On January 3rd, 1919, perhaps one of the most priceless of agreements was signed between Zionist leader Dr.Chaim Weizmann and the son of  Sharif and Emir of the holy city of Mecca, the Hashemite leader Faisal Ibn Hussein. The agreement, encouraged by the new British presence in the region, discussed many aspects of Jewish-Arab collaboration and could be viewed as one of the earliest official Arab-signed documents that supported Jewish migration into the land of Israel. 

03 January 2023

Read more: This Day In History: The Arab-Zionist Agreement To Bring Jews To Palestine Is Signed

While the Judean focuses coverage only on Israel, this event is too significant to overlook as it had a profound impact on the world and is likely credited with saving the Jewish diaspora, a group that without their strong support, Israel would have had more of an uphill climb to survive, and ultimately thrive.

On January 1st, 1892, the first immigration services station was opened in Ellis Island, in which over 3 million Jewish refugees would pass through and completely change the fabric of the entire Jewish population. After a 90-year period of US military use, the island which is largely built on landfill was transformed into an immigration station that would soon turn into a large-scale industrious operation. 

01 January 2023

Read more: This Day In History: Ellis Island Opens, Forever Changing The Jewish Diaspora

On December 28th, 1968, an Israel Defense Forces commando unit stormed the Beirut airport and destroyed close to a dozen airplanes in direct retaliation to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) attack of an El-Al plane in Athens. 

The attack which killed Leon Shirdan, 50, of Haifa, and injured several others was part of a larger chain of similar events that resulted in Israeli casualties along with millions in property damage and the direct assault on Israeli sovereignty and citizens' freedom of movement. 

28 December 2022

Read more: This Day In History: Commandos Attack Beirut Airport After El Al Flight Attacked

On December 24th, 1920, The World Zionist Congress in London launched “Keren Hayesod”, Hebrew for “The Foundation Fund,” now known in English as the United Israel Appeal.

25 December 2022

Read more: This Day In History: The 'United Israel Appeal' Is Founded In 1920

On December 22, 1938, the Rambam Health Care Campus opened as the British Government Hospital of Haifa and is initially defined as a British hospital for the mandate of Palestine, before changing its name to its current format.  

22 December 2022

Read more: This Day In History: World Famous Rambam Medical Center Opens In 1938