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Cantonists & The Czarist Military (+ Recap of a Trip to Ashkenaz/Germany) Featuring Dovi Safier
Episode 417
In 1827 Czar Nicholas I implemented the military draft on the Jewish community of Russia as a means of integrating Jews into Russian society. The Jew…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Chassidic Movement in the Russian Empire
Episode 416
The cradle of the Chassidic movement was in the areas of the Polish Kingdom which were soon annexed to the Russian Empire during the partitions of Po…
2 years, 5 months ago
Russian Jewry under the Czars 1881-1914
Episode 415
The aftermath of the assassination of Czar Alexander II in 1881 was a watershed time period in Russian Jewish history. A reactionary phase led to the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Russian Jewry under the Czars 1772-1881
Episode 414
From the time of the first partition of Poland in 1772, until the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Czarist Russian Empire was host to the largest Jewi…
2 years, 6 months ago
Galician Greatness: Rav Shlomo Kluger
Episode 413
World renowned posek of the 19th century, prolific author and courageous leader, Rav Shlomo Kluger (1785-1869) achieved immortality in the Torah worl…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Legacy & Impact of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
Episode 412
As the architect of Orthodoxy in the modern era, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) has an outsized impact on the Torah world until this very da…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Life & Legacy of the Aruch Hashulchan
Episode 411
One of the leading halachic authorities of the 19th century, Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1908) achieved immortality through his indispensable ma…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Dream to Rebuild: The Early Years of Ponovezh Yeshiva
Episode 410
After losing his family, community and yeshiva in Ponovezh, Lithuania during the Holocaust, Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman (1886-1969), the Ponovezh Rav,…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Machal Fighters of 1948
Episode 409
A special place in Jewish history is reserved for the Machal fighters of 1948. These were primarily World War II veterans, who volunteered to fight f…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part X
Episode 408
In this final installment of ‘The Great Shanghai Escape’ series, we explore the story of the refugees stay in Shanghai during the war years. While in…
2 years, 7 months ago