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Zionists, Messianists or Immigrants? The Talmidei Hagra & The Controversy of the Kol Hator
Episode 115
In 1947 a book was published in Jerusalem bearing the title "Kol Hator". It ascribed Messianic overtones to the immigration of a group of students of…
6 years, 6 months ago
A Kindled Flame: The Life of Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg Part I
Episode 114
Please Support the work of Jewish History Soundbites by rating us and writing a review for us on Apple Podcasts. Thank You!!! One of the most multi f…
6 years, 6 months ago
World War I & The Jews Part IV: From Devastation to Rehabilitation
Episode 113
The Bolshevik Revolution and it's aftermath wreaked havoc on the Jewish communities - both exiled and established - across the great expanse of the f…
6 years, 6 months ago
Rudolf's Rescue Scheme: Kastner & The Attempts To Save Hungarian Jewry
Episode 112
Asara B'Teves is known in Israel also as "Yom Hakadish Haklali", and is a day which the victims of the Holocaust are commemorated with the recital of…
6 years, 6 months ago
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 …
6 years, 7 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We follow up the Siyum Hashas with an unpublished episode from the archives of Jewish History Soundbites on Rav Elchonon Wasserman HY"D. While most a…
6 years, 7 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 com…
6 years, 7 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…
6 years, 7 months 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 del…
6 years, 7 months 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 Me…
6 years, 7 months ago