February 21 362: Athanasius returns to Alexandria so he can lead the fight against various Christian heretics such as the Arians. His negative views about the Jews were really part of his fight against Christian heretics. His “anti-Jewish rhetor... »
February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to maintain imperial unity and authority. Since Jews, as well as Christian, resisted this conce... »
February 13 515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem. 996: Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim who “ordered…Jews to wear wooden calves around their necks” began his reign today. 1130: The Papacy of Honorius I... »
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion) on Shabbat morning and prohibited Rabbis from giving drashot on the Torah portion. 1049: Beginning of t... »