This Day, March 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 25972:Sviatoslav I who had conquered the Khazarian kingdom in 969 after which the Khazar Jewish population may have assimilated or migrated in part passed away today.1271: King Jaime (Kings James...
View ArticleThis Day, March 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 261027: Coronation of Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor, whose court was the site of religious disputation between Bishop Wazon “the overlord of” Liege and an unnamed Jewish physician. (As reported...
View ArticleThis Day, March 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 27347: Traditional birthdate for Jerome, the priest and theologian best known for the creation of the Vulgate Bible, the Latin translation of the text and the author of correspondence with...
View ArticleThis Day, March 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 28364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor dividing the Roman Empire between two rulers. Valens, The Emperor of the East “was an Arian and had suffered too...
View ArticleThis Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 29 835 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2926): According to some Joash assumed the throne as King of Judah1188: Emperor Frederick was convinced (both diplomatically and financially) by Moses bar Joseph Hakohen...
View ArticleThis Day, March 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev Pesach. "From Moses to Moses there was none like...
View ArticleThis Day, March 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 311084: Henry IV, who had been embroiled in a conflict with the Papacy, was crowned Emperor by Clement III, called by some an anti-Pope. Within six years after this second coronation, Henry...
View ArticleThis Day, April 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 1 515 BCE: The Second Temple was inaugurated in Jerusalem (As reported by Jona Lendering)527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne....
View ArticleThis Day, April 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 2742: Birthdate of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was both King of the Franks and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite pressure from the Catholic Church and the mighty Pope Gregory,...
View ArticleThis Day, April 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 3309 B.C.E.: Traditional date for the start of the Seleucid Dynasty. The Seleucid dynasty was one of the dynasties founded after the death of Alexander the Great. Its territory included Syria and...
View ArticleThis Day, April 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 4188: Birthdate of Cracalla, the Roman Emperor who allowed all free Jews within the empire to become full Roman citizens.397:Aurelius Ambrosius, (Saint Ambrose) a bishop of Milan who became one...
View ArticleThis Day, April 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 5855: Today, in what is now part of the state of Israel,“at the banks of the Auja River, Abu'l-Abbas ibn al-Muwaffaq fought against Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Battle of Tawahin ("The...
View ArticleThis Day, April 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 61199: King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign fighting to protect his lands in France or on the...
View ArticleThis Day, April 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 7180: Saint Hegesippus, the second century historian who was an opponent of various “heresies” and whom Eusebius contended was a “convert from Judaism” because “he quoted from the Hebrew, was...
View ArticleThis Day, April 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Leviin Z"L
April 873(15th of Nisan, 3833): The Great Revolt came to an end today when the defenders of Masada completed their murder/suicide pact217: Assassination of Roman Emperor Caracalla. Some Romans may...
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April 9193: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum. Severus is the first emperor to ban proselytizing by Jews.423: Emperor Theodosius II reaffirms the Roman law...
View ArticleThis Day, April 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 10401: Birthdate of Theodosius II. As Emperor he adopted many of the anti-Semitic views of his sister which led to the destruction of innumerable synagogues and the murder of the Nasi, Gamliel IV...
View ArticleThis Day, April 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 11145: Birthdate of Septimius Severus, the “Roman emperor, who according to the Virtual Jewish Library Lucious Septimus Severus treated “Jews relatively well, allowing them to participate in...
View ArticleThis Day, April 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 1270(15th of Nissan, 3830): According to some, the date on the civil calendar when Pesach is observed for the last time before the destruction of the Second Temple. 240: Shapur I whom the Talmud...
View ArticleThis Day, April 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin
April 131111: Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Henry gained power by revolting against his father Henry IV. This was unfortunate for the Jews of Germany since Henry IV had been protective of his...
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