Rabenu Gershom: Me’or Ha-Golah Jewish Biography as History

Rabenu Gershom, Me’or Ha-Golah (Our Teacher Gershom, Light of the Exile) was one of the most influential Jewish legislators of the High Middle Ages, affecting a wide variety of Jewish practices including monogamy, divorce law, and the right to privacy. Part of the Jewish Biography as History lecture series by Dr. Henry Abramson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18xcvrQ5OAs