February 11 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the way...
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This Day, February 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion) on...
This Day, April 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z":
April 3309 B.C.E.: Traditional date for the start of the Seleucid Dynasty. The Seleucid dynasty was one of the dynasties founded after the death of...
This Day, August 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 12 30 BCE: Cleopatra committed suicide. According to Josephus, the Egyptian tried to convince her lover and co-ruler, Marc Antony, to give...
This Week in AG History — July 19, 1913
The Pentecostal Evangel, which launched 110 years ago, was originally known as The Christian Evangel when it launched in 1913.
Unique Tour Brings Christians Face-to-Face with 1,000-Year Jewish History in Poland
http://youtu.be/d5WBZab8wt4 WARSAW, TYKOCIN, Poland – Most people have heard about the horrors of the Holocaust although many don’t realize it...
This Day, February 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 5 517/519: Alcimus Avitus, the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul who in 576 on Easter temporarily succeeded in calming a crowd angered when a...
This Day, May 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 21 383: As the emperor struggles to make Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire he promulgates a law that denies anybody who...
This Day, June 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 27 1096: Massacres of the Jews took place in Xanten and Eller (Germany). This was the second massacre at Xanten in a month. Fifty Jews died....