August 18 1201: Founding of Riga, capital of modern day Latvia. The first Jews appeared in Riga three centuries later and despite Czars, Nazis and...
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This Day, October 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 19 1187: Pope Urban III passed away. Urban was a supporter of the Crusades, the cause of so much Jewish misery. A large part of his papacy...
Placing Our Prayers on the Right Side of Human History
How will you “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6) and then help answer your prayer today?
This Week in AG History — March 31, 1968
Mark and Huldah Buntain, iconic AG missionaries, came to understand that when a person's basic needs were met first, their hearts and lives were...
This Day, October 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
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...
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...
Reviving History: The Rosenwald Schools’ Legacy of Education, Equality in the Segregated South
http://youtu.be/ACI6eDsswvA African American history is still being written as grassroots efforts seek to revitalize old schoolhouses known as...
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...