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... »
November 19 1095: The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins. The Crusades ushered in one of the darkest periods in Jewish history. In the name of Christianity, the Crusaders wo... »
November 10 1217: During the Fifth Crusade, King Andrew II of Hungary defeated Sultan Al-Adi in what would prove to by a pyric on the banks of Jordan River. The Moslems retreated into fortified positions from which they could not be dislodged, a... »
November 6 355: Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of Gaul. Constantius II followed the pro-Christian and anti-Jewish policies of his father, Constantine ... »