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Voice of the Silent Generation: The Life & Times of Rabbi Berel Wein
Episode 463
The recent passing of Rabbi Berel Wein (1934-2025) is an opportunity to reflect on the Jewish world in which he grew up and later had such a wide impact. A child of Lithuanian immigrants, he grew up …
Published on 6 hours ago
Bridge to our Glorious Past: A Tribute to Rabbi Berel Wein
Episode 462
The recent passing of the great teacher of Jewish history Rabbi Berel Wein (1934-2025) provides a moment to reflect on his historic contribution and trailblazing efforts in bringing Jewish history to…
Published on 1 week ago
Escapees from the Chelmno Death Camp
Episode 461
Special Tisha B'av episode: A recording of a live lecture delivered in May 2025 at the Shappell's Darche Noam Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, on the topic of the first Nazi death camp at Chelmno, near Lodz,…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Traveler, Chronicler & Scholar: The Chida
Episode 460
Journeying through large swaths of the Jewish world of the 18th century, Rav Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806), known by his acronym the Chida, was privy to the broad range of the various Jewish c…
Published on 2 months ago
Murder in Lvov: Communal Tensions in 19th Century Galicia
Episode 459
On the afternoon of September 6, 1848, the progressive Rabbi Avraham Kohn (1807-1848) of Lemberg (Lvov in Polish) in Austrian Galicia, was poisoned to death. Who assassinated him? What were their mot…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Radzymin Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 458
One of the largest and influential branches of the Polish Pshischa Chassidic dynasty, Radzymin was completely decimated in the Holocaust, and is unfortunately not so well known today. In its heyday, …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Spinka Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 457
The Spinka chassidic dynasty was established in the late 19th century as a sort of offshoot of the Zidichov dynasty, by Rav Yosef Meir Weiss (1838-1909) in the town of Spinka, in the Maramuris region…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Pioneer of Orthodoxy: Rav Rafael Cohen of Hamburg
Episode 456
With rising secularization in large urban centers of Western Europe during the 18th century, it would take a concerted effort by the traditional rabbinical establishment to formulate an appropriate r…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
RERELEASE: The Great Phenomenon of Rav Shayale of Kerestir (update)
Episode 455
In honor of the 100th yahrtzeit of Rav Shayale of Kerestir (1851-1925), Jewish History Soundbites is proud to rerelease the original episode, the first ever on this podcast, about the unique historic…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Popes & the Jews
Episode 454
For nearly two thousand years Jews lived in the shadow of the Catholic Church. As heads of the church, popes throughout the ages formulated an official papal policy regarding the Jews as a religion, …
Published on 4 months ago