Jewish Timeline
2000-1500 BCE-Abraham and the Patriarchsc.
1500-1200 BCE-Egypt, the Exodus and wandering in the desert
1200-1050 BCE-Occupation of Canaan, the Promised Land
1050-920 BCE-United kingdom under Saul, David and Solomon, with capital at Jerusalem
920-597 BCE-Divided kingdom of Israel (north) and Judah (south)
722 BCE-Assyria conquers Israel
701 BCE-Egyptians conquer Judah
612 BCE-Ninevah destroyed by Babylonains and Medes
605 BCE-Babylon conquers Egypt, now rules Judah
568-538-BCE-Babylonian Exile
586 BCE-Destruction of the first temple
550 BCE-Second Isaiah composedc.
520 BCE-Haggai and Zechariah prophesy
516 BCE-Second Temple built
5th cent. BCE-Oldest known example of a ketubah
3rd cent. BCE-Rise of the Sadducees; Septuagint formed
2nd cent. BCE-Idea of resurrection of the dead gains popularity in Jewish circlesc.
20 BCE-Philo Judaeus born.
50 CE-Philo dies
70 CE-Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans on the 9th of Avc.
90-150Canonization of Hebrew Bible essentially complete
135-Bar Kokhba rebellion defeated at Betar by Romans on 9th of Avc.
135-Roman governors ban circumcision
164-Hasmonean revolt against the Romansc.
200-Compilation of the Mishnah by Judah ha-Nasi
337-Proselytizing for Judaism is punishable by death in the Roman Empire.
358-Rabbi Hillel II introduces permanent fixed ritual calendarc.
425-Compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud
500-60-Compilation of the Babylonian Talmud
700-1100-Karaite sect rejects Rabbinic Judaism
933-Saadiah Gaon writes the Book of Beliefs and Opinions
1165-Maimondies publishes Mishneh Torah, a compendium of Jewish law of great importance
1180-Maimonides becomes court physician to Saladin
1190-Jews in York massacred on 9th of Avc.
1250-Compilation of the Zoharc.
1290-De Leon writes Sefer Ha-Zoharc.
1400-First known occurances of bar mitzvah ceremony
1475-First book printed in Hebrew (Rashi's commentary)
1492-Jews expelled from Spain
1497-Jews expelled from Portugal
1632-Baruch Spinoza born in Amsterdam
1700s-Founding of Hasidism
1800s-Founding of Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative movements
1906-Emmanuel Levinas born in Lithuania
1907-Abraham Joshua Heschel born in Lithuania
1908-Jews granted full legal equality in Ottoman Empire
1910-Jews granted full legal equality in Spain
1913-Considering conversion to Christianity, Levinas attends a Yom Kippur service and resolves to remain a Jew
1917-Jews granted full legal equality in Russia after Bolshevik victory
1920-Rosenzweig begins lifelong friendship with Martin Buber in Frankfurt
1921-Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption published
1922-Judith Kaplan, daughter of Mordecai Kaplan (founder of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism), is the first to participate in a bat mitzvah ceremony.
1923-Martin Buber's I and Thou published.
1926-Progressive Judaism founded
1929-Franz Rosenzweig dies of amytrophic lateral sclerosis
1933Adolf Hitler named Reichschancellor
1937--Martin Buber appoints Abraham Joshua Heschel head of the Lehrhaus in Frankfurt and emigrates to Palestine
1937-Columbus Platform
1938-Holocaust begins; Heschel is deported to Poland by the Nazis
1939-Heschel leaves for New York, where he will spend the rest of his life. Levinas, an officer in the French Army, is taken prisoner by the Germans
1942-Deportations from Warsaw to death camp at Treblinka begin on 9th of Av
1945-Heschel joins the faculty of Jewish Theological Seminary
1948-State of Israel established
1950-Israeli Parlianment passes the Law of Return
1965-Martin Buber dies
1967-Jerusalem reunited by Israeli victory in Six-Day War
1972-First female rabbi ordained in Reform movement
1972-Death of Abraham Joshua Heschel
1972-Beit Chayim Chadashim, first gay synagogue, founded in Los Angeles
1974-First female rabbis ordained in Reconstructionist
1980-World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations founded
1984-First female rabbis ordained in Conservative movement
1993-Death of Joseph Soloveitchik
1996-Death of Emmanuel Levinas
2003-The Union of American Hebrew Congregations changes its name to the Union for Reform Judaism.
1500-1200 BCE-Egypt, the Exodus and wandering in the desert
1200-1050 BCE-Occupation of Canaan, the Promised Land
1050-920 BCE-United kingdom under Saul, David and Solomon, with capital at Jerusalem
920-597 BCE-Divided kingdom of Israel (north) and Judah (south)
722 BCE-Assyria conquers Israel
701 BCE-Egyptians conquer Judah
612 BCE-Ninevah destroyed by Babylonains and Medes
605 BCE-Babylon conquers Egypt, now rules Judah
568-538-BCE-Babylonian Exile
586 BCE-Destruction of the first temple
550 BCE-Second Isaiah composedc.
520 BCE-Haggai and Zechariah prophesy
516 BCE-Second Temple built
5th cent. BCE-Oldest known example of a ketubah
3rd cent. BCE-Rise of the Sadducees; Septuagint formed
2nd cent. BCE-Idea of resurrection of the dead gains popularity in Jewish circlesc.
20 BCE-Philo Judaeus born.
50 CE-Philo dies
70 CE-Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans on the 9th of Avc.
90-150Canonization of Hebrew Bible essentially complete
135-Bar Kokhba rebellion defeated at Betar by Romans on 9th of Avc.
135-Roman governors ban circumcision
164-Hasmonean revolt against the Romansc.
200-Compilation of the Mishnah by Judah ha-Nasi
337-Proselytizing for Judaism is punishable by death in the Roman Empire.
358-Rabbi Hillel II introduces permanent fixed ritual calendarc.
425-Compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud
500-60-Compilation of the Babylonian Talmud
700-1100-Karaite sect rejects Rabbinic Judaism
933-Saadiah Gaon writes the Book of Beliefs and Opinions
1165-Maimondies publishes Mishneh Torah, a compendium of Jewish law of great importance
1180-Maimonides becomes court physician to Saladin
1190-Jews in York massacred on 9th of Avc.
1250-Compilation of the Zoharc.
1290-De Leon writes Sefer Ha-Zoharc.
1400-First known occurances of bar mitzvah ceremony
1475-First book printed in Hebrew (Rashi's commentary)
1492-Jews expelled from Spain
1497-Jews expelled from Portugal
1632-Baruch Spinoza born in Amsterdam
1700s-Founding of Hasidism
1800s-Founding of Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative movements
1906-Emmanuel Levinas born in Lithuania
1907-Abraham Joshua Heschel born in Lithuania
1908-Jews granted full legal equality in Ottoman Empire
1910-Jews granted full legal equality in Spain
1913-Considering conversion to Christianity, Levinas attends a Yom Kippur service and resolves to remain a Jew
1917-Jews granted full legal equality in Russia after Bolshevik victory
1920-Rosenzweig begins lifelong friendship with Martin Buber in Frankfurt
1921-Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption published
1922-Judith Kaplan, daughter of Mordecai Kaplan (founder of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism), is the first to participate in a bat mitzvah ceremony.
1923-Martin Buber's I and Thou published.
1926-Progressive Judaism founded
1929-Franz Rosenzweig dies of amytrophic lateral sclerosis
1933Adolf Hitler named Reichschancellor
1937--Martin Buber appoints Abraham Joshua Heschel head of the Lehrhaus in Frankfurt and emigrates to Palestine
1937-Columbus Platform
1938-Holocaust begins; Heschel is deported to Poland by the Nazis
1939-Heschel leaves for New York, where he will spend the rest of his life. Levinas, an officer in the French Army, is taken prisoner by the Germans
1942-Deportations from Warsaw to death camp at Treblinka begin on 9th of Av
1945-Heschel joins the faculty of Jewish Theological Seminary
1948-State of Israel established
1950-Israeli Parlianment passes the Law of Return
1965-Martin Buber dies
1967-Jerusalem reunited by Israeli victory in Six-Day War
1972-First female rabbi ordained in Reform movement
1972-Death of Abraham Joshua Heschel
1972-Beit Chayim Chadashim, first gay synagogue, founded in Los Angeles
1974-First female rabbis ordained in Reconstructionist
1980-World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations founded
1984-First female rabbis ordained in Conservative movement
1993-Death of Joseph Soloveitchik
1996-Death of Emmanuel Levinas
2003-The Union of American Hebrew Congregations changes its name to the Union for Reform Judaism.