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Friday June 21, 1996

The Bulletin Back Then 100 years ago June 19, 1896

A Moscow Jew petitions to the governor for permission to complete an unfinished public synagogue. Construction had been disconti

German paper money reading, "Germans, free yourselves from the yoke of the Jews" marks spread of anti-Semitism.

50 years ago June 21, 1946

Almost 3,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors arrive in Haifa in one week.

25 years ago June 25, 1971

Three non-Jewish scientists in the USSR ask the Kremlin to stop persecuting the Jews and forbidding them from leaving the country.

10 years ago June 27, 1986

Senator Pete Wilson speaks about organizational and fund-raising activities at the 123rd annual B'nai B'rith convention.

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