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Back to Search#180: Chanukah - Celebrating the War We Didn't Win?
Episode 178
Chanukah is central to our Jewish Calendar and way of life, but there are many unanswered questions: Why celebrate defeat? What was the real role of …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
#179: The Most Unbelievable Story in Modern History
Episode 177
Yitzchak Trebitsch was an active participant - under various names - in some of the twentieth century’s most important events: mass immigration, WWI …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
#178: The Vanished Jews of England II: 1290-1650
Episode 176
Small groups of crypto-Jews are known to have made their way to England. We know the names and occasionally the stories of some. But no one had a gre…
9 months, 1 week ago
#177: The Vanished Jews of England: 1290-1650
Episode 175
For centuries there were none left; The Jews had been driven out of England en-masse by Edward I... But the records tell us a different story. Hen…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
#176: Yishmael vs Yisrael X: Echoes of Conflict - feat. Rabbi Zev Leff & Lord David Wolfson
Episode 174
In the wake of the return of the hostages that survived, challenges abound and life cannot return to normal. Israel confronts the unknown with hope, …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
What is Jewish History?
Episode 173
We have produced 175 episodes over the past 4 years BH. But what makes Jewish History special? And what does the future hold? This short clip will …
10 months, 1 week ago
#175: David Friedman - The Ambassador Who Reshaped the Middle East
Episode 172
To watch This Podcast, click here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpgg1wcQKw&t=2760s
A wide-ranging and personal discussion with former U.S. Amb…
10 months, 1 week ago
#174: Disputations II - 1263-1414 / Rav Meir Arik 100th Yarzeit
Episode 171
25 years after Paris the Talmud was being cross-examined again. This time the Christians intended to prove the truth of their faith from within Judai…
11 months ago
#173: Disputations I - Paris 1240
Episode 170
During the 13th century, Europe was controlled by a militant church, and France was ruled by Louis IX - a bitter enemy of the Jews. All copies of the…
11 months, 1 week ago
#172: Ramban II - The Church & Eretz Yisrael (feat. Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz)
Episode 169
In 1263 the Ramban was forced to attend a public Disputation and defend the truths of the Talmud against attacks by the Dominicans, who were led by a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago