This Day, May 24, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 241218: The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. The driving forces behind the crusade were two Popes who broke new ground in the mistreatment of the Jews – Innocent III and his successor,...
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May 251085: Pope Gregory VI passed away. Gregory opposed Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor who saw himself as a protector of the Jews. Henry contended that the Jews, regardless of where they lived,...
View ArticleThis Day, May 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 261096(1st of Sivan): The Crusaders massacred the Jews of Neuss, Germany1135: Alfonso VII of León and Castile was crowned in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator totius Hispaniae, "Emperor of all of...
View ArticleThis Day, May 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 271096 (3rd of Sivan): Count Emicho and the Crusaders entered Mayence, Germany. The Jews took refuge in the Episcopal Palace and committed mass suicide rather than convert. One Jew by the name of...
View ArticleThis Day, May 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 28408: Emperor Theodosius issued a decree restricting Jewish activities related to Purim. Specifically he banned the burning of Haman’s effigy because early Christians felt the Jews were mocking...
View ArticleThis Day, May 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 29363: A good day for the Romans and bad day for the Jews. Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is impossible to...
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This Day, May 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 3070: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting...
View ArticleThis Day, May 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 311279 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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 4 1039 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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 61191: As the Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at Tyre. 1142: Today, during the second Siege of Coria, Emperor Alonso VII of Leon and Castille “granted the...
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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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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...
View ArticleThis Day, June 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 101190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. The German emperor was one of three monarchs leading the crusade. The other...
View ArticleThis Day, June 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 111509: Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon. Before marrying Henry, the Spanish made him promise that he would never permit Jews to live in his Kingdom. Henry agreed...
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JUNE 12816: Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away today.1240: Nicholas Donin, a renegade Jew under the...
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