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Brisk in the Holy Land Part I
Episode 193
Escaping from war torn Europe, Rav Yitzchok Zev (Velvalleh) Soloveitchik known to posterity as the Brisker Rov, arrived in the Holy Land in the spring of 1941. Though tragically his wife and three of…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Treacherous Brothers: The Yevsektsia Destryoys Jewish Life in Russia
Episode 192
Few stories among the many tragedies of Jewish history are as heartbreaking as the destruction of Jewish life in Russia by the Yevsektsia. While the majority of these occurrences were perpetrated fro…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Great American Jewish Cities #13: Cleveland Part II
Episode 191
This great city of the Midwest hosted some impressive events, institutions and personalities throughout its Jewish community's long history. Once a center of Reform Judaism with Abba Hillel Silver, i…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Great American Jewish Cities #13: Cleveland Part I
Episode 190
This great city of the Midwest hosted some impressive events, institutions and personalities throughout its Jewish community's long history. Once a center of Reform Judaism with Abba Hillel Silver, i…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Great American Jewish Cities #12: The Lower East Side Part II
Episode 189
The cradle of civilization. The melting pot. The place where it all began. The ghetto, tenement buildings, overcrowded sweatshops. Romantic memories of a picturesque neighborhood, with beautiful shul…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Great American Jewish Cities #12: The Lower East Side
Episode 187
The cradle of civilization. The melting pot. The place where it all began. The ghetto, tenement buildings, overcrowded sweatshops. Romantic memories of a picturesque neighborhood, with beautiful shul…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Maharam Brisk & the Hungarian Yeshiva World
Episode 186
The title "Yeshiva World" usually conjures images of the great citadels of Torah of Lithuania, but parallel to that development was the Yeshiva world in Hungary. Large in size and unique in style, th…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
A Lithuanian Mystic: Rav Shlomo Elyashiv
Episode 185
Rav Shlomo Elyashiv was one of the greatest Kabbalists in recent Jewish history. Settling in the town of Shavl, he proceeded to author his magnum opus the Leshem Shevo Veachlama, and influencing youn…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Great American Jewish Cities #11: The American South Part I
Episode 184
With a foray into the south, we examine the stories of some great Jewish communities south of the Mason-Dixon line. Charleston, South Carolina is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities stretchi…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
A Historic Campaign: The Chofetz Chaim Sefer Torah
Episode 183
The Lithuanian Yeshiva world in interwar Poland was facing financial crisis. The Vaad Hayeshivas was the umbrella organization which sought to alleviate the financial burden from the Yeshivas. With t…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago