April 27
399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death
penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come
some Jews would study Socrates and other Greeks, in many cases trying to find a
harmony between Judaism …
April 24
70:
During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions broke through
Jerusalem’s middle wall but were driven back by the Jewish defenders.
396:
As conditions for the Jews in the Roman Empire worsen, the Roman Emperors adopt
a law…
April
21
753 BCE: According to
tradition, on this date Romulus and Remus founded Rome. Considering the impact that Rome would have
on the Jewish people this date is worth noting.
586: Ricard I became
King the Visigoth King of Hispa…
April 18
383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish
religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. “The order which Jewish men flatter themselves with and which
gives them immunity from the compulsory public services of decuri…
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