The Psalms or Songs of Ascent were sung by the pilgrims going yearly to Jerusalem for three designated feasts, and as they made their way up the...
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This Day, January 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 20 250: Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Decius reign came during a fifty-year period (235-285) that...
This Day, April 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 12 70(15th of Nissan, 3830): According to some, the date on the civil calendar when Pesach is observed for the last time before the...
This Day, April 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 26 121: Birthdate of Marcus Aurelius the Roman Emperor who described the Jews as being “stinking and tumultuous.” 1198: Frederick I, Duke...
This Week in AG History — Dec. 16, 1939
Missionary Leonard Bolton sacrificed much, but his love for God and the Lisu people in China enabled him to persevere and establish a strong...
This Day, February 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 1682: Visigoth King Erwig pressed for the "utter extirpation of the pest of the Jews," and made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites in...
History :: By Daymond Duck
On Jan. 17, 2023, it was reported that one of the speakers (a historian) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos this week said...
This Day, November 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
November 26 43 BCE: The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius...
This Day, January 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 5 1209: At Winchester Castle King John of England and his wife Isabella gave birth to Richard, Earl of Cromwell “to whom Abraham of...