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Our Grandfathers Came to this Land
Episode 364
The Great Immigration was the population movement of millions of Jews primarily from Eastern Europe to the United States and other countries over the…
3 years, 4 months ago
Feivels Going West: Jews in the Wild West
Episode 363
The German Jewish immigration of the mid 19th century caused a demographic explosion of the American Jewish community from a mere 5,000 in 1830 to ap…
3 years, 4 months ago
Chasam Sofer Part III: A Pressburg Situation
Episode 362
Rav Moshe Sofer (1762-1839) - the Chasam Sofer - led the Pressburg Jewish community for 33 years. From the time of his initial appointment he faced s…
3 years, 4 months ago
Chasam Sofer Part II: Old Traditions, New Message
Episode 361
“Chadash Asur Min Hatorah” - Anything new is forbidden, has become a slogan in defense of Jewish tradition confronting the challenges of modernity. F…
3 years, 5 months ago
United We Split: The Leadership of Rav Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky
Episode 360
Rav Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867-1948) was the rabbi of the Eidah Chareidis community in Yerushalayim & headed the branch of Agudas Yisrael in that cou…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Royals & The Jews
Episode 359
The Jewish People have had a long relationship with British royalty. From the expulsion of the Jews from England by King Edward I in 1290 to the rese…
3 years, 6 months ago
On the Cusp of Modernity: The Noda B’yehuda
Episode 358
The Jewish world of the 18th century was at the nexus of internal and external transformative events which would lead into the modern era. Political …
3 years, 6 months ago
A Light in the Darkness: Rav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Episode 357
Rav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson, served as rabbi in Yekaterinoslav in the So…
3 years, 7 months ago
1897: A Year of Transition
Episode 356
Though change is generally a gradual process through history, it’s worth noting how several momentous events which were indicators of a dynamic Jewis…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Working Group & its Desperate Rescue Attempts
Episode 355
The Slovakian Working Group was likely the most heroic attempt at Jewish rescue during the Holocaust. Dealing directly with the SS and their Slovak c…
3 years, 7 months ago