November 28 In Jewish History 1095: On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appointed bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land. The call for the Crusade is based, in part,...

November 27 In Jewish History 1095: First Crusade proclaimed by the Council of Clermont. By now everybody should be aware of the fact that the Crusades ushered in a period of death and destruction for the Jews of Europe and Eretz Israel. 1755: An...

November 26 In Jewish History 43 BCE: The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed. This power sharing arrangement would fall apart....

November 25 In Jewish History 2348 BCE: According to Archbishop James Ussher's Old Testament chronology, the Great Deluge ("Noah's Flood") began on this date. 1177: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeats Saladin at the Battle of...

November 24 In Jewish History 166 BCE: According to secular calculations this date marked “The Origin of Era of the Maccabees.” 380: Theodosius I made his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople. Eight years later, in 388, Theodosius...