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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... »

This Day, November 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

This Day, November 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

November 29 800: Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. Leo and Charlemagne were allies.  Charlemagne would exonerate Leo of the charges and Leo would crown Charlemagne Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.&nbs... »

This Day, November 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

This Day, November 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

November 22 1220: Frederick II, who would become the protector of the Jews in Frankfurt in 1236, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor today by Honorius III. 1280: The 3-year reign of Pope Nicholas III whose bull Vineam sorce encouraged conversion through... »

This Day, November 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

November 21 456 BCE (20th of Kislev, 3306): Ezra called together all the men of Judah and Benjamin and told them that they would have to give up their foreign-born wives.  This was part of an attempt by the returning exiles to purify and strength... »