An Israeli schoolboy shows his classroom tools around 1954
Sept. 18, 1949 — Compulsory Education Law Is Implemented
The Compulsory Education Law goes into effect. It requires all children ages 5 to 15 to attend recognized educational institutions and provides for free elementary education; a 2009 law extends compulsory education through 12th grade. A provision allowing parents to send children to schools that are part of a recognized trend leads to separate public school systems for Arabs, religious Zionists and Haredi Jews.
The Israeli Film Academy awarded Avraham Heffner an Ophir for lifetime achievement in 2004
Sept. 19, 2014 — Filmmaker Avraham Heffner Dies
Actor and filmmaker Avraham Heffner dies at 79 in Tel Aviv. A native of Haifa, he made his acting debut in 1964’s “Hole in the Moon” and wrote and directed the award-winning 1967 short film “Slow Down.” Some scholars consider his “But Where Is Daniel Wax?” Israel’s greatest movie. As a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, he influenced filmmakers such as Eitan Green, Renen Shor, Ari Folman, Hagai Levi and Dover Kosashvili.
Rachel Bluwstein is considered one of the four mothers of modern Hebrew poetry
Sept. 20, 1890 — Poet Rachel Bluwstein Is Born
Rachel Bluwstein, considered one of the founding mothers of modern Hebrew poetry, is born in Russia. She begins writing poetry at age 15 and makes aliyah in 1909. After living in Rehovot and at a training farm along the Sea of Galilee, she studies agriculture in France, then settles at Kibbutz Degania in 1919. She is one of the first modern poets to write in Hebrew in a conversational style.
áëéøé îùøã äçåõ àáà àáï, ùáúàé øåæï åøàåáï ùéìåç áôâéùä áîùøã äðùéà á÷øéä áúì àáéá.
Photo credit: Hans Pinn, National Photo Collection of Israel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Shabtai Rosenne (center) meets with fellow Foreign Ministry officials Abba Eban (left) and Reuven Shiloah in Tel Aviv in July 1949
Sept. 21, 2010 — Legal Scholar Shabtai Rosenne Dies
Diplomat Shabtai Rosenne, a Bar-Ilan University professor considered an authority by the International Court of Justice, dies of a heart attack at 92. He was a major contributor to the international law of treaties and law of the sea. He formulated Israel’s 1949 armistice agreements, served as an envoy to the United Nations, and wrote the four-volume “The Law and Practice of the International Court 1920-1996.”
äæîø àøéàì æéìáø áäåôòä áôñèéáì éùøàì, áòøá äöãòä ìëáåãä ùì äîìçéðä åäîùåøøú ðòîé ùîø, ááøéëú äñåìèàï áéøåùìéí.
Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ariel Zilber performs at the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem in 1998, before a shift to more Orthodox observance led him to grow out a beard
Sept. 22, 1943 — Musician Ariel Zilber Is Born
Singer-songwriter Ariel Zilber is born in Tel Aviv. His mother is a singer, and his father is a violinist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 1970s and 1980s he establishes an eclectic sound and leads multiple rock bands, then has a successful solo career. His music spans rock, pop and hip-hop. His political views draw attention away from his music as he moves toward the Orthodox right in the early 2000s.
ùéçä áéï øàù äîîùìä âåìãä îàéø, éåòöä äîãéðé ùîçä ãéðéõ åäðøé ÷éñéðâ’ø ááéú ùâøéø éùøàì áååùéðâèåï.
Photo credit: Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0
Adviser Simcha Dinitz (right) joins Prime Minister Golda Meir for a chat with Henry Kissinger at the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Washington on Feb. 27, 1973
Sept. 23, 2003 — Diplomat Simcha Dinitz Dies
Simcha Dinitz, whose career as a diplomat included serving as ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1978, dies at 74. He played a key role in securing airlifted U.S. weapons for Israel during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. “He was a superb representative of his country whose role in saving his country in the 1973 war has never been adequately appreciated,” U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said.
Photo credit: Teddy Brauner, National Photo Collection of Israel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sept. 24, 1950 — Operation Magic Carpet Concludes
Two planes carrying 177 Jews to Israel from Aden mark the final flights of Operation Magic Carpet, also known as On the Wings of Eagles, the airlift of Jews from their ancient community in Yemen. Nearly 50,000 Jews were flown to Israel over 15 months. The operation took advantage of a change in Yemeni law after Israel’s War of Independence that allowed Jews to emigrate as long as they sold their homes and property first.
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