Ten events that shaped modern Jewish history

In the millennia of Jewish history, several momentous events have stood out as turning points that subsequently influenced the lives of the Jewish people. The exodus from Egypt. The giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem, and the Jewish exiles that followed. The writing of the Talmud.

But many of these events are literally ancient history. And obvious.

Some more-recent events in Jewish history have also played significant but often subtle roles in the lives of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

Here is a subjective - and very personal - lis...