This week in Jewish history: Moses ascends Mount Sinai, a massacre shakes Hebron...

Religion and faith | Aug 15, 2026, 7:21 AM

This week in Jewish history recalls the biblical account of Moses ascending Mount Sinai to receive the Torah.

The period also marks the 1929 Hebron massacre in which Arab rioters killed 67 Jews and drove the remainder from the city.

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