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...
December 12 456 BCE (1st of Tevet, 3305): Ezra opened convocation on the problem of intermarriage. 627: A Byzantine army...
DECEMBER 11 321: A letter from Emperor Constantine the Great regarding special taxes of this date provides the first evidence...
December 10 1475: Seventy-eight-year-old Italian artist Paolo Uccello passed away. Like many artists of his time, Uccello produced what today...
December 9 1212: In Mainz, coronation of Frederick II as King of Germany during whose reign the Jewish “community...
December 8 65 BCE: Birthday of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the Roman poet known as Horace who created “credat Juadaeus Appella”...
DECEMBER 7 43 BCE: The famous orator Marcus Tullius Cicero died. Cicero was a Patrician, member of the Senate and...
Brenda Lee's holiday classic, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," has claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100...
DECEMBER 6 1060: Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary. In 1061 Bela changed the Market Day from...
December 5 63 BCE: Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations which exposed Cataline’s conspiracy to overthrow the government...