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This Day, July 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

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 ... »

This Day July 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

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... »

This Day, July 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

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 effor... »

This Day, June 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

JUNE 30 713 CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered to the Arabs. A majority of the remaining Goths and Hispano-Roman people who lived in the newly acquire... »