De Rothschild has been appointed Consul-General of Prussia. He is the first Jew who has exercised such functions for that Kingdom.
1862: Birthdate of David Phillipson, the native of Wabash, Indiana who became one of the leading Reform Rabbis of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
1868: In Chicago, a hospital on La Salle Avenue sponsored by the United Hebrew Relief Association opened its doors to patients for the first time.
1871: “France and Algeria” published today described the pitiful conditions of the Jews living in Algeria prior to its colonization by the French. Among the Moslem “races…hatred of the Jew is a tradition and almost a religious duty.” During the Moslem “rule in Algeria, the Jews suffered every kind of torment. They could not walk in the streets after 6 o’clock at night without obtaining a special authorization from the police. If the night was dark, instead of carrying a lantern, like the Turks and Moors, they had a lighted candle, which the wind blew out continually. They were obliged to take off their shoes in passing before a Mosque and to kneel before the Kasba. Jews could only address a” Moslem “ with deference and submission.” The Jews “moved off the pavement to allow” the Moslems “ to pass and any infraction of these customs was punished with basonado and fines.” The Jews “could not ride on horseback and could not event the town on a donkey. Any insult toward a “Moslem” was punished by sudden death, inflicted arbitrarily, and often according to the offended Moor’s caprices…” [The idea that all the lands of Islam were hospitable to Jews until the creation of the state of Israel, is obviously not an accurate one.]
1874: It was reported today that the London School Board had appointed “Mr. Levy, a Jew…as head master of a school in Whitechapel, in a district where the majority of the inhabitants are Jews.”
1879: It was reported today that much Sarajevo, the multi-ethnic capital of the Turkish province of Bosnia has been consumed by fire. Amongst those who have suffered great loss are those living in the Jewish district the home of many of those who dominate the commercial activities of the region.
1880:Samuel Untermyer married Minnie Carl, daughter of Mairelius Carl of New York City today. “They had three children, Alvin, who served in the 305th Field Artillery in France during the Great War; Irwin, a justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, and Irene, a philanthropist who married Louis Putnam Myers and, after his death, became the wife of Stanley Richter.”
1885: “Strolling Bands” published today described the various wandering musicians found on the Lower East Side and Coney Island Membership in the strolling string bands is confined to Polish and Italian Jews.
1886: “The New Books” column described Court Royal: A Story of Cross Currents, the latest novel by S. Baring Gould. The novel which is “conspicuous” for its “exceeding bad taste, features Emanuel Lazarus, a Plymouth pawnbroker who is a Jew “of the most repulsive type” and misses no opportunity to ridicule the customs of the Jewish religion.
1886(8thof Av, 5646): Rabbi Mendes led the Tish’a B’Av services tonight at the 19thstreet Synagogue. The well attended services began with a reading of the 137thPsalm followed by the chanting of Lamentations.
1896(30th of Av, 5656): Rosh Chodesh Elul
1896(30th of Av, 5656): Aviation pioneer Otto Lilenthaldied when his glider crashed during a test flight. Lienthal is referred to some as the Jewish “Wright Brothers” since he is credited by some with making one of the first flights with a heavier than air craft.
1896: Birthdate of Russian psychologist, Lev Vygotsky.
1902: Edward
VII
is crowned King of the
United Kingdom
(
Great Britain
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
). When he was Prince of Wales, Edward broke with conventional social notions by including numerous Jews in his “set.” On ascending the throne, Edward earned a lasting position of endearment among the Jewish people. He pressed the Russians to improve the treatment of their Jewish subjects. When he went to
Russia
, he insisted on raising the issue with Czar Nicholas II even though his advisors pleaded with him not to. Edward’s intervention did not improve the situation but he gets high mark for having made the effort.
1911: It was reported toda that Boston Rabbi Wolf Margolies has agreed to become the Rabbi for United Hebrew Communion also known as Adas Israel. The congregation has 10,000 members and will reportedly the new rabbi an annual salary of five thousand dollars.
1918(1stof Elul, 5678): Rosh Chodesh Elul
1923: The JTA reported that it would not be publishing the Daily News Bulletin tomorrow in observance of the national day of mourning for the death of President Harding
1924: Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor refused to attend the notification ceremony for John W. Davis at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Davis was the compromise candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, having been chosen on the 103rd ballot.
1924: A statement from Samuel Gompers that he was "willing to forget and forgive acts of omission and commission resulting from differences of opinion during the war" is contained in a letter made public by Mr. Gompers today incidental to the meeting of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor at the Hotel Ambassador.
1925: A memorial tablet erected to one of its patients by his fellow patients was unveiled today in the
Montefiore
Hospital
for Chronic Diseases, at
Gun Hill Road
and
Bainbridge Avenue
, the
Bronx
. Although tablets on hospital walls usually represent benefactions to the institution, this one is a tribute from the 600 patients, who were cheered in his lifetime by Max Messinger. Confined to his wheel chair for twelve years, Max Messinger was the good Samaritan of the hospital. His busy brain and fingers, the only parts of his body over which he had control, worked to create amusement for the other patients to whom he brought music, vaudeville, moving pictures, books, magazines and a social club, as well as a monthly paper, which he edited. By establishing contacts with performers and film companies, he was able to present a full performance each week to the hundreds who assembled on crutches and in wheel chairs for relaxation. He received literature which he distributed to the others, and traveled about the wards, especially among the children. With a portable victrola perched on his wheel chair he played the records that friends had sent. For ten years he was the editor of the monthly paper, The Montefiore Echo, in which he encouraged the others to write. On the walls, with memorials to such noted benefactors as Sir Moses Montefiore, Jacob H. Schiff, Professor Morris Loeb, has been placed a bronze plaque made possible by the small contributions of the patients, a simple expression of gratitude to Max Meninger.
1926: The Third International Conference of the Ort associations opened in Berlin at a building that formerly housed the Prussian House of Lords. (ORT is an organization that was founded in 1880 to provide assistance and educational opportunities for Russian Jews. The scope has expanded and it currently offers programs for Jews in over a one hundred countries.)
1927: Birthdate of Marvin Minsky. Marvin Minsky has made many contributions to AI (Artificial Intelligence), cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. In recent years he has worked chiefly on imparting to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning. Minsky is on the faculty of MIT and winner of the ACM Turing Award
1927The Maccabee soccer team of Palestine left New York today aboard the SS Sinaia.
1927:M. Henri Torres, counsel for Sholom Schwartzbard, has addressed a cablegram to Louis D. Brandeis, U. S. Supreme Court Justice, asking him to intervene in favor of Sacco and Vanzetti.
1929: It was reported today that De Hirsch Margules, the painter and sculptor has petitioned Chief Justice Alfred Frankenthaler on behalf of Alfred Dreyfuss, the sculptor and writer to overturn the order issued by Justice Lydon that has committed his friend to a sanitarium for the insane. Margules contends that Drefyuss’ mother brought the suit after having been unduly influence by her other son who is seeking to control the family’s financial affairs.
1930: Famed cartoon character “Betty Boop” made her debut in the animated film Dizzy Dishes. Boop and the film were the creation of an Austrian born Jew named Max Fleischer. Fleischer was producing animated cartoons years before Disney’s Steamboat Willie appeared on the screen.
1933: In Vilna, Chamber of Commerce unanimously votes to proclaim a boycott against German goods in protest against the Nazi treatment of the Jews.
1933:Edgar Ansell Mowrer, president of the Foreign Correspondents Association in Berlin, resigned from his post in order to secure the release of Paul Goldman, 68-year-old Jewish correspondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, who was charged with "high treason."
1938: Today Senator Norris of Nebraska made a recommendation that President Roosevelt appoint Felix Frankfurter, Professor of Law at Harvard University and one of the original New Deal advisers, to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Benjamin Cardozo.
1938: In article entitled “Children Go to Palestine,” the New York Timesreports on the migration of 167 Jewish children from Austria and Germany to Palestine. The youngsters are part of the Third Aliyah and are being settled at Ain Harod and Kfar Jecheskiel.
1938: The situation in Palestine threatened to grow worse when Moslem ecclesiastical authorities issued a fatwa calling for Iraqi participation in the fighting in Palestine which was labeled a Jihad. Thousands of young Iraqis responded by rushing to sign up at recruiting stations set up in Baghdad.
1940(5th of Av): Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, author of Ahi’ezer passed away
1941: According to reports at the time the Nazis killed 510 Jews Brest-Litovsk and 296 Jews killed in Bialystok
1942: Teresa Benedicta of the Cross died in
Auschwitz
. Born Edith Stein, Sister Teresa and her sister converted long before World War II. However, the Catholic Church allowed the Nazis to seize her and thousands of other Jews who had converted to Catholicism and ship them off to the death chambers. According to Canon Law, Sister Teresa was a Catholic. But apparently she was not a real Catholic since the Church let her go up in smoke facing the fate of a Jewess named Stein.
1942: In the first mass deportation to the gas chambers 10,000 Jews were sent from the Borislave ghetto to the
Belsen
death camp.
1942: Two hundred Jews escape into the forests of Mir. During that week, another 6,000 would die in Naliboki, Lubcz and Karelicze.
1942: Birthdate of director and comedian David Steinberg.
1945: Birthdate of Avraham Poraz, the native of Bucharest who made Aliyah in 1950 and served in the Knesset and as Minister of the Interior.
1948:The first envoy from the USSR arrived in Israel today
1949: Birthdate of mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman is the author of the series featuring Dr.
Delaware
. He is also the husband of mystery writer Faye Kellerman.
1960: The Religious Torah Front, an alliance of the Ultra-orthodox parties Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael that had been formed in 1955, split today with Poalei Agudat taking two of the Front’s six seats in the Knesset.
1960: Larry Sherry came in to relieve starter Johnny Podres and protect the team’s
3 to 2
victory over the Milwaukee Braves.
1961: Birthdate of John Phillip Key, the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the New Zealand National Party.
1965: Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence. The Jewish community in Singapore traces its origins back to the early 18th century. The famous Sassoon family established business operations in the middle of the century. David Marshall, a prominent leader of the Jewish community, was known as the “father of Singapore Independence” for his efforts to gain liberation from
Great Britain
. Today,
Singapore
has a small but vibrant Jewish community that supports two venerated houses of worship Maghain Aboth and Chesed El Synagogues.
1967: Hafez Tahoub, a former Jordanian district judge, and Mussa el-Bitar, a insurance agent, were arrested today by Israeli authorities for instigating a general in east Jerusalem that was aimed at crippling the economy in the section of the city that had been occupied by the Jordanians from 1948 until June of 1967.
1969: Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski and four others were murdered in
Los Angeles
. It would turn out that they were victims of Charles Manson and his gang of killers.
1973: At a lecture to the
Staff
College
, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told the officer “the overall balance of forces is in our favor and this is what decides the question and rules out the immediate renewal of the war.” These reassuring words would come back to haunt the Israelis when Egypt and Syria would attack two months later in the Yom Kippur War, which almost had disastrous consequences for the survival of the Jewish state.
1974: In the wake of the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States. Nixon turned out to be “a mixed bag” for the Jewish people. He began his career on the political right as a fellow-traveler the McCarthy Movement which made him an anathema to many Jews who tended to be moderates and liberals. As President, he appointed the first Jew, Henry Kissinger to the position of Secretary of State. During the Yom Kippur War, he pulled out all of the stops to aid Israel. Yet the Watergate Tapes have him uttering some of the most vile anti-Semitic sentiments that one can imagine coming from the lips of U.S. President.
1978: Morton Abramowitz began serving as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.
1981(9th of Av, 5741):Tish'a B'Av
1981: At the All Star Baseball Game in
Cleveland
, Bob Verdi of the Chicago Tribune sits next to Jerome Holtzman, the popular Jewish baseball writer who wrote for the Sun-Times. Holtzman indicated to Verdi that he was ready to move from the Sun Times to the Tribune. Verdi contacted George Langford, the Trib’s sports editor, setting in motion Holtzman’s switch from
Chicago
’s #2 paper, to the
Windy
City
’s # 1 paper.
1983(30th of Av, 5743): Rosh Chodesh Elul
1985: Release date for “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman
1994: Edward P. Djererjian left his post as U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
1998: The New York Times features a review of Benjamin Disraeli Letters Volume 6: 1852-1856
Edited by M. G. Wiebe, Mary S. Millar and Ann P. Robson. Disraeli is
Britain
’s most famous Jew who was not Jewish.
2001(20th of Av, 5761): A suicide bomber struck a busy intersection in Jerusalem, blowing up a Sbarro Pizza Parlor, killing 15 and wounding 130.
2005: The Jerusalem Post reported on The Dry Bones Project. The project is the brainchild of Yaakov Kirschen, creator of the popular Dry Bones Cartoons. The project is intended to use humor to fight anti-Semitism. Kirschen plans to talk about his work at international conference of cartoon aficionados to be held later this month. An example of the projects work is The Shmendrick Awards. Those awarded Shmendriks will be "honored" during a ceremony in this year's Animation, Comics and Caricature Festival in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from August 27 to 30. “.This year, the winners (or rather, the "ineffectual losers") are the mayor of London, Ken Livingston, for his frequent remarks disparaging the Jewish state (in first place); the American Presbyterian Church for divesting from companies doing business in Israel (in second place); the Neturei Karta - a small group of ultra Orthodox Jews who protest against Zionism and the State of Israel (in third place); and an honorable mention for Prince Harry, who appeared in a Nazi costume two weeks before the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. For more info on the project, go to http://www.drybonesproject.com.
2005: Haaretz reported on the fourteenth meeting of World Jewish Congress of Jewish Studies held this week at the
Hebrew
University
in
Jerusalem
. One of the sessions featured a theoretical debate on the question of "Teaching Mysticism in Academia." Discussion of this topic in an academic form highlights renewed interest among the mainstream Jewish community in the topic of mysticism within the framework of Judaism.
2005(4th of Av, 5765): Judith Rossner, author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar passed away.
2006(15th of Av, 5766): Melissa Hayden passed away.Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1923, Melissa Hayden became one of the biggest stars of American ballet. Although she began her ballet training late, at age 15, she quickly became a world-class dancer, joining the well-known American Ballet Theatre in New York City in 1945. Three years later, Hayden joined the newly formed New York City Ballet, under the direction of George Balanchine and Lincoln Kerstein. Except for a brief return to the American Ballet Theatre in 1954, she would stay with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) until 1973. Recognized for her unusual strength and energy, qualities she was able to combine with lyricism and grace, Hayden danced many important roles with the NYCB. Among her notable performances were those in Jerome Robbins's Age of Anxiety (1950) and In the Night (1970), and in Frederick Ashton's Illuminations (1950). Balanchine created many roles especially for Hayden. These included Miss Liberty Bell in Stars and Stripes (1958), and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which she premiered on January 17, 1962. A Midsummer Night's Dream was especially significant because it was the first full-length original ballet created in North America. When Hayden reprised the role of Titania in 1966, the New York Times reviewer called her "gracious and authoritative," and noted that "Miss Hayden dances like a prima ballerina should, with that distinctive musicality." These roles, along with those she danced in the company's regular repertoire, showcased Hayden's versatility as a dancer; some roles required technical precision, while others demonstrated Hayden's romanticism or delicacy. After retiring from the NYCB in 1973, Hayden remained within the ballet world as a teacher and director. She was the artist-in-residence at Skidmore College for three years, then director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. She began her own ballet school in New York City in 1977 and then joined the faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) in 1983, re-staging 17 Balanchine ballets for NCSA student performances. During her 23 years as an instructor at NCSA, Hayden also maintained her international outreach and influence, teaching groups ranging from the National Ballet of Turkey, to the Santiago Ballet, and Star Dancers in Tokyo.
2006(15th of Av, 5766): Fifteen members of the IDF have been killed and another twenty-five wounded in the fight against Hezbollah.
2007: The Jerusalem Post reported that the Saudi Arabian government continues to bar Jews and Christians from bringing items such as Bibles, crucifixes and Stars of David into the country and is threatening to confiscate them on sight. "A number of items are not allowed to be brought into the kingdom due to religious reasons and local regulations," declares the Web site of Saudi Arabian Airlines, the country's national carrier.
2007:A 23-year-old Jewish woman was attacked in Noisy-le-Grand, near
Paris
, by two youths who beat her and shouted anti-Semitic slogans, said the French National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism. The attackers shouted "You dirty Jew" at the woman before stealing the mobile phone she was using and beating her violently about the head and body. One of the two attackers was later arrested by police and put in custody. According to Rebecca, the two aggressors recognized her Jewish origin when they saw a Star of David around her neck. At first she didn't mention the anti-Semitic character of the attack to police out of fear for reprisals, but she did so later after speaking to the National Bureau of Vigilance against anti-Semitism.
2008(8thof Av, 5768): Shabbat Chazon; Begin reading the Book of Devarim (Deuteronomy)
2008: Five of Israel's representatives will be competing in the first day of the Olympic Games today. Judoka Gal Yekutiel will be the first Israeli to take part in the Games, facing Athens 2004 bronze medalist Tsagaanbaatar Hashbaatar of
Mongolia
on Saturday afternoon in the first round of the under-60kg event at the
University
of
Science
and Technology Gymnasium. Gymnast Alex Shatilov will compete at the National Indoor Stadium, while Gal Nevo, Anya Gostomelsky and Tom Be'eri will swim for the first time at the
National
Aquatics
Center
.
2008(8thof Av, 5768): In the evening, Fast of Tisha B’Av begins; David Levin chants Chapter Five from the Book of Lamentations - a sweet voice for a sad occasion.
2008: The Washington Post reportsthat nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern
Iowa
, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers.
2009: The New York Times features reviews of books by Jewish authors and/or of special interest to Jewish readers including The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics “Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle’s insightful, entertaining and profusely illustrated biographical monograph, which chronicles almost everything Kurtzman accomplished…”
2009(19th of Av, 5769): Seventy year old Lester Glassner whose penchant for “kitsch” turned him into a major collector of pop culture artifacts, passed away. (As reported by Bruce Weber)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/nyregion/21glassner.html
2009: Gaza militants fired mortars at a crossing into Israel just as Palestinian patients were being transferred for treatment, a Palestinian official said. "It's a miracle nobody was hurt," Health Ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said. Two radical Palestinian groups, the Popular Front and the Democratic Front, said they fired 12 mortars at the Erez crossing. The Israel Defense Forces said about six shells exploded near the Erez crossing as the transfer was in progress. According to the procedure, the Palestinian patients are brought to the crossing in local ambulances and transferred to Israeli ambulances for their trips to hospitals. Earlier today, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck an open area adjacent to one of the communities in the Sdot Negev area. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. This attack was the first such strike in almost a month. The last rocket to hit Israel also struck an open area in the Sdot Negev area. Last week, the organization Human Rights Watch released a report arguing that Hamas committed war crimes against Israel by besieging it with rockets during the three-week war in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The 31-page report focusing on Operation Cast Lead, spotlights Hamas, after Human Rights Watch and similar groups have repeatedly accused Israel of committing war crimes. "Hamas forces violated the laws of war both by firing rockets deliberately and indiscriminately at Israeli cities and by launching them from populated areas and endangering Gaza civilians," HRW program director Iain Levine said.
2009: Fervently Orthodox Jews mobbed Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and threw stones at his car.
The mayor’s car was damaged in this evening’s attack, which occurred as Barkat was leaving a personal meeting with a prominent Jerusalem rabbi in the Ezrat Torah neighborhood. Police were called to bring the mayor to safety.“I will not succumb to violence, and whoever thinks he will make strides through violence and bullying is incorrect,” Barkat said following the incident. The attack comes as haredim continue to demonstrate every Saturday night against the opening of a Jerusalem parking lot on Shabbat, and following continuing controversy over a fervently Orthodox woman under house arrest after being accused of starving her 3-year-old son. Haredi politicians in Jerusalem condemned the attack.
2010: This is scheduled to be the final night of this year’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
2010: Oscilloscope Laboratories said today that it would appeal the rating by the Classification and Rating Administration for "A Film Unfinished," which explores a Nazi propaganda film taken in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. With an R rating, viewers under the age of 17 must be accompanied by an adult. The rating board explained its decision, saying the movie contained “disturbing images of Holocaust atrocities, including graphic nudity.” “This is too important of a historical document to ban from classrooms,” Adam Yauch, an owner of Oscilloscope and a founding member of the Beastie Boys, said in a statement issued today. The film, which was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival this year, is set to open nationally later this month.
2010(29th of Av, 5770): Eighty-eight year old New York real estate tycoon Paul Milstein passed away (As reported by Douglas Martin)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/nyregion/10milstein.html?pagewanted=all
2010: A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial. Justice Denis Clifford of the High Court in Wellington confirmed today that an agreement has been reached between the Jewish community and representatives of the C