In a new series for every issue during 2016, we look back at events that took place in the same week over the JC's 175-year history.
January 19 2007
A survey of 18 to 29-year-olds in Britain revealed a shocking ignorance of the Holocaust. The study by YouGov showed that 28 per cent of the 1,300 people asked did not know if the Holocaust was a myth, while 63 per cent believed that Holocaust denial should not be a crime.
January 19 1973
Golda Meir made history when she became the first Israeli prime minister to have an audience with the Pope. She held talks with Pope Paul I at the Vatican during an unscheduled visit to Rome. Almost 1,000 policemen were drafted in to provide security as the Catholic leader greeted Mrs Meir. It was not clear, however, who requested the meeting, with the Israelis claiming that Mrs Meir had asked to see the Pope, while the Vatican insisted it had been the other way round.
January 20 1950
As children returned to school for the spring term, the JC devoted an entire column to the washing of school uniforms. The paper’s Home Section recommended that boys’ white flannel shirts, “stained with the mud of many battles fought out in the playground”, should be soaked in a solution of ammonia and cold water before tackled with soap. And housewives were told to watch the weather and choose “a blowy day” for washing, in order to facilitate drying.