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RERELEASE: The Great Phenomenon of Rav Shayale of Kerestir (update)
Episode 455
In honor of the 100th yahrtzeit of Rav Shayale of Kerestir (1851-1925), Jewish History Soundbites is proud to rerelease the original episode, the fir…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Popes & the Jews
Episode 454
For nearly two thousand years Jews lived in the shadow of the Catholic Church. As heads of the church, popes throughout the ages formulated an offici…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Blood Libels
Episode 453
Among the many manifestations of medieval European antisemitism was the blood libel – the infamous false accusations of ritual murder which were used…
11 months, 1 week ago
A Lion from Bavel: The Ben Ish Chai
Episode 452
Rav Yosef Chaim (1835-1909), better known by his popular work Ben Ish Chai, was an important leader of the Baghdad Jewish community of the 19th centu…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Secularization of the Jewish People in the Modern Era Part IV
Episode 451
External forces of the modern era such as political & economic changes, emancipation, the collapse of the kahal autonomy, technological advancement, …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Secularization of the Jewish People in the Modern Era Part III
Episode 450
The secularization of the Jewish People in the modern era really begins as a slow but growing trend within the communities of the Spanish Jewish dias…
1 year ago
The Secularization of the Jewish People in the Modern Era Part II
Episode 449
The modern era brought many external changes which challenged the centuries old Jewish communal structure. Political change, emancipation, wars, revo…
1 year ago
The Secularization of the Jewish People in the Modern Era Part I
Episode 448
At the dawn of the 18th century, the overwhelming majority of the Jewish People were religiously observant in the traditional sense. By mid-20th cent…
1 year, 1 month ago
Rav Yomtov Lipmann Heller the Tosafos Yomtov
Episode 447
As someone who experienced the upheavals of both the Thirty Years War, as well as the Khmelnytsky uprisings of 1648-49 (Tach Vitat), Rav Yomtov Lipma…
1 year, 1 month ago
Between Poland & Yerushalayim: The Lelov Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 446
With its origins in 19th century Poland, Lelov is unique among Chassidic dynasties due to its migrating to Ottoman Jerusalem in 1851. Rav David Bider…
1 year, 1 month ago