Sep 5, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1553, that Pope Julius III ordered the confiscation and destruction of the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds. Pope Julius felt these works contained derogatory and anti-Christian remarks and should be destroyed. On the other hand, Judaism takes...
Sep 4, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes it was on this day that the third biblical plague descended upon Egypt. What make this particular plague so interesting is, after this, God set a division between Israel and Egypt, thus protecting God’s people from the suffering the ensuing...
Sep 3, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1943 that, the sixth Zionist Congress convened in Basel, Switzerland. This would be the last Congress presided over by Theodore Herzl, the father of modern Zionism. During this particular Congress, split among delegates developed over a British...
Sep 2, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes it was on this day that Moses was instructed to hew two stones for the tablets of the law. The first set of tablets, hewn by the finger of God, were broken as a consequence of the Golden Calf incident. Later, Moses was instructed to hew two...
Sep 1, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Jewish tradition believes that, on this day, Moses returned from his second ascent to the top of Mt. Sinai. On this trip to the top of the mountain he learned that God was not going with the people, but was sending an angel before them. That was much better than what...
Aug 31, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day, in 1868, that members of the KKK lynched Mr. S. A. Bierfield in Franklin, Tennessee. Allegedly, this was the first time the Klan had killed someone who was Jewish, although it was not the first time they had murdered someone. In today’s world, the...
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