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A new wave of immigration, the Fifth Aliyah, starts.

July 27: The 16th Zionist Congress begins in Zürich. The Congress decides on the establishment of the greater Jewish Agency - thus concluding a debate which had lasted seven years - under whose aegis various Jewish groups and organizations which were not identified with Zionism might nevertheless cooperate in the Zionist enterprise. The President of the WZO, Chaim Weizmann, was reelected, as were the following members of the executive: Selig Brodetsky, Louis Lipsky, Harry Sacher, Henrietta Szold, Frederick Kisch and Felix Rosenblit. New members elected were: Elazar Bert, Rabbi Meir Berlin, Arthur Ruppin, Shlomo Kaplansky and Yosef Sprinzak.

August 1: A joint letter of protest by the Zionist Executive, the chief rabbis and the Agudat Israel leadership to the British government demands immediate intervention in events at the Western Wall.

August 11-14: The steering committee of the greater Jewish Agency meets in Zürich. Following a prolonged debate, a decision is made to include non-Zionist leaders in the Jewish agency. The Agency's constitution was approved, establishing the principle that there should be equal representation for the Zionists and non-Zionists in all the bodies controlled by the Agency. The tasks of the Agency were as follows: immigration, land purchase, settlement, language and culture. The President of the WZO was also the President of the Jewish Agency. The chairman of the committee was Louis Marshall.

September 11: Death of Louis Marshall.

Sir Frank (later Lord) Boyd Merriman and Lord Erleigh (later 2nd Marquess of Reading) represent the Jewish Agency in the Shaw Commission.

Chairman of the Immigration Department:
Yosef Sprinzak

Chairman Settlement Department: Arthur Ruppin.

January 22: The mosaic floor of the ancient synagogue of Beit Alpha is discovered by Nahman Avigad and Eliezer L. Sukenik (1889-1953) of the Hebrew University.

March 24: The National Council publishes the number of registrants in the Mandatory Jewish community lists: 89.985.

March 26: A German zeppelin hovers over Tel Aviv.

March 31: Cornerstone ceremony for the Rockefeller Museum of Archaeology in Jerusalem.

April 26: Cornerstone ceremony for the Jewish National Fund building in Jerusalem, part of the complex of national institutions under construction.

May 3: Jews praying at the Western Wall are attacked by Arabs.

May 10: A joint memorandum to the Mandatory Government by the chief rabbis, the National Council and Agudat Israel demands a halt of all construction work carried out by Muslims near the Western Wall.

May 13: The Mandatory Government announces an immigration quota of 2.400 permits for a half-year period, beginning in April.

May 23: An agreement is signed on the merger of the two labor parties, Ahdut HaAvoda and Hapoel HaTzair. The merger will take place on July 25.

May 28: Bnei Akiva, the youth movement of Hapoel HaMizrachi, under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Kook is founded in Jerusalem.

June 13-18: Jews and Arabs complain to High Commissioner Sir John Chancellor about discrimination.

June 28: Arabs disrupt prayers at the Western Wall by sounding musical instruments. Similar incidents will occur on July 5 and August 3.

July 1: Elections are held for the 16th Zionist Congress. The labor tickets in the Yishuv win by a large margin - 17 of 28 delegates. The Revisionists and religious factions receive 3 seats each, the General Zionists 2, and one seat for each of the two Yemenite tickets.
Session of the Permanent Mandatory Commission.

July 30: Friction at the Western Wall intensifies.

August 4: A delegation of Yishuv representatives leaves for London to protest the situation at the Western Wall.

August 14: Thousands of Jews arrive at the Western Wall to pray on the fast day of Tisha B'Av.

August 15: Hundreds participate in a procession by the League for the Defense of the Language, Betar and the National Youth movements. The demonstration is allowed to proceed to the Western Wall, but the protesters then violate the conditions of their permit: they make political speeches, wave the Zionist flag, and sing the Hatikvah.

August 16: A large Arab protest proceeds from the Temple Mount area to the Western Wall and chases away Jews praying there. Several Torah scrolls are desecrated.

August 17: Seventeen year old Avraham Mizrahi is killed in the course of a soccer game he is playing with friends near the Arab village of Lifta. The ball is grabbed by an Arab girl. When Mizrahi and his friends try to get the ball back a fight develops. Mizrahi is hit on his head and dies of his wounds. The same evening, an Arab pedestrian is injured. Mizrahi's funeral turns into a demonstration.

August 22: Sir Harry Charles Luke, who is filling in for High Commissioner Chancellor, meets with Jewish and Arab leaders and tries to reach an agreement between them. His effort fails, another meeting is set for the following Monday.

August 23 - 29: The tensions between Jews and Arabs culminate in violate riots throughout the country.
The violence that begins in 1929 becomes persistent. Political terrorism is now part of daily life; in the years leading up to the next outbreak of riots, in 1933, both Jews and Arabs are killed.

September 13: The British government announces the establishment of a commission of inquiry to be headed by Sir Walter Shaw, a jurist, to investigate the causes of the outbreak of the disturbances.

September 28: The Arabs protest the attitude towards them in the wake of the latest incidents, addressing the governments in Jerusalem and London, and the League of Nations. The Arab Executive Committee decides on a general strike.

October 13: Yom Kippur Eve. The British forbid the sounding of the shofar at the Western Wall.

October 16: The Supreme Muslim Council announces an Arab general strike.

October 24: The Shaw Commission arrives in Palestine.

November: Arab violence in Jerusalem and Hadera intensifies during the first half of the month.

November 18: Angered students bar Hebrew University president Dr. Judah Magnes from delivering a speech in light of his advocacy of Jewish-Arab understanding.

Tnuva, a cooperative of 620 agricultural settlements (kibbutz and moshav), which joined together to market mainly fresh milk, is founded.

Mandatory report for 1929.

Kurt Tucholsky, German Jewish writer, satirist and journalism writes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" which criticizes German military, church, police, Paul Hindenburg, trade union leaders and the Social Democrats.

Edward L.Bernays (1891-1995), regarded as the originator of the field of public relations, writes "Crystallizing Public Opinion", the first book on the subject.

The Marx Brothers star in "The Coconut".

Manfred J. Sakel (1900-1957), Austrian psychiatrist, introduces insulin shock for the treatment of schizophrenia.

The Great Depression begins with the Wall Street Crash.

Leon Trotzky is exiled from the Soviet Union and settles in Turkey.