This Day, February 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 171411: Musa Celebi became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. During his reign the small Jewish community of Manisa grew in size and wealth after it had been conquered by the Ottomans. 1525(24th of...
View ArticleThis Day, February 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 18 1229: During The Sixth Crusade, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signed a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor...
View ArticleThis Day, February 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to maintain imperial unity and authority. Since Jews, as...
View ArticleThis Day, February 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 20 390: Emperors Valentinian II., Theodosius, and Arcadius issued a decree that thwarted the attempt of the association of "navicularii" (ship-and cargo-owners) of Constantinople to force the...
View ArticleThis Day, February 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 21362: Athanasius returns to Alexandria so he can lead the fight against various Christian heretics such as the Arians. His negative views about the Jews were really part of his fight against...
View ArticleThis Day, February 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 221290 BCE: The coronation of Ramses II, who, according to some, is the Pharaoh of the Exodus. Since the Bible does not mention the Pharaoh by name, Ramses is not the only candidate. In...
View ArticleThis Day, February 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 2342: King Agrippa I began the construction of a gate for the of Jerusalem 68: During the Great Revolt, Vespasian occupied the city of Gadara as the legions made their slow, inexorable march...
View ArticleThis Day, February 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 24303: The first official Roman edict for the persecution of Christians was issued by Roman Emperor Galerius Valerius Maximianus. This was part a contest between Pagans and Christians for...
View ArticleThis Day, February 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 25161 BCE: Jewish soldiers led by Judah Maccabee defeated Nicanor, the Syrian general who had boasted that he would destroy the Temple and mount Judah’s head on the gates of Jerusalem.138: The...
View ArticleThis Day, February 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 2611 BCE: According to some sources, the day on which Herod dedicates the renovated Holy Temple in Jerusalem. According to Heinrich Graetz, the building project began in 20 BCE, the 18th year...
View ArticleThis Day, February 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 27 272: Birthdate of Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine adopted Christianity as the state religion for the Roman Empire which marked a turning point (negative)...
View ArticleThis Day, February 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
February 28 1255: Bishop Richard of Worms transferred to the chapter of the local cathedral, among other revenues from the city, the sum of 40 pounds heller which the Jewish community was obliged to...
View ArticleThis Day, March 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 1 286: Roman Emperor Diocletian raises Maximian to the rank of Caesar. Diocletian was determined to restore greatness and stability to the Roman Empire. He was far more concerned about the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 2117(12th of Adar, 3877): As the rebellion by Disapora Jews against the Roman Empire of Trajan came to an unsuccessful close, two Jewish brothers who had been leaders in the revolt, Pappus and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 3 321: Roman Emperor Constantine named Sunday which had been a Roman pagan day for honoring the sun as a day of rest. This was an attempt by Constantine to close the gap between pagans and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 4457BCE(1st of Nisan, 3303): According to chapter 7, verse 9 of the Book of Ezra, Ezra and his followers left Babylonia for Jerusalem1193: Saladin, the great Moslem leader, passed away. Among...
View ArticleThis Day, March 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 5363: Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring to his own death. Julian followed Constantine to the throne and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 619 BCE (12th of Adar II,) The Temple “built” by King Herod was dedicated. Technically, Herod had refurbished the Second Temple and not built a ‘third ‘Sanctuary1239: With the Edict of Valencia,...
View ArticleThis Day, March 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 7322 BCE: Aristotle passed away. “Aristotle was almost universally held in esteem by the Jews; at one time for his intelligence and mental power, at another as a penitent sinner. The following...
View ArticleThis Day, March 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 8 1126: Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and Leon, after the death of his mother Urraca. Under the reign of Alfonso Christian Spain “became a refuge for the persecuted Andalusian Jews....
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