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This Day, September 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

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... »

This Day, September 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin

This Day, September 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin

 September 23 484 BCE:  Birthdate of the very influential Greek playwright Euripides. Wherever Greek culture spread, writers attempted to create drama in the manner of Euripides.  During the time of Hellenization of the Jews, a Jewish p... »

This Day, September 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 13 586 BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar in an attempt to revitalize the Jewish community. His assassin, Ishmael ben Natanya, a descen... »

This Day, September 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

This Day, September 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 22  384: Roman Emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I forbid Jews from buying or owning Christian slaves. If any such slaves are found with Jews, they must be removed and sold to other Christians. If a Jewish master converts... »

This Day, September 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 21 19 BCE: Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s Eclogues or “Selected Poems also known as Bucolics or “Pastorals.. Written in 40 B.C., during the consulship o... »