Jewish History

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The Holy Fire: Rav Kalonymus Kalman Shapira and The Tears of God

Dr. Nehemia Polen

Audio
Nov 3, 2015

Tisha B'Av Through the Eyes of Josephus

Rabbi Yechiel Goldreich

Audio
Jul 28, 2015

The Prophet Who Stole Channuka: The Biblical Roots of a Rabbinical Holiday

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Audio
Dec 17, 2014

The House of David and the House of the Hasmoneans (Renewing Our Spirit 2014)

Rabbi Shlomo Vilk

Audio
Dec 17, 2014

What If a Woman Were Just Like a Man? The Story of Beruriah and Rabbi Meir (Renewing Our Spirit 2014)

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper

Audio
Dec 17, 2014

Renewing Our Spirit 2014

Batya Hefter, Dr. Daniel Lagace-Roy, Dr. Elliott Malamet and 5 more

Join us for our 13th annual conference, with fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today.  Special advance price: $40 by December 12 Conference fee (after…
Program
Nov 15, 2014

Collaboration With Death: Anti-Semitism Then and Now

Dr. Daniel Goldhagen

Is anti-Semitism a phenomenon limited to certain isolated individuals, or is it a more common prejudice than is usually understood? Was the ordinary German or Pole a “willing executioner,” an enthusiastic party to hatred, or a victim of…
Audio
Nov 2, 2014

The New World Disorder: Fundamentalism, Human Rights, and the Future of Democracy

Melanie Phillips

Audio
Nov 2, 2014

May G-d Comfort...

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For most of the world, the year 1492 marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. Yet for Jews, the year 1492 is a year of tragedy, a date in Jewish history etched in infamy. It marked the end of perhaps the greatest…
Article
Jul 2, 2014

Can It Really Be That (Some) Jews Don't Learn Torah on Christmas Eve?

Dr. Marc Shapiro

An examination of the peculiar Chassidic custom to refrain from Torah study on Nittelnacht, Christmas Eve. Cosponsored by Congregation B'nai Torah.
Program
Nov 22, 2013