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Back to Search[Rerelease] From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)
Episode 507
Aside from the Rabbi's Sons discussed in Part 1 of this miniseries, the 1960's saw the first music groups in Ohr Chadash, Pirchei and the London Scho…
14 hours ago
[Rerelease] Yes, We've Got the Music! The Jewish Music Revolution Part I (replay)
Episode 506
Modern Jewish music developed from the chassidic music of old to the new sound of the Jewish music revolution led by Shlomo Carlebach in the 1960's. …
1 week ago
[Rerelease] In the City of Death: The 1903 Kishinev Pogrom (replay)
Episode 505
Special Tisha Ba'av Episode with an all new introduction.
The 1903 Kishinev Pogrom was a tragic massacre, with reverberations within the wider Jewis…
2 weeks ago
America 250 & American Jewry
Episode 504
With the United States commemorating its 250th anniversary, it’s worth reflecting on the unique place that the country holds in Jewish history. The A…
3 weeks ago
The Molotov Von Ribbentrop Pact
Episode 503
When Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-agression pact in late August 1939, it sent shockwaves throughout the entire world, but seemed es…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Molotov Von Ribbentrop Pact
Episode 502
When Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-agression pact in late August 1939, it sent shockwaves throughout the entire world, but seemed es…
4 weeks ago
The Radoshytz Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 501
A large chassidic community across central Poland prior to its decimation during the Holocaust, Radoshytz was founded by Rav Yissachar Dov Ber Baron …
4 weeks ago
Jacob Schiff & ‘The Schiff Era’
Episode 500
Born in Frankfurt to a prominent religious family, Jacob Schiff (1847-1920) was raised in the milieu of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Frankfurt, before…
4 weeks ago
Urban Rabbinate: The Kornitzers of Krakow
Episode 499
Four generations of the Sofer/Kornitzer family served as venerable rabbis of the historic and prestigious Krakow community during the 19th & 20th cen…
1 month ago
The Radoshytz Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 498
A large chassidic community across central Poland prior to its decimation during the Holocaust, Radoshytz was founded by Rav Yissachar Dov Ber Baron …
1 month, 1 week ago