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The Czars & The Jews Part I
Episode 324
Following the partitions of Poland in the last quarter of the 18th century, the largest Jewish community in the world found themselves under the rule…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Roar of the Lion: The Life of Rav Leib Malin Part I
Episode 323
Prewar student of Rav Yerucham Levovitz and the Brisker Rov, leader during the Mir Yeshiva’s wartime escape to Shanghai, and postwar builder of Bais …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Emergence of a Leader: The Life of the Chazon Ish Part III
Episode 322
In part 3 of the story of Rav Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz (1878-1953), the Chazon Ish, his path is traced from his relative obscurity to his emergence a…
4 years, 2 months ago
Iron Yid: The Story of Zishe Breitbart
Episode 321
Zishe or Siegmund Breitbart (1893-1925) was a circus strongman, and a Jewish folk hero of his day. Having grown up in an observant home in Strykov in…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Haflaah: The Life & Legacy of Rav Pinchas Horowitz
Episode 320
Rav Pinchas Horowitz (1731-1805), known by his most enduring literary work ‘the Hafla’ah’, was unique in the respect that the varied aspects of his l…
4 years, 3 months ago
Come on and Ride the Train: Railroads & Jews
Episode 319
The development of the railroad and the laying of rail track across the Russian Empire in the late 19th century, had a tremendous impact on tradition…
4 years, 3 months ago
Chabad & Zionism Part I: The Rashab
Episode 318
Rav Sholom Dovber Schneerson (1860-1920), better known as the Rashab, as the fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, was one of the leaders of Russian Jewry…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Legacy of the Vilna Gaon
Episode 317
The Vilna Gaon, or the Gra, or Hagaon Hachassid, were just several of the titles by which Rav Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known during …
4 years, 3 months ago
Modesty & Majesty: The Tolna Dynasty
Episode 316
The Tolna chassidic dynasty is a branch of the Chernobyl dynasty founded in Ukraine in the 19th century. Rav Dovid Twersky of Tolna (1808-1882) was o…
4 years, 4 months ago
Rosh Yeshiva & Rebbe: The Pnei Menachem of Ger
Episode 315
Rav Pinchas Menachem Alter (1926-1996), known as the Pnei Menachem of Ger, led an interesting career in public leadership. Born into prewar Polish ch…
4 years, 4 months ago