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This Day, June 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

JUNE 10 1190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.  The German emperor was one of three monarchs leading the crusade.  The other two were Phillip Augustus of France an... »

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

May 2 373: “Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria…aggressive opponent of Arianism and polemicist against Judaism died today.”  693: The Sixteenth Council of Toledo, which had opened on April 25, met for the last time. Among its other accomplishments,... »

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

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

April 29 711: According to some sources the date on which an army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Gibraltar marking the start of the Moslem conquest of the Iberian Peninsula with all that would come to mean for the Jewish population during the next s... »

This Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"l

April 25 693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to the Jews living under the Visigoths.  This Visigoth anti-Semitism would provide a major impetus fo... »