April 24 70: During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions break through Jerusalem’s middle wall, but are driven back by the Jewish...
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This Day, May 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 23 142 BCE (23rd of Iyar): Simon the Hasmonean drove the Syrians and their allies out the citadel which was their last stronghold in...
This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 8 336: Emperor Constantine prohibits Jews from negatively interacting with their co-religionists who have converted to Christianity. "Jews are...
This Day, April 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 24 70: During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions break through Jerusalem’s middle wall, but are driven back by the Jewish...
This Day, May 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 29 363: A good day for the Romans and bad day for the Jews. Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under...
This Day, March 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 14 388: A law prohibiting mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jews which is defined as adultery, is promulgated as part of the Theodosian...
This Day, November 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 9 694: Opening meeting of the Seventeenth Council of Toledo during which the Visigoth Catholic monarch, King Egica publicly charged...
This Day, March 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 16 597 BCE (2nd Adar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by...
This Day, January 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 7 1256: Berechiah De Nicole, the Chief Rabbi of Lincoln was released after having been imprisoned in London on charges related to the death...