It was on this day in 586 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar and his army breached the walls of Jerusalem and then entered into the city (Jeremiah 39:2). The fascinating part of this story is that God allowed it. “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to […]
It was on this day in 1834 that Queen Maria Christina of Spain, once and for all, abolished the Spanish Inquisition. The Inquisition is a dark stain on European history. Thousands of Jews and others, as well, were forced to convert to Catholicism or be burned at the stake. Apparently, powerful people thought they had […]
It was on this day in 1938 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an international conference at Evian, France, for the purpose of considering what to do with “displaced persons,” meaning Jews. The negligible results at this particular conference accentuated the passive attitude the West had to what the Nazis were already doing, not […]
It was on this day that Israeli commandoes launched a spectacular and daring raid to free about 100 Jewish hostages being held at Entebbe airport in Uganda. It just so happens that, on this same day, the United States was celebrating its bicentennial (July 4, 1976). While America was celebrating its independence, Jewish soldiers were […]
According to tradition, it was on this day, in 502 B.C, that Ezekiel was called by God to go to the people of Israel. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that […]
It was on this day in 1948 that the city of Jerusalem was bombarded from the air for the very first time in history. Here’s why this is interesting: we know that the Adversary is the prince of the power of the air and, from the beginning of time, has wanted to sit where God […]
According to tradition, it was on this day that Joshua commanded the sun to be still upon Gibeon. Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon, in […]
It was on this day in 1948 that the first truce of many in the Israeli-Arab War was ended. Throughout Israel’s history, there have been many wars and cease-fires, and many starts and stops where peace agreements are concerned – too many to number, quite frankly. Each time war has broken out, though always on […]
It was on this day that Jacob and his family arrived in Goshen to begin their sojourn in Egypt. It’s recorded in Genesis 46: “Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the carts which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. So […]
It was on this day in 1927 that, in a public letter written to Louis Marshall, Henry Ford of the Ford Motor Company retracted and apologized for the spurious, “Protocol of the Elders of Zion.” As you may know, this publication made fantastic accusations and claims against individual Jews and against Judaism at large, saying […]
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses dispatched the twelve spies to go into the land of Canaan: “Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, ‘Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is […]
It was on this day that Moses led the children of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, as recorded in Numbers 12: “And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.” (Numbers 12:16) There is a great deal of theological debate as to where the wilderness of Paran was. Some […]
