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It's All in the Family: The Curious Case of Mary Ben-Gurion
Episode 111
Amos Ben-Gurion was the son of David & Paula Ben-Gurion. While serving in the Jewish Brigade in the British Army during World War II, he was wounded and wound up in a Liverpool hospital. While there,…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
A Father To His People: Stories of Rav Elchonon Wasserman
Episode 110
We follow up the Siyum Hashas with an unpublished episode from the archives of Jewish History Soundbites on Rav Elchonon Wasserman HY"D. While most accounts of this great man focus on his leadership …
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
The Siyum! From Feldafing To The World’s Most Famous Arena: The History of Daf Yomi Part III
Episode 109
The movement spread around Europe and even across the world. Upon each completion of a cycle, the custom began of celebrating the occasion with a communal Siyum Hashas. The association of the Daf Yom…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
A Visionary and a Dreamer: The History of Daf Yomi Part II
Episode 108
Commencing with his dramatic announcement in Vienna in the summer of 1923, Rav Meir Shapiro (1887-1933) dedicated vast energies to spreading the idea of the Daf Yomi program. He was a man of many tal…
Published on 6 years ago
Old World Values in the Home of the Brave: Transplanting Chassidus on American Shores
Episode 107
Recorded LIVE at the historic Ridinker Shteibel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on the 2nd Night of Chanukah, Jewish Historian Yehuda Geberer delves into the incredible rebirth of the Chassidic m…
Published on 6 years ago
Whose Idea Was It Anyways? The History of Daf Yomi Part I
Episode 106
The worldwide study of the Daf Yomi, culminating in the Siyum Hashas celebration, is synonymous with the name of the founder of the movement - Rav Meir Shapiro. After conceiving the idea as a young c…
Published on 6 years ago
A Rebbishe Rosh Yeshiva: The Story of Rav Yitzchok Hutner Part II
Episode 105
Commencing at Yeshivas Chaim Berlin while it was still in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, Rav Hutner embarked on an illustrious career in Torah education. As the demographics of the neighbo…
Published on 6 years ago
WWI & The Jews Part III: Yeshivas on the Run & Turning the Tide of the War
Episode 104
As the Yeshivas headed into exile deep into the Russian interior, they attempted to assume their pre war functions as citadels of Torah study. With greatly shrunken student bodies and a lack of fundi…
Published on 6 years ago
More Than Just A Gadol: The Story of Rav Yitzchok Hutner Part I
Episode 103
One of the most multifaceted individuals in Torah leadership of the last century was R' Yitzchak Hutner. Arriving from Warsaw to Slabodka in the wake of World War I, he eventually followed the Yeshi…
Published on 6 years ago
Warring Brothers: The Opposition to the Chassidic Movement
Episode 102
With the upcoming holiday of Yud Tes Kislev coming up, it's worth examining the early opposition that the Chassidic movement faced at the early stages of the movement. One of the ironies of the organ…
Published on 6 years ago