JUNE 18 1155: In Rome, the coronation of Frederick Barbarossa makes him the Holy Roman Emperor. Compared to other medieval monarchs, Frederick’s...
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This Day, October 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 14 680: Wamba, the Visigoth King of Hispania, abdicated. During his reign, he issued an order expelling the Jews from Spain. This was part...
This Day, June 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 29 1096: Crusaders massacred the Jews of Mehr. 1106: Moses Sephardi was baptized at Huseca, Spain and took the name of Petrus Alphonsi, the...
This Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 29 835 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2926): According to some Joash assumed the throne as King of Judah 1188: Emperor Frederick was convinced (both...
This Day, July 9, 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, November 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 13 354: Birthdate of St. Augustine of Hippo. While St. Augustine may be held in high regard by the Roman Catholic Church, he held the Jews...
This Day, February 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin and Deb Levin Z"L
February 29 1236: In Narbonne (France), an attack on the Jewish quarter occurred after a Jew accidentally killed a Gentile during an argument. The...
This Day, March 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 11 222: Severus Alexander began his reign as Roman Emperor during which a table in Intercisa (Hungary) was inscribed as follows: “To the...
This Day, January 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 15 588 BCE: On the secular calendar, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until...