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This Day, September 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 11 813: Coronation of Louis the Pious who “faithful to the principles of his father Charlemagne and granted strict protection to Jews, whom he respected as merchants” and who like his father believed that 'the Jewish question' could be solve... »

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

September 7 70: On the secular calendar the date on which a Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem. 1191: The Crusader army led by King Richard the Lionhearted defeated the army of Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, north of Jaffa. 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... »

This Day, August 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

This Day, August 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

August 23 634: Umar began his reign as the second Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. Umar overturned the ban on Jews worshipping in Jerusalem. Not only did he clean the Temple Mount of Filth, he encouraged the formation of Sanhedrin when he invited “70... »