In the summer of 1929, under British rule in Palestine, rising tensions between Arabs and Jews erupted into violence.
In the holy city of Hebron, what began on Friday afternoon, 17 Av, as a riot quickly turned into a gruesome massacre of Jews of all ages.
Over the course of Shabbos, 18 Av, sixty-seven Jewish men, women, and children were slaughtered—many others wounded and maimed—by their Arab neighbors amid cries of “Slaughter the Jews.”
The killings in Hebron were part of a larger wave of violence that swept the region, in which 133 Jews were killed.
The survivors of Hebron were forced to evacuate to Jerusalem, and the city’s centuries-old Jewish community, which had lived there in relative peace for hundreds of years, was not reestablished until after Israel’s capture of Hebron in the 1967 Six Day War.
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Those interested in this topic should read the new book by Yardena Schwartz, “Ghosts of a Holy War”. It discussed the Chevron massacre in great historical detail.
My first cousin twice removed was one of those killed in the massacre. He had come from the USA to learn in Hebron. השם ינקום דמו.
the massacre of my Grandfather Moshe HY”D Goldshmid and the other Kidoshim took place on 18th of Av, not the 17th of Av
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The primary goal is not political coexistence. It’s the world recognition that the holy land is Hashem’s gift to the Jews.
Very enlightening
My grandmother’s grandfather ר׳ יצחק אוחנה , 70 yrs old , was murdered on that day .. My grandmother,Metuka Levy , a young girl was stabbed on her back and Bechasdei Hashem , she survived .