Jewish History Uncensored

Had enough of the scripted and abridged version of Jewish History you learned as a child? This weekly podcast features remastered audio from Marc Shapiro’s Torah in Motion classes given from 2011 to the present. Listen to learn about big ideas, interesting personalities, and astounding events in modern Jewish History.

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Podcast Host(s): Dr. Marc Shapiro

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2 | Joseph Messas

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 6: Joseph Messas.

Joseph Messas–a product of Morocco–led communities in Algeria, and Haifa. His halachik rulings and approach to leadership centered the people that he served. His fascinating Rabbinic Career spanned continents and major shifts in the geography and practice of North African Jewry.

This is episode 2.

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1 | Joseph Messas

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 6: Joseph Messas.

Joseph Messas–a product of Morocco–led communities in Algeria, and Haifa. His halachik rulings and approach to leadership centered the people that he served. His fascinating Rabbinic Career spanned continents and major shifts in the geography and practice of North African Jewry.

This is episode 1.

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5 | Elijah Benamozegh

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 5: Elijah Benamozegh. A renaissance man, Benamozegh was an Italian Kabbalist and Halakhist who brought humanistic, secular, and even non-Jewish theological ideas into conversation with the Jewish Rabbinic and Kabbalistic traditions.

This is episode 5.

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4 | Elijah Benamozegh

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 5: Elijah Benamozegh. A renaissance man, Benamozegh was an Italian Kabbalist and Halakhist who brought humanistic, secular, and even non-Jewish theological ideas into conversation with the Jewish Rabbinic and Kabbalistic traditions.

This is episode 4.

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3 | Elijah Benamozegh

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 5: Elijah Benamozegh. A renaissance man, Benamozegh was an Italian Kabbalist and Halakhist who brought humanistic, secular, and even non-Jewish theological ideas into conversation with the Jewish Rabbinic and Kabbalistic traditions.

This is episode 3.

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2 | Elijah Benamozegh

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 5: Elijah Benamozegh. A renaissance man, Benamozegh was an Italian Kabbalist and Halakhist who brought humanistic, secular, and even non-Jewish theological ideas into conversation with the Jewish Rabbinic and Kabbalistic traditions.
 

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1 | Elijah Benamozegh

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 5: Elijah Benamozegh. In this introductory episode we will meet the radical 19th century thinker. A renaissance man, Benamozegh was an Italian Kabbalist and Halakhist who brought humanistic, secular, and even non-Jewish theological ideas into conversation with the Jewish Rabbinic and Kabbalistic traditions.

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6 | Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 4: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Over the course of the series we will learn about the myriad ways he shaped Orthodox institutions, and how his tireless efforts led to innumerable shifts that still reverberate today. This is episode 6.

 

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5 | Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 4: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Over the course of the series we will learn about the myriad ways he shaped Orthodox institutions, and how his tireless efforts led to innumerable shifts that still reverberate today. This is episode 5.

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4 | Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Speakers: Dr. Marc Shapiro

This is series 4: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Over the course of the series we will learn about the myriad ways he shaped Orthodox institutions, and how his tireless efforts led to innumerable shifts that still reverberate today. This is episode 4.

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