GJ Tree » Rachel Diskin (1883-1960)

Personal data Rachel Diskin 

  • She was born in the year 1883 in Poland.
  • Resident:
    • 27 Sheinkin Street, Givataim, Israel.
  • (Fact 1) .
    Her grandfathers were Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Rabinowich, chief Rabbi of Lomza,
  • (Fact 1) .
    Immigrated to Israel in Nov 1934
  • (Fact 2) .
    and Rabbi Zorach Diskin of Grodno
  • (Fact 2) .
  • (Fact 3) .
    Ester Peled incorrectly states that Rachel was born in Lomza and immigrated to Israel in 1934
  • (Fact 3) .
  • She died on February 19, 1960 in Givataim, Israel, she was 77 years old.
  • She is buried in Kiryat Shaul, Tel Aviv.
  • A child of Benjamin Diskin and Mina Rabinowich

Household of Rachel Diskin

She has/had a relationship with Dov Ber (Berl) Halevi Chwojnik.


Child(ren):

  1. Chana Chwojnik  1911-1993 
  2. Leah Chwojnik  1909-1992
  3. Zorach Chwojnik  1917-1984 
  4. Yerucham Fishel Chwojnik  ± 1904-1954 
  5. Menachem Mendel Oren  1902-1962 


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Historical events

  • The temperature on February 19, 1960 was between -1.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • February 29 » The 5.7Mw  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
    • May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
    • May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
    • May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
    • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
    • November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.


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