July 14

1086:
Toirdelbach Ua Briain passed away.  Born
in 1009, he was the King of Munster and the High King of Ireland. During his
reign, in 1079, Jews reportedly made their first appearance in the Emerald
Isle. “The Annals of Inisfallen record …

July 13

100 BCE:
Birthdate of Julius Caesar.  When Caesar
and Pompey fought for control of the Empire, the Jews supported Caesar because
of the evil Pompey had done to the Jewish people including desecrating the
Temple and shipping thousands of J…

July 11

1174: Amalric I who had been King of Jerusalem since 1162 passed
away.  During his reign most of the Jews
were expelled from Jerusalem; a ban that would last until 1175.

1244:
“Khorezmian Turkish horsemen launch an
attack on Jerusalem, s…

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…