May 17 142 BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its Syrian garrison ad the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with...
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Alcorn to host art exhibition and forum on race and history
Mikael LevinNATCHEZ, Miss. – An art exhibition and conversation on race and history will be held Wednesday, April 3, at Alcorn State University,...
This Day, June 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 20 840: Louis the Pious, King of the Franks and the Holy Roman Emperor by virtue of being the son of Charlemagne. When it came to dealing with...
This Day, May 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 1 305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of Rome. Relatively...
This Day, May 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 11 330: Roman Emperor Constantine I changed the name of the ancient city of Byzantium to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes the capital of the...
Erasing UK’s Christian history would be a constitutional and spiritual ‘disaster’, says MP
A Christian MP has warned against attempts to erase the influence of Christianity from the UK's history.
This Day, November 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 17 9CE: Birthdate of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, better known as Vespasian, who as a Roman General and then Emperor put down the Judean...
This Day, May 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 9 1457 BCE: In the 15th century BCE, Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. The...
This Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 25 693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to...