August 12 30 BCE: Cleopatra committed suicide. According to Josephus, the Egyptian tried to convince her lover and co-ruler, Marc Antony, to give...
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This Day, August 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 11 1492: Alexander VI is elected Pope. Alexander was one of the Borgia popes. He had reputation for “moral depravity” and was more...
In one day: IDF strikes 60 terror targets in Gaza
Israel National News reports: “IDF troops are continuing precise, intelligence-based operational activity in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza...
This Day, August 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 10 612 BCE: Sinsharishkun, King of the Assyrian Empire was killed, and his capital city of Nineveh was destroyed. This is the same Assyria...
In one day: IDF strikes 60 terror targets in Gaza
Israel National News reports: “IDF troops are continuing precise, intelligence-based operational activity in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza...
This Day, August 9, In Jewish History by Mitchel A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 9 48 B.C.E.: Julius Caesar defeated Pompey at the battle of Parsalus. This victory helped to cement Caesar’s position and put an end to...
This Day, August 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 8 117 C.E.: Hadrian named Emperor of the Roman Empire. He is remembered as the man who accepted the limits of the Roman empire, as can be...
This Day, August 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"l
August 7 117: The Roman Emperor Trajan passed away. Trajan came to think of himself as another Alexander the Great and moved east towards Babylonia...
This Day, August 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 6 412: Roman emperors Honorius and Theodosius II command that Jews should not be persecuted because of their religion or have their property...