July 9

118:
Hadrian, Rome’s new emperor, made his entry into the Imperial City. Regardless
of how history remembers him, for Jews, Hadrian is the Emperor who helped to
start the Third Rebellion against Rome. In this case it was the lead by Bar
Kochba …

July 7

1274: Pope
Gregory X confirmed a bull issued in 1272 banning charges of blood ritual.

1307: King
Edward I, the monarch who expelled the Jews from England, died.

1320: In
Pastoureaux (Southern France), an unnamed shepherd started a crusade aga…

July 4

925: Moslems
raided Oria as part of their attacks on Italy. Ten rabbinical leaders were
killed and many others were taken into captivity, including 12-year-old
Shabbetai Donnolo, who later achieved fame as a physician

1187: Guy de
Lusignan (Ki…

July 3

324:  Constantine the Great defeated Licinius at
the Battle of Adrianople. Constantine ruled the western half of the Roman
Empire.  Licinius ruled the eastern half.  In 313 the two rulers had issued the Edict of
Milan which opene…

July 2                        

311:
Miltiades began serving as Bishop of Rome (Pope) during the reign of
Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor who moved against the Jews in his
effort…