November 1 1179: Philip II is crowned King of France. In 1180, Phillip would order the arrest of all Jews living in his realm based on charges of...
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This Day, July 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 25 306: Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. Under the rule of Constantine, Christianity would in effect become the...
This 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...
This Day, August 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin
August 29 1255: The body of a little boy who had disappeared was found in a well at Lincoln. The boy would become known as Little Saint Hugh of...
This Day, November 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 21 456 BCE (20th of Kislev, 3306): On November 21, Ezra called together all the men of Judah and Benjamin and told them that they would...
This Day, January 2, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 2 438: Empress Eudocia, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theodius II, who spent the last years of her life in the Holy Land allowed the Jews...
This Day, March 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 24 809: Harun al-Rashid (Aaron the Upright, Aaron the Just), fifth caliph of the Abbasid Empire who had issued a decree that Jews wear a...
This Day, December 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 12 456 BCE (1st of Tevet, 3305): Ezra opened convocation on the problem of intermarriage. 627: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius...
This Week in AG History — May 25, 1975
Calvin and Marian Olson's missionary work in what was once East Pakistan — now Bangladesh — resulted in their visas not being renewed because "they...