Portal:Judaism/Today in Jewish History/18 Tevet


 * In 4231 (470 CE), Rav Huna bar Mar Zutra, the Exilarch, and Rav Mesharshya bar Pekod were arrested by the Persian authorities.
 * In 1420 (5180 CE), Pope Martin V ordered an end to converting Jewish children to Christianity.
 * In 5763 (1912 CE), the National Council of Young Israel first convened.
 * In 5707 (1947 CE), two ships full of Jewish Holocaust survivors heading to Israel were stopped by the British. Exactly two years later the British declared they would be released.