April 2 742: Birthdate of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was both King of the Franks and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite pressure...
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This Day, August 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 16 1027: The King of Georgia, Giorgi I, passed away. Jews were among the subjects of this monarch who ruled over a country situated in the...
This Day, February 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 23 42(16th of Adar, 3892): King Agrippa I began the construction of a gate for the of Jerusalem (pg 128) 68(4th of Adar, 3828): During...
This Day, March 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 21 456 BCE: The convocation summoned by Ezra on intermarriage came to an end 629: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius marched into Jerusalem at the...
This Day, May 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 29 363: A good day for the Romans and bad day for the Jews. Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under...
This Day in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 12 940: Sixty-two you are old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious...
This Day, July 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 10 48 BCE: In his war with Pompey, Julius Caesar barely avoids defeat at the Battle of Dyrrhachium. A month later, after regrouping his...
This Day, July 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 9 118: Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, made his entry into the Imperial City. Regardless of how history remembers him, for Jews, Hadrian is the...
This Day, June 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 8 65 CE: Jewish insurgent forces captured the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. This battle marked the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against...