This Day, April 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 18 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. "The order which Jewish men flatter themselves with and which gives them immunity...
View ArticleThis Day, April 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 19According to one web-site, April 19th is one of the blackest days on the Jewish calendar. From the 11th century (1014) through the 20th century (1943) this date is remembered for the atrocities...
View ArticleThis Day, April 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 20121: Birthdate of Marcus Aurelius 16th Roman emperor. The “Philosopher” Emperor reigned from 161-180 and he was a cut above those who came before and after him. But he had a low opinion of...
View ArticleThis Day, April 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 21 753 BCE: According to tradition, on this date Romulus and Remus founded Rome. Considering the impact that Rome would have on the Jewish people this date is worth noting. 586: Ricard I became...
View ArticleThis Day, April 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 22404:Emperors Arcadius and Honorius limit the opportunities of Jews to serve the Empire when they issue the following: "We decree that the Jews and Samaritans who flatter themselves with the...
View ArticleThis Day, April 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
April 23 0034: According to Sir Isaac Newton, this is the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. 1185: Birthdate Alfonzo II, the third King of Portugal who was part of a dynasty that provided a...
View ArticleThis Day, April 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 2470: During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions break through Jerusalem’s middle wall but are driven back by the Jewish defenders. 396: As conditions for the Jews in the Roman...
View ArticleThis Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 25693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to the Jews living under the Visigoths. This Visigoth...
View ArticleThis Day, April 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 26121: Birthdate of Marcus Aurelius the Roman Emperor who described the Jews as being “stinking and tumultuous.” 1198: Frederick I, Duke of Austria who employed a Jew named Schlom as his master...
View ArticleThis Day, April 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 27399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come some Jews would study Socrates and other Greeks, in...
View ArticleThis Day, April 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 2866: After stealing money from the Temple Treasury, the Roman Procurator Gessius Florus allowed his troops to “loot the Upper Market” of Jerusalem. He also unleashed his Cohorts on the crowds of...
View ArticleThis Day, April 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 29711: According to some sources the date on which an army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Gibraltar marking the start of the Moslem conquest of the Iberian Peninsula with all that would come to...
View ArticleThis Day, April 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 30313: Licinius defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was his brother-in-law,...
View ArticleThis Day, May 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 1305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of Rome. Relatively speaking, Diocletian’s reign was a positive period for...
View ArticleThis Day, May 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 2373: “Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria…aggressive opponent of Arianism and polemicist against Judaism died today.” 693: The Sixteenth Council of Toledo, which had opened on April 25, met for the...
View ArticleThis Day, May 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 31282 BCE: (28 Nissan 2488): Traditional date marking the fall of the walls of Jericho.443 BCE (7th of Iyar, 3317): Nehemiah dedicated the newly built walls that had been built around Jerusalem996:...
View ArticleThis Day, May 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deborah Levin Z"L
May 41008: Birthdate of King Henry I of France who reigned from 1031 until his death in 1060 which means that he was on the throne when a future wine maker, Shlomo Yitzhaki, was born at Troyes in 1040....
View ArticleThis Day, May 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 51028: King Alfonso V of Castile passed away. In 1020, Alfonso had presided over the Council of Leon which adopted laws that created a certain amount of equality between Christians and Jews. The...
View ArticleThis Day, May 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 61313 BCE (1 Iyar 2448): According to tradition, this was the date of the first population survey of the Israelite people taken by Moses.124 CE: A Roman centurion named Valens stationed in the...
View ArticleThis Day, May 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 7833 BCE (2 Iyar 2928): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem.351: Gallus, who had been appointed “Caesar” of the East by his cousin, the Emperor Constantius...
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