May 22 334 BCE: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. This was the first step of...
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This Day, May 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 29 363: 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...
This Day in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 12 940: Sixty-two you are old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious...
This Day, July 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 10 48 BCE: In his war with Pompey, Julius Caesar barely avoids defeat at the Battle of Dyrrhachium. A month later, after regrouping his...
Scotland’s destiny and the rewriting of history
Orwell's 1984 is more and more sounding like a handbook for Western 'progressive' society in the UK.
This Day, July 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 9 118: Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, made his entry into the Imperial City. Regardless of how history remembers him, for Jews, Hadrian is the...
This Day, June 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 8 65 CE: Jewish insurgent forces captured the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. This battle marked the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against...
This Week in AG History — Aug. 4, 1934
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, being a Christian in the Soviet Union required a passionate faith.
This Day, January 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 1 630: Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main...