Jewish History

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Maimonides vs Judah Halevi on the Distinction Between Jew and Gentile (Part 1)

Dr. Menachem Kellner

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The Rise of Reform and the Rabbinic Response (Part 2)

Dr. Marc Shapiro

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

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

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The Rise of Reform and the Rabbinic Response (Part 1)

Dr. Marc Shapiro

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

Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

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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…
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From Creation to Revelation: The Biblical Theme of Seven (Part 5) - The Masoretes: how did these unsung heroes preserve the Tanakh for us to read today?

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

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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

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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

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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…
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