September 13 586 BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by...
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This Day, December 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 29 584 BCE (10 Tevet 3175): The Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, began his siege of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the first...
This Day, December 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 31 335: End of the Papacy of Sylvester I “who convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem.” 535: Byzantine General...
This Day, April 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 28 66: After stealing money from the Temple Treasury, the Roman Procurator Gessius Florus allowed his troops to “loot the Upper Market” of...
This Day, July 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 17 1203: The Knights of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople forcing the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus to flee from his capital...
This Week in AG History — Sept. 30, 1922
The history behind the opening of Central Bible Institute (later known as Central Bible College) 100 years ago can be traced back to one of the...
This Day, June 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 10 1190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. The German emperor was...
This Day, July 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 1 69: Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as emperor. This consolidation of...
This Day, July 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 2 311: Miltiades began serving as Bishop of Rome (Pope) during the reign of Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor who moved...