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The Holocaust Research of Professor Yehuda Bauer
Episode 433
The field of Holocaust research has been enriched over the decades in both its scope and depth by generations of historians and researchers worldwide. For more than 60 years one of the premier schola…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Remembering Tragedy on Happy Days
Episode 432
With the Jewish calendar full of happy holidays and joyous occasions, and Jewish history filled with tragic events, an inevitable paradox is confronted when wishing to commemorate a tragic occasion d…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Polish Patriotism & Rav Dov Ber Meizlish
Episode 431
Following the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, there were several attempts of the Polish people to revolt against Czarist Russia or Austria during the 19th century. An interesting…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The 1837 Tzfas Earthquake
Episode 430
On January 1, 1837, a devastating earthquake hit the upper Galilee and southern Lebanon, destroying towns, villages, property and roads, disrupting commerce and claiming the lives of thousands of vic…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Death Marches
Episode 429
Towards the end of 1944, as it became clear to the senior officers of the Nazi SS that the war was lost, they decided to evacuate the many concentration camps which held several hundred thousand inma…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Tzadik of Shtefanesht
Episode 428
Rav Avraham Matisyahu Friedman of Shtefanesht (1849-1933) was a grandson of Rav Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin, leader of the Shtefanesht Chassidic dynasty for 65 years, and one of the most important rab…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Haskala in 19th Century Imperial Russia Part II
Episode 427
The Jewish enlightenment movement – known as the Haskala, endeavored to implement changes within the Jewish communal structure in the modern era. Though the haskala in its many manifestations existed…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Haskala in 19th Century Imperial Russia Part I
Episode 426
The Jewish enlightenment movement – known as the Haskala, endeavored to implement changes within the Jewish communal structure in the modern era. Though the haskala in its many manifestations existed…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Karaite Jews in Czarist Russia
Episode 425
Though never large in number, the Karaite communities of Russia are an interesting side chapter in Russian Jewish history. Residing primarily in the Crimean Peninsula, with communities in Ukraine, Po…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Tourbites: The Life & World of the Shach - Rav Shabsai Hakohen
Episode 424
Rav Shabsai Hakohen (1621-1663) was the author of one of the most important halachic works ever written, the Shach (Sifsei Kohen). His last rabbinical position and burial place in Holesov, Czechia, i…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago