December 31 335: End of the Papacy of Sylvester I “who convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem.” 535: Byzantine General...
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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...
This Day, June 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 10 1190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. The German emperor was...
This Day, July 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 1 69: Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as emperor. This consolidation of...
This Day, July 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 2 311: Miltiades began serving as Bishop of Rome (Pope) during the reign of Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor who moved...
This Day, April 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 18 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. "The order which Jewish men...
This Day, May 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 20 68(3rd of Sivan, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian captured Jericho and slaughtered the Jewish inhabitants. 325: The First Council...
This Day, March 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 12 515 BCE: On the secular calendar the construction of the Second Temple was completed. (Book of Ezra, 6:15 “And this house was finished on...