This Day, January 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 2441: At midday today, Caligula, accompanied by Herod Agrippa, the last Jewish King of Judea, was leaving the the through a covered walkway when one of the Praetorian tribunes drew his sword...
View ArticleThis Day, January 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 2541: Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. “Claudius rescinded Caligula’s provocative decrees affecting Judean and reaffirmed Jewish rights throughout the rest of the Roman...
View ArticleThis Day, January 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 261482: “The first edition of the Pentateuch with vowel signs and accents appeared today at Bologna.1531: Three tremors shake Portugal and numerous houses are destroyed in Lisbon by an...
View ArticleThis Day, January 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 27 98: Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. The second of the three Jewish revolts against Roman authority took place at the end of Trajan’s reign. This second revolt took...
View ArticleThis Day, January 28 in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 28 814: Charlemagne passed away. The grandson of Charles Martel was one of the greatest European rulers during the Dark Ages. There was nothing Dark about his treatment of the Jews. For the...
View ArticleThis Day, January 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 29904: Sergius III began his papacy during which Jews first began settling at Mayence, Germany in 906.1258: “The Mongols under Chinese general Guo Kan laid siege to” Baghdad today as part of a...
View ArticleThis Day, January 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 301349(10thof Adar, 5109): The Jews of Freilsburg Germany were massacred.1592: Clement VIII began his papacy during which he enacted numerous anti-Jews moving including the issuance of Cum...
View ArticleThis Day, January 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 31314: Sylvester I whose name is “the Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations” began his papacy. “The Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations, “Sylvester,” was the name of the...
View ArticleThis Day, February 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 1682: Visigoth King Erwig pressed for the "utter extirpation of the pest of the Jews," and made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites in an area that corresponds to much of modern-day...
View ArticleThis Day, February 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 2450: Birthdate of Justin I during whose reign as Byzantine Emperor the Beth Alpha synagogue was built “at the foot of the northern slopes of the Mt. Gilboa near Beit She’an.506: Alaric II,...
View ArticleThis Day, February 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 319(12th of Adar, 3779): Dedication of the Temple built by King Herod the Great at Jerusalem1112: Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those...
View ArticleThis Day, February 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 4211: The reign of Septimius Servus, the Roman emperor who outlawed conversions to both Judaism and Christianity in an attempt to unify his crumbling empire, came to an end.362: Roman Emperor...
View ArticleThis Day, February 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 5517/519: Alcimus Avitus, the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul who in 576 on Easter temporarily succeeded in calming a crowd angered when a recent convert to Christianity was doused with oil. Four...
View ArticleThis Day, February 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 6 337: Julius I began his papacy during which “he officially declared that the birth of Jesus would be celebrated on the 25th of December.”http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th.shtml1095:...
View ArticleThis Day, February 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 7457: Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. As can be seen from this decree, Leo was no friend of the Jewish people. "Therefore We, desiring to accomplish what Our Father failed to...
View ArticleThis Day, February 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 8421: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire serving as co-Emperor with Honorius. Constantinius only reigned for 7 months, but during his long tenure Honorius was no...
View ArticleThis Day, February 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 9474: Zeno was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. “The feeling of Emperor Zeno towards the Jews is illustrated by a remark made at the races of Antioch. After a mob murdered many...
View ArticleThis Day, February 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 101163: Baldwin III, the first so-called King of Jerusalem to have been in “the Holy Land” passed away. None of these Crusader monarchs were rightful heirs to the crown worn by David, Solomon...
View ArticleThis Day, February 11, 2023, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 1155: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the way for Nero to become Emperor Would things have been better...
View ArticleThis Day, February 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion) on Shabbat morning and prohibited Rabbis from giving drashot...
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