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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 conver... »

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

September 9  337: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors dividing the Roman Empire between the three Augusti. Constantine was responsible for making Christianity the state religion of the ... »

This Day, September 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L

September 4 476: The German general Odoacer defeated Orestes and deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustus marking the “official end of the Roman Empire.”  Actually, this was the end of the Empire in the West. The Eastern Empire continued to rul... »