June 2 876 BCE (28 Iyar 2884): This is the traditional date of death of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832). 455: The Vandals entered Rome and plundered the city. Among the treasures they took with them were the spoils of the Second T... »
May 30 70: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers. 1096: In ... »
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 the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is impossible to conquer it. But Julian is killed at the end of the... »
On Friday afternoon, just before we ate our last meal before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I was doing something that I rarely do: watching Christian TV. Don’t get me wrong; I love the Word of God, but I have come to the place where I can rarely get through a Christian television program without feeling like I am being manipulated. Far be it from me to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I ... »