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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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years, 1 month 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 rabbinica…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tribute Episode: Rav Meir Wunder
Episode 423
The recent passing of Rav Meir Wunder (1934-2024) is an opportunity to pay tribute to this great man and his vast accomplishments as a historian, sch…
2 years, 1 month ago
Non-Ashkenazi Jews in Czarist Russia
Episode 422
Far from the Pale of Settlement, the Jews of Georgia, Bukhara, the Caucasus (Mountain) Jews, and other Jewish communities of Central Asia, found them…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Machine Matzah Controversy
Episode 421
The Industrial Revolution brought the mechanization of manual labor, and this reached the matzah baking industry in the mid-19th century. Although it…
2 years, 3 months ago
Beyond the Pale: Russian Jewry outside the Pale of Settlement
Episode 420
The Russian Czarist government restricted Russian Jewry to the western provinces of the empire through a series of legislative acts, which came to be…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Yeshiva Elite in 19th Century Lithuania
Episode 419
A dominant feature of religious life of the 20th century has been the centrality of the Yeshiva institution for intensive Torah study. The modern yes…
2 years, 4 months ago
Censorship in Czarist Russia
Episode 418
The Czarist government implemented a policy of censorship of all published material in the empire, whether it was imported or printed locally. Though…
2 years, 4 months ago