Yahrzeit

This week in Jewish history: Miracle aids and antibiotics

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 THANK YOU, Selman Waksman, for isolating streptomycin.
 KIKAR YONI, Yoni Square in Jerusalem, is named for the heroic Netanyahu brother who fell in the 1976 raid on Entebbe.

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed

 ALISA FLATOW washes chicken for Shabbat, in Israel, 1995.

Looking back on 30 years: Remembering Alisa Flatow, beloved daughter - opinion

 YIGAL ALLON served as foreign minister from 1974 to 1977. His premature death at age 61 ‘left so much undone,’ laments the writer.

The 45 years since Yigal Allon’s death - opinion


This week in Jewish history: Birthday of Frank Gehry, Yahrzeit of Avraham Ibn Ezra

A highly abridged version of Dust & Stars.

 MONUMENT TO Shalom Aleichem in Bohuslav, Ukraine.

Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto to his disciples: The grave of Rabbi David Levy zt”l works miracles