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Jewish History Timeline Song

By Sashya the CaTellyst
  • 1900 BCE

    W1 Our Fathers and Mother’s (Patriarchs and Matriarchs) followed HaShem

    Abraham and Sarah followed HaShem, then Yitzach and Rivkah, followed by Ya’akov, Leah, and Rachel
  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1280 BCE

    I. A.) Humble Beginnings

    The period of Jewish History when the faith of one family transforms into the faith of a nation.
  • Period: 1290 BCE to 1224 BCE

    Rameses II Pharoah of Egypt

  • W1 Moses Led Us from Egypt to Sinai
    1280 BCE

    W1 Moses Led Us from Egypt to Sinai

    Moses confronted Pharoah of Egypt, HaShem issued the ten plagues, resulting in the Exodus from Egypt, an event commemorated each year at Pesach. At the “First” Shavuot/Feast of Week’s, the Torah was given to the Jews and all who had accompanied them from Egypt. This act turned the “First Hebrew family” into the Jewish Nation, with the Torah to help us know how to love HaShem and love each other.
  • Period: 1280 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Mishkan in the Wilderness

    The Mishkan was a temporary home for HaShem amoung the Jewish people. It was the focal point of the community and center of worship until Solomon built the first Temple.
  • 1250 BCE

    W1 Joshua Conquered Ca’annan

    Beginning with the Walls of Jericho, Joshua and the army of Israel wage war on their conquest of the Holy Land. The Era of the Elders ends in approximately 1228 BCE. They were a part of the chain of Torah transmission as listed at the beginning of Pirkei Avot. "Moses received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua. Joshua gave it over to the Elders, and the Elders to the prophets. In 1200 BCE, the 12 Tribes settle in the land.
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 1000 BCE

    I. B.) Period of Philistine Conflict

    During this time, the Jewish people are fighting to establish peaceful boarders in the Holy Land. They dispossess many native Caananites, and endure many battles with the Philistines until they eventually have peace under King David.
  • 1200 BCE

    W1 Period of the Judges

    From c. 1200 to c.1020, HaShem ruled over Israel via Judges, who were Military leaders, Teachers and Prophets. Namely: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon and Samson. https://overviewbible.com/judges-of-israel/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6qBvLegzI
  • 1050 BCE

    W1 The Holy Monarchy

    Samuel anoints King Saul, King David and secretly King Solomon during his time as a prophet to The Jewish People.
    King Solomon builds the Temple in accordance with the instructions from HaShem, completing the work his father started. King Solomon is the 3rd United Monarch, following Saul and David, and the Nation of Israel split into Northern and Southern Kingdoms shortly after his death.
    During his reign he penned the following books of the Bible:
    Song of Songs
    Proverbs
    Ecclesiastes
  • Period: 924 BCE to 715 BCE

    I.C.) Division of Israel and Judah (Northern and Southern Kingdoms)

    During this period of time, there is civil war, and division concerning the priesthood and the monarchy.
  • 922 BCE

    W1 The Division of Judah from Israel

    922 BCE Rehoboam reigns in Judah, Jerobaom in Israel. 873 BCE Jehoshaphat in Judah, Ahab and Jezebel in Israel.
  • 922 BCE

    W1 Israel’s prophets Elijah, Elisha and Jonah

    Historians estimate Jonah went to Nineveh c. 922 BCE
    C. 873 BCE Elijah was a prophet to Israel under Ahab and Jezebel
    C. 869 BCE Elisha was a prophet to Israel.
  • 842 BCE

    W2 Ataliah Reigns in Judah, Jehu reigns in Israel

  • 783 BCE

    W2 Uzziah reigns in Judah, Jeroboam II in Israel

    C 783 Uzziah in Judah
    C. 786 Jeroboam II in Israel
  • 735 BCE

    W2 Ahaz reigns in Judah, Hosea reigns in Israel

    C. 735 BCE Ahaz in Judah
    C. 732 BCE Hosea in Israel
  • 721 BCE

    W2 Israel Falls to Assyria, the Ten Tribes are Scattered

  • 715 BCE

    W2 Isaiah and Micah are prophets, Hezekiah King of Judah, Sennacherib beseiges

    Sennacherib of Assyria besieges Jerusalem.
  • Period: 715 BCE to 588 BCE

    I. D.) Assyrian Rule

    The Assyrians conquered the Holy Land and ruled over the Jews until the Babylonians conquered Assyria.
  • 640 BCE

    W2 Josiah in Judah, The Battle of Megiddo, Daniel goes to Babylon

    Briefly returning the people to HaShem, Josiah “cleans house.”
  • 597 BCE

    W2 Jehoiachin exiled, Zedekiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Fall of Jerusalem

    Jehoiachin exiled to Babylon, and Zedekiah left as a “Puppet King” to Judah under Babylon.
    Jeremiah (author of both Jeremiah and Lamentations) and Ezekiel are prophets in Judah, both witnessing the Destruction of Jerusalem and finality of the Babylonian Exile.
  • 587 BCE

    W3 Babylonian Exile Began, 1st Temple Destroyed

  • Period: 587 BCE to 539 BCE

    II.A.) Babylonian Rule

  • 539 BCE

    W3 Cyrus of the Persians Conquers Babylon, the Jews Return and Rebuild

    539 BCE Cyrus conquers Babylon
    588 BCE Jews return and rebuild
  • Period: 539 BCE to 333 BCE

    II. B.) Persian Rule

  • 404 BCE

    W3 Zerubabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, The Men of the Great Assembly, Esther and Purim, Zerubable, Ezra, Nehemiah and the Men of the Great Assembly, Alexander the Great conquers the Holy Land

    522 Zerubabel was Governor of Judah
    458 Ezra
    445 Nehemia
    Ezra and Nehemiah restore the Torah to the People
    The Men of the Great Assembly.
    404 Esther and Purim
    332 Alexander the Great conquers the Holy Land
  • Period: 333 BCE to 62 BCE

    II. C.) Hellenic Rule

  • 250 BCE

    W3 The Helens and Zugot, Ptolemy and the Septuagint, Antiochus IV Epiphenes Removes the High Priest, Judaism Banned in the Land

    250 BCE Ptolemy and the Septugiant
    175 BCE Antiochus IV Epiphanes deposed High Priest Onias III
    167 BCE Judaism banned in the Holy Land
  • Period: 170 BCE to 10

    The Zugot Era

    The Zugot (or pairs) was a period of time when the Jewish people were led by pairs of sages, one as the Nasi, and one as the Av Din (fact check this)
  • 167 BCE

    W3 Maccabean Revolt, R. Yose ben Yoezer, R. Yose ben Yochanan

    167 BCE A small priestly family, the Maccabees, started a revolt against the Greeks, in an attempt to take back the Temple, and save the people from Hellenism.
    Rabbi Yose ben Yoezer
    Rabbi Yose ben Yochanan
    Some Jews are in Calabria, Italy.
  • 164 BCE

    W3 2nd Temple Rededicated, Maccabean conquest of Jerusalem and Treaty with Rome, No, No not a Maccabean High Priest

    164 BCE On the 25th of Kislev, the Temple was rededicated and the menorah lit, and the oil burned for 8 days.
    161 Maccabean conquest of Jerusalem and Treaty with Rome
    152 Johnathan Maccabee becomes the High Priest, a direct violation of the Torah. Despite being from a priestly family, Johnathan Maccabee was not eligible to be the High Priest because he was already serving as Israel’s Military Leader and “Governor.”
  • 134 BCE

    W3 R. Joshua ben Perachiah, R. Nittai of Arbella, R. Yehuda ben Tabbai, R. Simeon ben Shetach and Roman King Jannaeus

    134 BCE Rabbi Joshua ben Perachiah
    And Rabbi Nittai of Arbella
    103 BCE Rabbi Yehuda ben Tabbai
    Rabbi Simeon ben Shetach
    Roman King Alexander Jannaeus
  • 63 BCE

    W4 Rome controls Judea, Herodian Dynasty of Terror

  • Period: 63 BCE to 399

    II.D.) Roman Rule

  • 37 BCE

    W4 R. Hillel the Elder and R. Shammai

  • 20 BCE

    W4 Philo, the Essenes, The Zealots and Qumran

    There were MANY different sects of Judaism all vying for powers during this period. The Saducees were basically the corrupt Helens with rebranding.
  • 19 BCE

    W4 Herod rebuilds the Temple

  • Period: 10 to 210

    The Tannatic Era

  • 26

    W4 Roman Provinces: Judea, Samaria, Idumea and the “Jewish Tax”

  • 30

    W4 Pilate crucifies Jesus “the Christ,” Rabbi Akiva

  • 70

    W4 2nd Temple Destroyed, Sanhedrin moves to Yavne

    Jerusalem was also destroyed, and the center of Jewish life was relocated. First to Yavneh (a small city with a Rabbinic school located close to where the Ben Gurion Airport is today). Rabbenu Yohanan ben Zakkai began the process of reconstruction Judaism without a Temple or a King. (This was also the future school of Rabbi Akiva)
  • 71

    W5 R. Shimon ben Yochai, The Fall of Massada

  • 75

    W5 The Era of the Tannaim and R. Yochanan ben Zakkai

    Also known as Ribaz
  • 80

    W5 R. Gamaliel II (of Yavne) and the TaNaKh Formed

    80 CE Gamaliel II of Yavne
    The TaNaKh was formed
    100 CE Jews fled to Calabria
  • 132

    W5 Bar Kokhba Revolt, Sanhedrin in Galilee, Rabbi Meir and the Amoraim

    Rabbi Akiva and others endorsed the Bar Kokhba Revolt, due to a swell in Messianic expectations. They won a short period of freedom. By 135, the revolt had ended, and Jewish life in Judea was over due to a overwhelming number of persecutions. This created the pressure to complete the Mishnah.
    139 CE Rabbi Meir ba’al HaNess
    The Amoraic Era
  • 200

    W5 R. Judah the Prince redacts the Mishnah, Jews are Roman Citizens

    The Oral Law was given from Rabbi to student until Rabbi Yehuda Ha Nasi (R. Judah the Prince) foresaw a season of Judaism when a written code of practice would be necessary to survive. Despite the apprehension of his contemporaries, he began to document the Mishnah. Mishnah is the first layer of the Talmud and means “study by repetition” and elucidates many things which are described in the Torah. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/mishnah/ 212 CE Jews become Roman Citizens
  • Period: 211 to 500

    The Amoraic Era

  • 226

    W5 Sassanid Dynasty, Constantine and Christianity

    226 CE Sassanid Dynasty In Persia
    306 CE Constantine and Christianity
  • 306

    W5 Edict of Milan, Hillel II, The Jerusalem Talmud

    306 CE The Edict of Milan blames the Jews for the death of Jesus the Christ
    359 CE Rabbi Hillel II created the Jewish Calendar (as we know it today) effectively severing all ties to the Holy Land and making full exile possible.
    380 CE The Jerusalem Talmud
    390 CE Piyutim
  • 400

    W6 Under Neopersian rule, the Rabbis wrote Midrash

  • Period: 400 to 621

    II.E.) Neopersian Rule

  • 454

    W6 Theodoric the Great protects the Jews

    The Italian King, Theodoric the Great, protects the Jews in Italy.
  • 476

    W6 Byzantine and Sassanid Empires collide

  • 498

    W6 The Code of Justinian

    534 CE Byzantine Emporer Justinian writes the Justinian Code
  • 499

    W6 R. Ravina and Rav Ashi complete the Babylonian Talmud

  • Period: 501 to 588

    The Savoraic Era

  • 589

    W6 Geonim and the Responsora

  • Period: 589 to 1099

    The Geonic and Responsora Era

  • 614

    W6 Persians capture the Holy Land

  • Period: 622 to 1138

    III.A. Islamic Rule over Sephardic Jews

  • 638

    W7 Arabs Conquer Jerusalem, Visigoths in Spain

    622 CE Muhammad and Hijra
    638 CE Jerusalem conquered by Arabs
    694 CE Visigoths in Spain outlawed Judaism
    765 CE Khazars and Anan begin Karaite movement.
  • 900

    W7 Golden Age of Sephardic Jewry

    800 CE Ashkenazi culture begins
    882 CE Saadia Gaon vs Karaites
    900 CE Golden Age of Sephardic Jewry
  • 930

    W7 Masoretic Text, Muslims in Spain

    930 CE Masoretic Text, and Muslims in Spain, Calabria devastated
    950 CE Ashkenazim prohibit bigamy, Yiddish spoken
    970 CE "Sefer haMirkahot" by Italian Jew Shabbetai Donnolo
  • W7 RASHI in Troyes, Turks in Jerusalem
    1040

    W7 RASHI in Troyes, Turks in Jerusalem

    1040 CE Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki writes a commentary to the Torah, Mishnah and other works during his lifetime (1040-1105) mostly while the community Rabbi of Troyes, France. He is the “Father” of the TOSAFOT (meaning “additions”) usually his students and offspring, or grandchildren.
    1066 CE Jews Immigrate to England and William the Conquerer
    1070 CE Yeshiva in Troyes, France
    1071 CE Turks in Jerusalem
  • 1085

    W7 RaShBaM in France, Crusaders Conquer Jerusalem

    1075 CE Rabbi Judah HaLevi
    1085 CE RaShBaM (Rabbi Samuel ben Meir) is another grandson of Rashi’s and the brother of Rabbenu Tam. He is the author of a famous Torah commentary.
    1099 CE Turks in Jerusalem
    1100 Rabbenu Tam (Rabbi Yakov Ben Meir) is Rashi’s grandson and lived in the French town of Ramerupt.
  • Period: 1100 to 1499

    The Rishonim Era

  • 1138

    W7 RAMBAM in Morocco, then Egypt

    1138 RAMBAM taught in Morocco, then Egypt.
  • 1144

    W7 Byzantine Jewish Guilds, crusaders massacre Jews in Rhineland

    1144 CE Byzantine Jewish Guilds and Blood Libel in Norwich
    1147 CE Crusaders massacre Jews in Rhineland
    1152 CE Frederick I Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor
  • Period: 1144 to 1499

    III.B. Christian Rule in Europe

  • 1160

    W8 Pope Innocent, Salidin Conquers Jerusalem, British Jews Become Knights

    1160 CE Innocent II becomes the Pope
    1187 CE Salidin conquers Jerusalem
    1201 CE British Jews become knights
  • 1215

    W8 Jewish "Serfs", The Talmud is Burned

    1215 CE Magna Carta, European Jews become "serfs" of the church
    1242 CE Talmud burned as blasphemy in Paris
  • 1264

    W8 Poland Protects Ashkenazim, Kabbalah and Nachmanides in Jerusalem

    1264 CE Ashkenazim are protected in Poland'
    1265 CE Kabbalah in Jerusalem
    1266 CE Charles I of Anjou introduced antisemitism to Calabria, Italy
    1267 CE Nachmanides in Jerusalem
    1269 CE Merinid Dynasty takes control of Morocco, Charles the II forced conversions in Italy
  • 1290

    W8 The Jews Expelled from England, The Black Death, France Expels and Recalls the Jews

    1290 CE Rabbi Bahya writes a PaRDes commentary on the Parsha, Jews are Expelled from England
    1347-1350 CE The Black Death
    1385 CE Union of Poland and Lithuania, France expels, recalls, expels, recalls the Jews.
  • 1391

    W8 Conversos in Spain, The Jews Final Expulsion from France, Tortosa Disputation

    1391 CE Conversos in Spain
    1394 CE The Jews Final Expulsion from France
    1413-1414 CE Tortosa Disputation
  • 1453

    W8 Turks Capture Constantinople, Hebrew Books, Spanish Inquisition Funds Columbus and His Three Ships

    1453 CE Turks Capture Constantinople
    1475 CE 1st Hebrew Books printed, Blood Libel of Trent, Abraham ben Garton and the Hebrew Bible
    1481 CE 50% of Calabria, Italy is Jewish
    1478-1492 Spanish Inquisition
    1492 Columbus sails to the Carribean
  • 1492

    W8 Jews Move to Turkey and Italy, Mass Conversions to Christianity in Portugal

    1492 CE some Jews move to Calabria, Italy and some to Turkey, 1494 CE Jewish "Cafarone" destroyed in Calabria
    1497 CE Mass conversions to Christianity in Portugal
  • Period: 1500 to

    The Acharonim Era

    Also known as the Modern Era of Rabbinic teaching
  • 1516

    W9 Turks Conquer Jerusalem, Protestant Reformation

    1516 Turks Conquer Jerusalem
    1517 Protestant vs Catholic (Protestant Reformation)
    1527 RAMAK born
    1534 The "ARI" born
    1540 Jews expelled from Calabria
  • Period: 1516 to

    IV. Age of Exploration and Absolutism

    While Christian Europe is conquering the Americas, Jews go inward.
  • 1542

    W9 Suleiman Builds Jerusalem, Inquisition in Portugal

    1542 Suleiman the Magnificent builds the walls of Jerusalem
    1547 The Inquisition is fully operational in Portugal
    1551 Council of Four Lands in Poland
  • 1553

    W9 Jews in Ghettos, Talmud burns, Shulchan Aruch by Karo

    1553 13 MarCheshvan Jews in Ghettos in Venice and Talmud burnings
    1554 Hebrew books censored
    1555 Pope Paul IV forced Jews in ghettos and instituted Yellow Badges
    1565 Shulchan Aruch was written by Karo
  • 1569

    W9 Jews Expelled from Papal States, Isaac Luria in Safed

    1569 Jews Expelled from Papal States
    1570 Isaac Luria (Lurianic Kabbalah) in Safed

  • W9 Marranos in Amsterdam, Religious Freedom in Netherlands

    1590 Marranos in Amsterdam
    1581 Netherlands becomes independent of Spain, Religious Freedom in Netherlands

  • W9 30 years War, Persian Jews forced to convert to Islam

    1618-48 The 30 years War devastated Europe
    1622 Persian Jews forced to convert to Islam
    1639 Ottoman Turks capture Iraq from Persia

  • W9 "Chmiel the Wicked" in Poland, Jews in New York, USA

    1648 "Chmiel the Wicked" Bogdan Chmielnicki led the Cossack uprising against Polish rule in Ukraine which led to the destruction of hundreds of Jewish communities in Poland
    1649 Puritan Revolution in England
    1654 Jews in New York City, USA

  • W10 Jews Return to England, Excommunication of Spinoza

    1655 Jews Return to England
    1656 Excommunication of Spinoza, Jews massacred in Polish War
    1665 Jews in the East and West India Trading Companies, and Shabbatei Zevi proclaims himself the Messiah
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    V Age of Enlightenment

  • W10 Turks Besiege Vienna, Locke Advocates for Religious Tolerance

    1683 Turks Besiege Vienna marking the decline of Ottoman power in Eastern Europe
    1689 Locke Advocates for Religious Tolerance to Jews
    1720 Vilna Gaon was born

  • W10 Chassidim and the Ba'al Shem Tov, RAMCHAL in Italy

    1740 Chassidim and the Ba'al Shem Tov
    1746 RAMCHAL was born in Italy

  • W10 Mitnagdim Oppose Chassidim, Lisbon Earthquake, 1st US Synagogue

    1750 Mitnagdim Oppose Chassidim
    1755 Lisbon Earthquake
    1763 1st US Synagogue

  • W10 Birth of Rabbi Nachman, Vilna Rabbis Excommunicate Chassidim

    1764 Birth of Rabbi Nachman, End of the Council of 4 Lands
    1772 1st Partition of Poland, Jews of Eastern Polan under Russian Rule, Vilna Rabbis Excommunicate Chassidim
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    VI Industrial Age and the Resurrection of the State of Israel

  • W10 Haskalah and Moses Mendelson, Russian Jewish Merchant Guilds

    1775 Haskalah and Moses Mendelson,
    1776 US Independence
    1778 Jewish Merchants admitted to guilds in Russia

  • W10 Edict of Tolerance, French Jews have Civil Rights, Catherine the Great establishes the Pale of Settlement

    1782 Joseph II of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire issue an Edict of Tolerance
    1789 French Revolution
    1791 France grants civil rights to Jews have Civil Rights, Catherine the Great establishes the Pale of Settlement in Western Russia
    1795 3rd Partition eliminates Poland

  • W11 Napoleon Captures Egypt, Frees the Jews, Rabbi Nachman moves to Breslov

    1798 Napoleon captures Egypt, but not Jerusalem, grants freedom to the Jews,
    1802 Rabbi Nachman moves to Breslov

  • W11 Napoleon's Sanhedrin, End of the Holy Roman Empire

    1806 Napoleon convenes a Sanhedrin, An Assembly of Jewish Notables, and the End of the Holy Roman Empire
    1810 18 Tishrei, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov dies in Uman

  • W11 Napoleon Invades Russia, Congress of Vienna, Anti Jewish Laws

    1812 Napoleon Invades Russia, War of 1812 in America
    1815 Congress of Vienna, Anti Jewish Laws

  • W11 Hamburg Temple and the Hep! Hep! Riots

    1818 the First Reform Temple is inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany 1819 Hep! Hep! Riots in Germany
    1821 Greek War of Independence

  • W11 Montefiore Visits the Holy Land, Jerusalem taken by Muhammad of Egypt

    1827 Montefiore Visits the Holy Land, Chevurah and Khappers
    1830 France conquers Algiers and Morocco
    1831 Jerusalem taken by Muhammad of Egypt

  • W11 Hirsch and Neo-Orthodoxy, Damascus Blood Libel

    1836 Hirsch and Neo-Orthodoxy,
    1837 Montefiore Knighted
    1840 Damascus Blood Libel

  • W11 Turks Appoint Chief Rabbi, German Jews Immigrate to the US, Tunisian Constitution Grants Jews Full Civil Rights

    1841 Turks Appoint Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem
    1848 European Revolutions increase German Jewish Immigration to the US
    1857 Tunisian Constitution Grants Jews Full Civil Rights
    1860 Alliance Israelite Universelle Founded in Paris

  • W12 US Civil War, Hess Publishes "Rome and Jerusalem," Montefiore visits Morocco

    1861 US Civil War
    1862 Moses Hess publishes "Rome and Jerusalem"
    1863 Montefiore visits Morocco

  • W12 Marx publishes "Das Kapital," Rome's Ghetto Abolished, Franco-Prussian War, Russian Jews Move Westward

    1867 Marx publishes "Das Kapital"
    1870 Rome's Ghetto Abolished, Jews of Algeria become French Citizens, Franco-Prussian War
    1871 Pogrom in Odessa, Russian Jews go West

  • W12 Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established

    1873 Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established
    1874 Disraeli
    1875 Graetz's Jewish History
    1878 Petach Tikva Founded in the Holy Land
    1879 Nietsche

  • W12 Eastern European Jews Flock to America, 1st Aliyah to the Holy Land

    1881 Eastern European Jews Flock to America, Pogroms in Southern Russia, Assasination of Czar Alex II, Eliazer Ben-Yehuda to the Holy Land
    1882 1st Aliyah to the Holy Land, Pinsker publishes "Auto Emancipation," Bilu Organized, Rishon Le Zion Founded

  • W12 Modern Hebrew Language Born, The Dryfuss Affair, Herzl publishes "The Jewish State"

    1888 Modern Hebrew Language Born,
    1889 Hitler born
    1890 Kishnev Pogrom, Baron Maurice De Hirsch
    1893 The Dryfuss Affair,
    1895 American Jewish Federation
    1896 Herzl publishes "The Jewish State"

  • W12 Herzl and the 1st World Jewish Congress, 2nd Aliyah to the Holy Land

    1897 Herzl and the 1st World Jewish Congress
    1900 Yiddish and Hebrew writers of the 20th Century
    1901 JNF
    1902 US Conservative Synagogues, 2nd Aliyah to the Holy Land
    1904 Herzl dies

  • W12 Einstein and Yiddish Theater, Peak Immigration of Eastern European Jews to the US, Tel Aviv Founded, Beilus' "Ritual Murder" trial in Russia

    1905 Einstein and Yiddish Theater,
    1906 Peak Immigration of Eastern European Jews to the US,
    American Jewish Committee
    1909 Tel Aviv Founded,
    1911 Beilus' "Ritual Murder" trial in Russia
    1913 B'nei Brith

  • W13 WWI, British Capture of Jerusalem, Weizman and the Balfour Declaration

    1914 WWI British Capture of Jerusalem, Weizman and the Balfour Declaration, Russian Revolution, Salonika Fire
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    VII Hashoah

  • W13 American Jewish Congress, 3rd Aliyah to the Holy Land, League of Nations, British Mandate Begins, The Maran is born, Weizman of the 12th Zionist Congress

    1918 American Jewish Congress
    1919 3rd Aliyah to the Holy Land
    1920 League of Nations, British Mandate Begins, The Maran (Rabbi Ovadia Yosef) is born, Arab riots in Jerusalem, Haganah formed
    1921 Weizman is President of the 12th Zionist Congress

  • W13 Ottoman Empire Becomes Modern Turkey, Stalin Purges, 4th Aliyah to the Holy Land, E. European Immigration Ends, "Mein Kampf" published

    1923 Ottoman Empire Becomes Modern Turkey
    1924 Stalin Purges, 4th Aliyah to the Holy Land, E. European Immigration to the US Ends, YIVO Technion and Jerusalem Universities
    1925 "Mein Kampf" published, revisionism

  • W13 Stock Market Crash, Arabs not in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed Massacres, US Reconstructionist Synagogues, Iraq Independence, FDR US President

    1929 Stock Market Crash, Arabs not in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed Massacres,
    1930 US Reconstructionist Synagogues,
    1931 Irgun Founded
    Iraq Independence, FDR US President

  • W13 Nazi boycott against Jews in Germany, Hitler becomes Chancellor, Nuremberg Laws, Arab riots, Adin Steinsaltz born

    1933 Nazi boycott against Jews in Germany, Hitler becomes Chancellor,
    1935 Nuremberg Laws,
    1936 Arab riots, Adin Steinsaltz born, Peel Commission proposes partition of Holy Land.

  • W13 Martin Buber in Holy Land, Kristallnacht in Germany, Austria Annexed to Germany, racial laws in Italy

    1938 Martin Buber in Holy Land, Kristallnacht in Germany, Austria Annexed to Germany, racial laws in Italy, Czechoslovakia partitioned

  • W13 WWII, Pograms in Poland, MacDonald white Paper

    1939 WWII, Pograms in Poland, MacDonald white Paper, Hungarian Jews lose citizenship

  • W14 Mir Yeshiva moved from Poland to Japan, Jabotinsky dies, Mussolini's Internment Camp, Ghettos in Poland

    1940 Mir Yeshiva moved from Poland to Japan, Jabotinsky dies, Mussolini's Internment Camp, Ghettos in Poland, French Vichy regime imposes discriminatory laws against Jews

  • W14 Pearl Harbor Bombed, 1st Death Camp at Chelmno, Palmach Organized

    1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed, 1st Death Camp at Chelmno, Palmach Organized, Jews prohibited from leaving Germany
    1942 Wannsee Conference

  • W14 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Danish Jews Smuggled to Sweden, German Defeat at Stalingrad and N. Africa, Italy Surrenders

    1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Danish Jews Smuggled to Sweden, German Defeat at Stalingrad and N. Africa, Italy Surrenders

  • W14 Extermination of Hungarian Jews, Jewish Brigade Formed, Nuclear Bombs End WWII, UN Formed, Liberation of Concentration Camps

    1944 Extermination of Hungarian Jews, Jewish Brigade Formed, Normandy landing, Revisionists attack, British in the Holy Land
    1945 Nuclear Bombs End WWII, UN Formed, Liberation of Concentration Camps, Arab League Formed

  • W14 Illegal Immigrants to Israel blocked by the British Royal Navy, Germany Surrenders

    1945 Illegal Immigrants to Israel blocked by the British Royal Navy, Germany Surrenders

  • W14 Nuremberg trials, King David Hotel Bombed, Israel's Independence! Rabbi Lord Johnathan Sacks born

    1946 Nuremberg trials, King David Hotel Bombed,
    1947 Israeli Independence War, Anti-Jewish violence in the Middle East, UN votes to partition Holy Land, Dead Sea Scrolls,
    1948 Israel's Independence, Rabbi Lord Johnathan Sacks born

  • W14 1st Knesset Opens, Prime Minister Ben Gurion, Eichman Trial, Steinsaltz Founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications

    1949 1st Knesset Opens, Prime Minister Ben Gurion, "Peaceful Co-existence" plan rejected, cease-fire w/Arabs, Yemenite and Iraqi Jews flown to Israel
    1954 Moshe Sharett is Prime Minister, mass emigration from Morocco
    1956 Sinai Campaign
    1961 Eichman Trial,
    1965 Steinsaltz Founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications

  • W15 The Vatican declares Jews innocence. Agnon Won the Nobel Prize

    1965 The Vatican declares Jews innocent regarding the death of Jesus.

    1966 Agnon Won the Nobel Prize for Literature

  • W15 Six Day War, Prime Minister Golda Meir, The War of Attrition begins, Munich Olympics, Yom Kippur War

    1967 Six Day War, Hungarian Revolution
    1969 Prime Minister Golda Meir, The War of Attrition begins,
    1972 Munich Olympics,
    1973 Yom Kippur War, "The Maran" is named Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel

  • W15 Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Camp David Accords

    1977 Prime Minister Menachem Begin, USSR Jewish Activists, Sadat in Jerusalem
    1978 Camp David Accords
    1981 Sadat Assasinated

  • W15 "Peace in the Galilee," Prime Minister Shamir, Operation "Moses"

    1982 "Peace in the Galilee,"
    1983Prime Minister Shamir,
    1984 Operation "Moses"

  • W15 Pope John Paul II declared Judaism intrinsic to Christianity

    1986 Pope John Paul II declared Judaism intrinsic to Christianity after visiting a Synagogue in Rome.
    1988 King Hussein renounces claim to West Bank, Palestinian State

  • W15 Prime Minister Rabin, Olso Accord, Palestinian Authority created, Prime Minister Peres

    1992 Prime Minister Rabin
    1993 Olso Accord, Palestinian Authority created,
    1994 Peace treaty with Jordan
    1995 Rabin Assassinated, Prime Minister Peres, 1st Elections by Palestinian Authority

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    1996 Prime Minister Netanyahu
    2007 Calabria, Italy consecrates the 1st Synagogue in 500 years
    2010 Koren Publishes all of Steinsaltz's work
    2020 COVID 19,
    2021 Prime Minister Bennett,
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