OCTOBER 7 3761 BCE: According to some Jewish traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the World. This marks the start of...
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This Day, May 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin "ZL’
May 5 1028: King Alfonso V of Castile passed away. In 1020, Alfonso had presided over the Council of Leon which adopted laws that created a certain...
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 Day, November 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 28 1058: Casmir I the Restorer who was “the de jure monarch of Poland starting in 1034” during whose reign there were Jews living in the...
This Day, January 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 17 395: Emperor Theodosius, I passed away in Milan. During his reign he instituted several laws that directly impacted his Jewish subject....
This Day, June 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 16 1221: Massacre of the Jews of Erfurt, Germany which at one time was commemorated as a Fast Day on the 25th of Sivan. 1295: Mahmud Ghazan...
This Day, December 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
DECEMBER 7 43 BCE: The famous orator Marcus Tullius Cicero died. Cicero was a Patrician, member of the Senate and opponent of Julius Caesar....
This Day, October 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 11 1138: Massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. According to tradition, the Jewish community traces its origins back to the time of King...
This Day, July 18, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 18 64: During the reign of Emperor Nero, the Great Fire begins in Rome. After the fire, Nero avoided the initial inclination to blame the...