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Paradise Lost: The Jews of Rhodes
Episode 246
The Rhodes Jewish community was an ancient one, and it flourished with the arrival of Spanish exiles following the expulsion of 1492 and the Ottoman …
5 years, 6 months ago
Unlikeliest of Exits: The Dramatic Escape of the Rayatz
Episode 245
In one of the most daring rescue schemes of the Holocaust era, Rav Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the sixth Lubavitch Rebbe, the Rayatz (1880-1950) was w…
5 years, 6 months ago
From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II
Episode 244
Aside from the Rabbi's Sons discussed in Part 1 of this miniseries, the 1960's saw the first music groups in Ohr Chadash, Pirchei and the London Scho…
5 years, 6 months ago
Yes, We've Got the Music! The Jewish Music Revolution Part I
Episode 243
Modern Jewish music developed from the chassidic music of old to the new sound of the Jewish music revolution led by Shlomo Carlebach in the 1960's. …
5 years, 6 months ago
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…
5 years, 6 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 cen…
5 years, 7 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 ac…
5 years, 7 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 Schonfe…
5 years, 7 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…
5 years, 7 months 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 fami…
5 years, 7 months ago