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1924

Anti-jewish Excesses in Bucharest, Jassy, Klausenburg and Czernowitz

1926

Favorable Attitude to Wadsworth Amendment Seen in House Committee

1927

Vienna Jews Mourn Late Dr. Z. P. Chajes; President Hainisch Attends Funeral

1928

Session of Zionist General Council to Be Closed to the Press

1929

Roumanian Government Says Reports of Students' Riots Have Been Exaggerated

1930

Jews Protest Submission of Commerce University Officials to Demands of Anti-semites

1931

Baron De Hirsch Centenary Tribute by Ica President Sir Leonard Cohen at London Meeting of Ica Counci

1932

Rosmarin Charges Polish Government with Ignoring Problems of Jews; Zamorski Arrested

1933

Soviet Concessions for Far East Settlement Do Not Include Bureya

1934

10,000 Hit by Austrian Trade Laws

1935

Election of Dr. Benes Hailed by Czech Jews

1937

7 Arabs Killed in Clashes with Troops; Army Court Sentences Family of Ten

1938

Schacht "ransom" Plan Seen Doomed to Failure; Opposed in Britain

1939

Nazis Stage Mass Expulsions of Jews from Polish Towns; Cracow Shops Pillaged

1940

French Justice Ministry Descharges 77 Jewish Officials

1941

New Anti-jewish Measures Decreed by Paris Municipal Government

1943

Nazis Liquidate Jewish Community Council in Cracow; Deport All Jewish Leaders

1944

Jews in France Launch Campaign for 50,000,000 Francs to Supplement Relief from Abroad

1945

Truman Confers with Hutcheson on Work of Anglo-american Commission on Palestine

1946

Re-election of Weizmann Until After London Parley Urged at Zionist Congress

1947

Jewish Agency Denies Haganah-irgun Merger Talkes; Arabs Getting Arms Taken from Jews

1948

Security Council Rejects Israeli Application for Membership in United Nations

1949

State Department Says It is Interceding in Behalf of JDC Official Arrested in Hungary

1950

Israel Minister Signs Order Rescinding Restrictions on Food Packages from Abroad

1951

Hadassah President Severely Criticizes Premier Ben Gurion

1952

U. N. Resolution on Direct Arab-israel Talks Provokes New Debate

1955

Situation on Syrian Front Tense; Israelis Resume Fishing on Tiberias

1956

Dulles Says Situation is Not Conducive to Speedy Middle East Settlement

1957

Ben Gurion to Demand Ousting of Cabinet Members Who Broke Secrecy

1958

Egypt Advances Brigade into Israel-syrian Frontier; Includes Artillery

1960

Report on Israel's Ability to Produce an Atomic Bomb is Denied

1961

U.N. Debate on Arab Refugees Nearing End; Vote on Resolutions Today

1962

Resolution on 'custodian' in Israel Withdrawn at U.n.; U.S. Stand Wins

1963

Israel President to Welcome Pope Paul at Small Museum in Meggido

1966

U.N. Assembly Adopts Covenant on Cultural Freedom; Russia Criticized

1967

Latest Eshkol-dayan Incident 'closed'; Rafi Bids for Merger with Mapai

1968

Federation Announces $200,000 in Emergency Grants to 3 Day Schools Hit by Vandals

1969

Vatican Document on Jews Reported Not Final; Changes in Wording Said to Be Ahead

1972

60 Jews Arrested in Moscow

1973

Talks Due to Go on Even with Syria's Decision Not to Attend

1974

Gromyko Repudiates Letter of Understanding Between Kissinger and Jackson on Soviet Emigration

1975

U.S. Israel and 10 Other Nations Walk out of UNESCO Conference in Protest Against a Draft Resolution

1977

Begin Proposes 'self-rule' for West Bank, Gaza Strip Arabs; Jerusalem to Remain United City; Will Di

1978

Dayan Says Israel Will Not Take Initiative to Resume Talks

1979

Iranian Volunteers Rumored in Syria

1980

Linowitz: Autonomy Talks Can Be Concluded in Short Order Because There Are No Insoluble Problems

1983

Hand Grenade Wounds Two Israeli Soldiers, Kills Lebanese Civilian

1984

A Move to Approve Establishment of Six New Settlements on the West Bank is Narrowly Defeated

1985

Ivory Coast to Re-establish Diplomatic Relations with Israel

1986

New Economic Plan Under Severe Attack

1988

Cabinet Debates Extending Autonomy to Palestinians in the Territories

1989

Families of Missing Israeli Soldiers Permitted to Make Contact with PLO

1990

U.S. Support for U.N. Resolution a Mistake, Shamir Tells Senators

1991

Levy Says Repeal of U.N. Measure Indicates Healthy U.s.-israeli Ties

1994

Behind the Headlines: Amid Sea of Muslim Neighbors, Tunisia's Jews Observe Traditions

1995

Ax Attack Among Incidents Keeping Security Forces Busy

1996

Buffalo Museum Holds Relic of Failed U.S. Refuge for Jews

1997

Quebec's 'language Police' Do About-face on Jewish Business

1999

Multimedia revolution bypassing Jewish schools

2001

Sixty Years After 'hitler's Olympics,' Survivor Carries Salt Lake City Torch

2002

Russia Returns Books to Lubavitch, but Will Group Get the Rest of Library?

2003

Sharon's De Gaulle Moment: Parting from Greater Israel, Seizing Initiative

2004

Historical look at Israel's unity governments

2005

Ariel Sharon Rests Comfortably After Suffering a Minor Stroke

2006

Fatah-hamas Showdown Forces Palestinians to Choose Their Course

2007

Reform Finds Inspiration in Mega-church Techniques

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