|
Year |
Pictures
from that year's program(s) |
What was going on that year in Jewish History? |
1981
|
 
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Israel Air Force destroys
Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to become operative. |
|
1982 |
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Israel moves into Lebanon
to defend itself from rocket attacks. |
|
1983 |
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Defense Minister Ariel
Sharon resigns. |
|
1984 |
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Operation Moses brings
8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. |
|
1985 |
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Notorious Auschwitz doctor, Josef Mengele, is confirmed dead. |
|
1986 |
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Elie Wiesel wins Nobel
Peace Prize. Mets win World Series! |
|
1987 |
     |
250,000 people attend
rally in Washington, DC in support of immigration of Soviet
Jewry. |
|
1988 |
    |
Israel launches into space
the Ofeq 1 experimental satellite. |
|
1989 |
    |
Soviet Union permits Jews
to emigrate on their first application for visa. |
|
1990 |
 |
Persian Gulf War. Scuds
fall on Israel, miraculously low level of injuries and
casualties. |
|
1991 |
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First Gulf War ends with
Coalition leaving Sadaam Hussein in power |
|
1992 |
    |
Elections for Thirteenth
Knesset; Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor party becomes prime minister |
|
1993 |
         |
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opens in Washington, DC. |
|
1994 |
      |
Yitzhak Rabin,
Shimon Peres and Yassir Arafat are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
|
1995 |
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Yitzchak Rabin is
assassinated in Tel-Aviv. |
|
1996 |
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Israel wins bronze medal
in windsurfing competition at the Atlanta Summer Olympics. |
|
1997 |
      |
Israeli wins silver medal
at European Swimming Championship. |
|
1998 |
        |
Israel celebrates its 50th
anniversary. |
|
1999 |
         |
Ehud Barak is elected
Prime Minister. |
|
2000 |
         |
Connecticut
Senator Joseph Lieberman named first Jewish vice presidential
candidate of a major political party. |
|
2001 |
|
Election of Ariel Sharon
as Prime Minister of Israel. |
|
2002 |
     |
In response to the
continuing Palestinian Intifada as well as worldwide anti-Israel
protests, over 100,000 rally to support the
Jewish state in Washington D.C. |
|
2003 |
Pictures
2003 |
First summer Achva goes to
Europe! |
|
2004 |
Pictures 2004 |
Windsurfer Gal Fridman
wins Israel's first Olympic Gold Medal. |
|
2005 |
Pictures 2005 |
Israel retreats from the Gaza Strip |