OCTOBER 1 2016 B.C.E.: According to some the anniversary of the Origin of Era of Abraham on the secular calendar. The exactitude of this date is easily open to debate. There is a general agreement among those who accept the existence of Ab... »
September 30 132 C.E. (10 Tishrei): On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi Akiva passed away. He was born in 50 C.E., twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple. According to tradition, he was an unle... »
On Friday, Sept. 15, Lee University’s Center for Responsible Citizenship (CRC) hosted its 14th annual Constitution Day Quiz Bowl, where local high schoolers were tested in their knowledge of the […] The post CRC Hosts 14th Annual Constitution Day... »
September 12 490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians were led by Darius I, the ruler under whom the Second Temple was built. It would not be surprising i... »