May 20 68(3rd of Sivan, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian captured Jericho and slaughtered the Jewish inhabitants. 325: The First...
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This Day, June 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 19 325: Promulgation of the Nicene Creed. The creed dealt with various splits among the various Christian groups and only dealt in a...
This Day, October 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 10 614: Today the fifth Council of Paris “prohibited the Jews from asking or from exercising civic or administrative rights.” 680: At the...
This Day, June 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 14 1287: Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria. It is quite...
This Day, September 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 13 586 BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by...
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...