November 7

305 B.C.E.: Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who
had fought by the side of Alexander the Great, became King of Egypt.  Alexander’s empire broke into three parts
after his death.  Jerusalem and Judea
came under the sway of the Ptolemy…

November
6355: Roman Emperor Constantius II
promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the
government of the Prefecture of Gaul. Constantius II followed the pro-Christian
and anti-Jewish policies of his father, Constantine Th…

November
5

1271: Birthdate of Mahmud Ghazan, the Mongol ruler whose
conversion to Islam in 1295 led to the “Persian Jews in Tabriz” being relegated
“once again to the status of dhimmis” which was followed by his successor’s
destruction of several syna…

“If you want to repeat history, do it the way it’s always been done.  If you want to change history, …

November 4

1053: Today, “according
to a document preserved in the archives of the Cathedral of Leon, the Infanta
D. Fronilda, daughter of D. Pelayo, who restored Christian supremacy after the
invasion of the Saracens, purchased, from the Jew Joseph b….