Jewish History

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The Jews of Ancient Egypt (Part 2) - The Judeans of Elephantine; The Jews of Leontopolis

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

Audio
Feb 3, 2022

The Jews of Ancient Egypt (Part 1) - Introduction: The Jews of Egypt in the Hellenistic Age

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

Audio
Jan 27, 2022

e-TiM: The Rise of Reform and the Rabbinic Response

Dr. Marc Shapiro

This series takes place on Mondays at 8:30pm Eastern.  In part two of this ongoing series we continue our examination of the early reformers. In the second generation of Reform, halakhic justifications are not central, while the dividing lines…
Program
Dec 30, 2021

From Creation to Revelation: The Biblical Theme of Seven (Part 6) - The Masoretes: how did these unsung heroes preserve the Tanakh for us to read today?

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Audio
Nov 15, 2021

Taylor-Guthartz-Lost in Translation_ An In-depth Look at how Tanakh Texts Have been Translated and Transmitted (Part 4) - The Masoretes: how did these unsung heroes preserve the Tanakh for us to read today?

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Audio
Nov 8, 2021

Lost in Translation_ An In-depth Look at how Tanakh Texts Have been Translated and Transmitted (Part 2) - The Septuagint: is translation divinely aided or a national curse?

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Audio
Oct 25, 2021

e-TiM: How the Tanakh Evolved

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

This series will take place on Wednesdays at 8:00pm Eastern In Dr. Moshe Sokolow's new series, we will look at how the twenty-four books of the Bible became the Tanakh, discussing questions such as: Who wrote the twenty-four books? Who pronounced…
Program
Oct 12, 2021

e-TiM: Medieval Israel: Judaism Between the Cross and the Crescent

Shulie Mishkin

Please note that due to the time change in Israel (but not North America) class on Nov 4 begins at 1:00pm Eastern This will be an eight-part series taking place on Thursdays at 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern. Although the centre of Jewish life moved in the…
Program
Sep 9, 2021

The Final Days of First Temple Jerusalem

Shulie Mishkin

Audio
Jul 18, 2021

Come and Walk the Land: Regions of Israel and Their Stories (Part 6) - Golan: Israel's natural playground and one of its main centers in Talmudic times

Shulie Mishkin

Audio
Jul 15, 2021