April 18 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. "The order which Jewish men...
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This Day, November 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 8 30: Birthdate of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, the Roman Emperor who changed the way in which the special tax on Jews was collected so that...
This Day, March 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 6 19 BCE (12th of Adar II, 3741): The Temple “built” by King Herod was dedicated. Technically, Herod had refurbished the Second Temple and...
This Day, July 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 20 356 BCE: In Macedonia, King Philip II and Queen Olympia gave birth to Alexander the Great. You can draw a straight line from Alexander’s...
This Day, August 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
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...
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...
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...
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...