Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for September 21, 2025. Today’s news is dominated by President Trump’s return to the United Nations, this time positioned as a leader in a new era of global power competition. Domestically, ICE continues its broadened immigration arrests in Chicago, prompting concerns. Amidst this political climate, comedian Jimmy […]
September 21
19 BCE:
Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called
Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s Eclogues or “Selected Poems
also known as Bucolics or “Pastorals. Written in 40 B.C., during the
consulship of…
September 20
357
B.C.E.: Birthdate of Alexander the Great.
Alexander’s eastern conquests would bring the Jews in contact with Greek
Culture. The conflict between Greek and
Jewish values would become a dominant motif in Jewish history…
September 18
825
BCE: The Jewish people began a 14-day celebration
to dedicate the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple project was initiated by
King David, and built by his son, King Solomon. Solomon’s Temple was the
spiritual center of Jewish …
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