This site covers the history of the Jews from the begininng, the real begininning in 1741 BCE when “Abraham began his long journey from Haran to Canaan.” The whole site was compilled by Eli Birnbaum, if you are bored you can email him click here.
Highlights:
306 A.D. “One of the earliest Christian councils the Council of Elvira decreed that intermarriage and social intercourse with Jews were forbidden”.
325 A.D. the council OF NICEA forbade Jews to own Christian slaves or convert pagans to Judaism.
576 Paris (Gaul) “During a procession, a recent convert was drenched with rancid oil by a former co-religionist”
692 TRULAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL (Italy), it intensified the Eastern Church’s segregation of the Jews. Clergymen were forbidden, on pain of excommunication, to bathe in public baths with Jews, employ a Jewish doctor or socialize with Jews.
1201 WORMS (Germany) “Jews took up arms to fight alongside the city’s non-Jewish residents against an attack. At that time Jews were still permitted to bear arms in various cities in Germany, although this privilege would soon be abolished”.
1505 CESKE BUDEJOVICE (Czechoslovakia) Ten Jews were tortured and killed after being accused by a local shepherd of killing a local girl. Years later, on his deathbed, the shepherd confessed he made up the whole story.
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