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Meet the Metz: The Jews of Metz
Episode 435
Metz, France was host to one of the most prominent Jewish communities in the world at one point in history. An ancient Jewish community, it experienc…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Life & Times of Rav Yaakov Ettlinger the Aruch Lener
Episode 434
Germany Jewry of the 19th century was going through a period of transition. Emancipation was a struggle which was incrementally achieved, and rampant…
1 year, 4 months ago
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…
1 year, 4 months 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 confront…
1 year, 4 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 …
1 year, 6 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 c…
1 year, 6 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 concentrat…
1 year, 7 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 dynas…
1 year, 7 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. Tho…
1 year, 8 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. Tho…
1 year, 8 months ago