November 14 109 BCE (25 Cheshvan, 3652): John Hyrcanus defeated the Samaritans in Samaria and destroyed their temple. The Samaritans were a mixed...
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This Day, May 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 14 1141: As he journeyed towards Jerusalem, Yehuda Halevi set sail for Palestine today from Alexandria, Egypt. According to legend, Halevi was...
This Day, January 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 23 393: Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine-year-oldson Honorius co-emperor. “Under the rule of Theodosius and his sons… the...
This Day, April 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin z"l
April 27 399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come...
This Day, September 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 12 490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians...
This Day, April 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 1 515 BCE: The Second Temple was inaugurated in Jerusalem (As reported by Jona Lendering) 527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew...
This Day, April 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 15 1191: Coronation of Henry VI as Holy Roman Emperor during whose reign anti-Semitic riots took place stretching from the districts along...
This Day, April 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 17 44: Birthdate of Pope Evaristus, who was “born in Greece of a Jewish father named Juda, who was originally from the city of Bethlehem and...
This Day, May 9, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 9 1457 BCE: In the 15th century BCE, Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. The...