Jewish History

Embark on a journey of Jewish learning and discovery, exploring the depth of our Jewish History resources, where tagged items including audio, programs, and podcast episodes await your exploration.

Our Days Are Numbered

Dr. Elliott Malamet

Mark Steyn put it quite simply in America Alone: “Experts talk about root causes. But demography is the most basic root of all.” Prognostications about the future of any country, race or civilization must begin and end with the hard numbers. Is a…
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No, Israel Isn’t Turning into an Iran-Style Theocracy (The New Republic)

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Gil TroyThe demonizing of Israel, dismissing the democratic Jewish state as a right-wing, religious, racist project, continues. The latest storyline describes ultra-Orthodox Israelis—known in Hebrew as haredim—as medieval Neanderthals rapidly…
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Great Jewish Thinkers Series: Moses Mendelssohn: A Traditional Jew Answers the Challenges of Modernity

Dr. Edward Breuer

Audio

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Rabbi Jay Kelman

Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program, set the rather arbitrary age of retirement of 65. This at a time when few people actually lived that long. Yet 65 has become sacrosanct for many. …
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A Journey Through Jewish History: Visit Central Europe

Dr. Marc Shapiro

For registration in US Dollars please click here Join Torah in Motion and Dr. Marc Shapiro for a unique and intellectually inspiring trip to Central Europe designed especially by Dr. Shapiro.  Visit Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Bratislava (…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Response of Rabbinic Leadership to the Holocaust

Professor Kimmy Caplan

Audio

Emmanuel Levinas and the Holocaust

Dr. Tamra Wright

Audio

The Lives of Gedolim and the Truths of History

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Audio

Habad Messianism in Historical Context

Lawrence H. Schiffman

Audio

Contemporary Significance of the Rambam

Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter

Audio