December 31

335: End of
the Papacy of Sylvester I “who convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from
living in Jerusalem.”

535:
Byzantine General Belisarius took the city of Syracuse which marks the
completion of the conquest of Sicily. In 536 he would…

December 13

522 BCE: Darius I, the Persian monarch who allowed the Jewish people to
re-build the Temple at Jerusalem strengthened his hold on his kingdom when he
defeated Nebuchadnezzar III in a battle at the Tigris and that at the
Euphrates.

519 BCE…

December 10

1475: Seventy-eight-year-old Italian artist Paolo Uccello
passed away. Like many artists of his time, Uccello produced what today would
be called anti-Semitic art.  Among his
works was “Miracle of the Host”

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December 3

311: Sixty-sixty-year-old Emperor Diocletian passed away.

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1368: Birthdate of Charles VI, the French king who would order the
expulsion of the Jews from his re…

November 30

1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by
Innocent III came to a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made the first
official use of the term “transubstantiation,” with reference to the
Eucharist (Lord’s Supper). The adoption of …

November 2

655: The Ninth Council of Toledo which
was held under the auspices of King Recceuith and would adopt a resolution
“that all conversos, not only converted Jews also others who had come during
the Migration Period, had to pass Christian festi…

OCTOBER 25

732:  Christian forces led by Charles Martel clash
defeat the invading Moors at the Battle of Tours which is near Poitiers in
modern day France. The victory at Tours ensured that Western Europe would be
Christian.  For Jews, it al…