March 30 1135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born...
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This Day, July 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 7 1274: Pope Gregory X confirmed a bull issued in 1272 banning charges of blood ritual. 1307: King Edward I, the monarch who expelled the...
This Day, November 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 18 1095: Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. Summoned to plan the First Crusade, it was attended by over 200 bishops. Among its...
This Day, August 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 4 70: According to some, the date on the secular calendar when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans. 367: Gratian, son of Roman...
This Day, March 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 10 515 BCE (Adar 5): According to Ezra VI, 15, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius, the Second Temple was completed today. (15 And this...
This Day, August 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 25 79: Pliny the Elder passed away. 1270: Louis IX passed away. To the Christian world he became known as St. Louis. Louis “despised his...
This Day, April 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 4 188: Birthdate of Cracalla, the Roman Emperor who allowed all free Jews within the empire to become full Roman citizens. 397: Aurelius...
This Day, August 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 17 986: During the days of the First Bulgarian Empire, the army of Emperor Samuil of Bulgaria and his brother defeat the Byzantines led by...
This Day, November 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin and Deb Levin Z"L
November 12 1290: Al-Ashraf Khalil began his reign as Sultan of Egypt and Syria during which he drove the Crusaders from their last stronghold from...