This week in Jewish history

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: June 24, 2001| Author: Elli Wohlgelernter | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

06-24-2001

Headline: This week in Jewish history
Byline: Elli Wohlgelernter
Edition; Daily
Section: Jewish World
Page: 07

Sunday, June 24, 2001 -- 3 Tamuz

Joshua commands 'the sun to stand still in Gibeon and the moon in the Valley of Ayalon' during the conquest of Israel, 1270 BCE

Yahrzeit of the last Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 1994

A petition by R. Menasseh Ben Israel for officia...

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