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

December 9 1212: In Mainz, coronation of Frederick II as King of Germany during whose reign the Jewish “community of Austria began to flourish” due to his “recognition that the Jews were a separate ethnic and religious group and were not bound to the ... »

This Day, December 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

This Day, December 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

December 8 65 BCE: Birthday of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the Roman poet known as Horace who created “credat Juadaeus Appella” which gave rise to the character of “Jew Appela.” https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1629-apella 1292: John Peckha... »

This Day, December 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

December 5 63 BCE: Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations which exposed Cataline’s conspiracy to overthrow the government of Rome. There is no record of how Cataline felt about Jews, but Cicero said that Judaism was a barbarous superstition who... »

This Day, December 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

December 3 311: Sixty-sixty-year-old Emperor Diocletian passed away. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0005_0_05240.html 1368: Birthdate of Charles VI, the French king who would order the expulsion of the Jews from his re... »