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RERELEASE: Tales of Sukkos & Simchas Torah (update)
Episode 467
In honor of the upcoming Sukkos & Simchas Torah holidays, here's an updated version of an old episode of Jewish History Soundbites, containing entert…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Tribute to Rav Dovid Kamenetsky
Episode 466
Torah scholar, author of many acclaimed seforim on the Torah of the Vilna Gaon and others, historian and author of the definitive work on Rav Chaim O…
10 months, 1 week ago
Tourbites: Paris
Episode 465
Aside from the generic tourist attractions & fantastic restaurants, Paris is also rich in Jewish history. Some locations evoke tragedy such as the Dr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Book Review: Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski Volume II By Rav David Kamenetsky
Episode 464
The newly published excellent book in Hebrew about the life and times of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940) by Rav David Kamenetsky, entitled Rav …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Voice of the Silent Generation: The Life & Times of Rabbi Berel Wein
Episode 463
The recent passing of Rabbi Berel Wein (1934-2025) is an opportunity to reflect on the Jewish world in which he grew up and later had such a wide imp…
11 months ago
Bridge to our Glorious Past: A Tribute to Rabbi Berel Wein
Episode 462
The recent passing of the great teacher of Jewish history Rabbi Berel Wein (1934-2025) provides a moment to reflect on his historic contribution and …
11 months, 1 week ago
Escapees from the Chelmno Death Camp
Episode 461
Special Tisha B'av episode: A recording of a live lecture delivered in May 2025 at the Shappell's Darche Noam Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, on the topic o…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Traveler, Chronicler & Scholar: The Chida
Episode 460
Journeying through large swaths of the Jewish world of the 18th century, Rav Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806), known by his acronym the Chida, wa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Murder in Lvov: Communal Tensions in 19th Century Galicia
Episode 459
On the afternoon of September 6, 1848, the progressive Rabbi Avraham Kohn (1807-1848) of Lemberg (Lvov in Polish) in Austrian Galicia, was poisoned t…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Radzymin Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 458
One of the largest and influential branches of the Polish Pshischa Chassidic dynasty, Radzymin was completely decimated in the Holocaust, and is unfo…
1 year, 1 month ago