Modern History

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

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Audio

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

Dr. Marc Shapiro

Audio

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…
Program

4 | The Great Escape

Dr. Marc Shapiro

The Great Escape covers the escape of the students and teachers of the Mir Yeshiva from eastern Europe to Shanghai as they escape the Nazis. This is episode 4: the final episode.
Podcast

3 | The Great Escape

Dr. Marc Shapiro

The Great Escape covers the escape of the students and teachers of the Mir Yeshiva from eastern Europe to Shanghai as they escape the Nazis. This is episode 3.
Podcast

2 | The Great Escape

Dr. Marc Shapiro

The Great Escape covers the escape of the students and teachers of the Mir Yeshiva from eastern Europe to Shanghai as they escape the Nazis. This is episode 2.
Podcast

1 | The Great Escape

Dr. Marc Shapiro

The Great Escape covers the escape of the students and teachers of the Mir Yeshiva from eastern Europe to Shanghai as they escape the Nazis. This is episode 1.
Podcast

Modern Antisemitism and the Study of Ancient Judaism (Part 1) - From Heinrich Graetz on Josephus to an Unnoticed Root of Modern German Antisemitism

Professor Daniel Schwartz

Audio

Antiochus's Decrees, Hirschian Orthodoxy, and German Jewry on the Eve of the Holocaust

Professor Daniel Schwartz

Audio

e-TiM: Torah, Turkey and Thanksgiving

Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky

We are excited to let you know about two special shiurim taking place on the Torah in Motion Zoom channel this Thursday, November 26. 11:00am Eastern Time Turkey Traditions: Getting a Jewish Footing in the New World Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff 12:30pm…
Program