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Back to Search#131 - Holocaust Identities II – Secret Soldiers Part 2
Episode 128
In 1944 X-troop were fighting in France.
With heavy losses and secret identities, some of them would tragically be buried under a cross.
By 1945 they…
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#130 - Holocaust Identities I - Secret Soldiers Part 1
Episode 127
To donate tefillin for the soldiers, please click - https://bit.ly/historyforthecurioustefillin Forged through adversity and fuelled by the fate of…
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#129 - Rabbi Akiva Eger II - Rulings, Plague & Portrait
Episode 126
To appreciate Rabbi Akiva Eger we need to understand his era; The cholera epidemic he lived through, the personalities of his generation as well a…
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#128 - Rabbi Akiva Eger I - Genius, Battles & Compassion
Episode 125
Famous as a scholar and lamdan, his life was beset by challenges and setbacks, all of which he faced with remarkable fortitude.
As the leader of Cent…
2 years, 2 months ago
#127 - Kabbalah II - Heresy : Spain 1290-1350
Episode 124
Unraveling the Mystery - Who was Moshe de Leon? How did the Zohar impact Jewish history? Is there a deep divide between Academics & Kabbalists. What…
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#126 - Kabbalah I - Controversy : Spain 1250-1295
Episode 123
In the 1200s Spanish Jewry faced great challenges within the community including Murder, Immorality & Defection. This was exacerbated by dangerous …
2 years, 3 months ago
#125 - Spanish Jewry III - Targets of Resentment: Prominent Jewish Figures in Spain
Episode 122
The Golden Age was over but what drove Jews to settle in Christian Spain? What is the true story of the pirates in Cordoba? Why was the commentary of…
2 years, 3 months ago
#124 - Spanish Jewry II - The Golden Age : Poetry, Power and Politics
Episode 121
A unique world existed for two centuries in which a Jewish general lead Moslem armies into battle and authored 1,500 poems while Chasdai, the most f…
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#123 - Spanish Jewry I - The Dark Ages: The Forced Conversion of the Jews
Episode 120
The history of the Jews in Spain has always been part of our collective memory. But the real story starts 1,000 years earlier. Long before the Rish…
2 years, 3 months ago
#122 - Responsa in History III
Episode 119
Do synagogues have rights over membership? Why did a Chazan risk excommunication in Perpignan? Why were responsa printed in defiance of the author’s …
2 years, 4 months ago