Podcast Episodes

Liberated But Not Free: The Displaced Persons Camps

Episode 242

With the end of the war and the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Allied armies were confronted with one of the byproducts of the Nazi regime - millions of 'displaced persons', many of whom had nowhere to …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Litvaks Gone South: South African Jewry & Rabbi Avraham Tanzer

Episode 241

South African Jewish history is unique in several ways. Composed primarily of Jews of Lithuanian origin, it grew in the early decades of the 20th century with the waves of immigration from the Lithua…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Gangster on the Roof: Tales of the Jewish Mafia Part III

Episode 240

The Jewish mob wasn't strictly an American phenomenon born in the immigrant communities of the Lower East Side and Brownsville. It had antecedents across the ocean in the Jewish world of Eastern Euro…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Living History: The Life of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Part II

Episode 239

Part 2:

While some people read history, there are rare people who lived history through their own lives. One such individual was Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld (1923-2020). Born in Vienna into a family of Ge…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

Living History: The Life of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Part I

Episode 238

While some people read history, there are rare people who lived history through their own lives. One such individual was Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld (1923-2020). Born in Vienna into a family of Ger chassi…

Published on 5 years ago

Yerushalayim Shel Malah: The World of Rav Zundel Kroiser

Episode 237

Rav Zundel Kroizer (1923-2014) was one of the last of the greats of the Old Yishuv of Yerushalayim. A member of a large and important Yerushalmy family, his ancestors and family members included many…

Published on 5 years ago

PROMOTED CONTENT: Halacha Headlines Podcast

With everything happening in the world today, it’s safe to say that as religious Jews, question arise as how to correctly deal with the situations faced in contemporary society.
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Published on 5 years ago

"Those Who Know Don't Speak" The Story of the Kotzk-Izhbitz Dispute

Episode 236

During the active years of the court of Rav Menachem Mendel Morgenstern- the Kotzker (1787-1859), one of his closest students was Rav Mordechai Yosef Leiner (1801-1854) of Izhbitz (Izbica). A series …

Published on 5 years ago

The Chernobyl Crisis: Chernobyl Part II

Episode 235

At the turn of the twentieth century, the various Chernobyl dynasties were flourishing though they faced financial crisis. With World War One and the subsequent Russian Revolution, they all began to …

Published on 5 years ago

One Din: Rav Simcha Zelig the Dayan of Brisk

Episode 234

One of the unique pre war Torah giants - and ultimately Holocaust victim - was the Dayan of Brisk, Rav Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864-1942). Brisk was home to a large and prestigious Jewish community, and…

Published on 5 years ago