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This Day, July 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

July 2                         311: Miltiades began serving as Bishop of Rome (Pope) during the reign of Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor who moved against the Jews in his effort... »

This Day, June 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin

JUNE 30 713 CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered to the Arabs. A majority of the remaining Goths and Hispano-Roman people who lived in the newly acquire... »

This Day, June 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

JUNE 24 586 BCE (9th of Tammuz, 3174): King Nebuchadnezzar’s army broke through the walls of Jerusalem and entered the City of David. 1182: Phillip II, the seventeen-year-old French monarch “decreed the total expulsion of Jews from all royal possess... »

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

JUNE 22 217 BCE: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeated Antiochus III at the Battle of Raphia. The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was part of the ongoing power struggle between the Seleucids and the Ptolomies for the land mass that included... »