Yesterday was the 930 aniversary of the Shapiro family massacre |
Yesterday, the 8th of Iyar was the 930th anniversary of the Shapiro massacre in Speyer Germany which occurred on May 3, 1096. Many of us have the name or descend from people with the last name Shapiro. This is one of the oldest last names amidst Ashkenazic Jewry and its origins come from the town of Speyer where our ancestors lived and thus took on the last........