Jewish History

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

Melanie Phillips

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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…
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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.
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The Yom Kippur War, 40 Years Later: Lessons for Today (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Shmuel Rosner

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Uncovering Rabbinic Forgeries (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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Hazal's Theory of Probability (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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The Mystical Program of the Kabbalists in Zefat (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Joel Hecker

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Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942

Rabbi Dr. Don Seeman

Sold with accompanying source sheets, downloadable after purchase.
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Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942

Dr. Don Seeman will present a lecture on Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942. Shapira's manuscripts, recovered from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, outline his spiritual struggle to deal…
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A Journey Through Jewish History: Visit Central Europe 2013

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Join Dr. Marc Shapiro for a unique and intellectually inspiring trip to Central Europe designed especially by Dr. Shapiro. Visit Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Bratislava (Pressburg), Eisenstadt, Sopron and many other sites off the beaten track. A…
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