This Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 1070: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus, the commander of the Roman legions and the son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the...
View ArticleThis Day, May 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 11330: Roman Emperor Constantine I changes the name of the ancient city of Byzantium to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The city will be known as...
View ArticleThis Day, May 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 121191: Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. This was an arranged marriage to the extreme. Richard was already leading the Third Crusade in the Holy Land when it came to marry...
View ArticleThis Day, May 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 131333: Birthdate of Reginald III of Guelders, a duchy in the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1349 the Duke of Guelders, was authorized by the Emperor Louis IV of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany to allow...
View ArticleThis Day, May 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 141141: As he journeyed towards Jerusalem, Yehuda Halevi set sail for Palestine today from Alexandria, Egypt. According to legend, Halevi was killed by an Arab horseman when as he reached his...
View ArticleThis Day, May 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 15392: Theodosius I, who had been emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire became the last ruler of the entire Roman Empire (east and west) “A general of Spanish origin, and the son of...
View ArticleThis Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 16 0942(21stof Iyar, 4702): Saadia Gaon passed away. Born in 882, Saadia Gaon was the head of the Talmudic Academy of Sura (Babylonia). He was a recognized authority on the Talmud, and a profound...
View ArticleThis Day, May 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 17 142 BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its Syrian garrison ad the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with them. Simon was the last surviving Hasmonean brother....
View ArticleThis Day, May 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 18323BCE: Alexander dies at the age of 32. Despite the legend, there is no proof that Alexander ever came to Jerusalem. He did pass through Judea on his way to conquer Egyptand on his way from...
View ArticleThis Day, May 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 19 363: For a second day in a row, a series of earthquakes that took place along a fault-line stretching from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba shook the region around the Galilee. According to...
View ArticleThis Day, May 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
May 31 1279 BCE: Ramses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. If you accept the contention that Moses lived from 1391–1271 BCE, Ramses would be the Pharaoh who came to power...
View ArticleThis Day, June 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
June 1987: Hugh Capet was elected King of France making him the first of the Capetians. During this period, power lay with the nobles and the leaders of the Church. Among other things this meant that...
View ArticleThis Day, June 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
June 2876 BCE (28 Iyar 2884): This is the traditional date of death of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832). 455: The Vandals entered Rome and plundered the city. Among the treasures they took with...
View ArticleThis Day, June 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
June 3350: Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. The Constantinian Dynasty took its name from its...
View ArticleThis Day, June 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin
JUNE 41039 Conrad II passed away. Born in 990, he served Holy Roman Emperor from 1027 until his death. His reign was part of positive period for the Jews of the Rhineland. The first synagogue was...
View ArticleThis Day, June 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 570: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem.1191 After conquering Cyprus, Richard the Lionheart and his Crusaders set sail for “the Holy Land.” This crusading left England...
View ArticleThis Day, June 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 61191: As the Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at Tyre. 1242: Two dozen wagonloads of Talmudic volumes and 200 other rabbinic manuscripts were burned at...
View ArticleThis Day, June 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 7421: Theodosius II, the Emperor whose code sought to reinforce Christianity as the state religion at the expense of Judaism, married Aelia Eudocia Augusta, a pagan who converted so that they...
View ArticleThis Day, June 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 865 CE: Jewish insurgent forces captured the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. This battle marked the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Rome. This revolt would end with the destruction of the...
View ArticleThis Day, June 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 968: The Emperor Nero died in Rome. Nero had appointed four governors of Judea each of whom was crueler and greedier than his predecessor. The Jewish Revolt in 66 was caused, in part, by this...
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