JUNE 6 1191: As the Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at Tyre. 1142: Today, during the second Siege of...
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This Day, March 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 311084: Henry IV, who had been embroiled in a conflict with the Papacy, was crowned Emperor by Clement III, called by some an anti-Pope....
This Day, May 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 30 70: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the...
This Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 10 70: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus, the commander of the Roman legions and the son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on...
This Day, February 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
February 16 600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees that the phrase "God bless You" is an appropriate response to a sneeze. Gregory's policy in regard...
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, April 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 30 313: Licinius defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the...
This Day, October 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 13 54: Roman Emperor Claudius passed away. For Jews, Claudius has to rate as one of the best of the Roman rulers. Among other things, he...
This Day, March 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 4 457BCE (1st of Nisan, 3303): According to chapter 7, verse 9 of the Book of Ezra, Ezra and his followers left Babylonia for Jerusalem ...