Really enjoyed this conversation with Rabbi Avi Heller in the OU Daily Dvar. Please visit ou.org/dvar for more!
Av Harachamim, The Crusades, and the Formation of Ashkenazic Identity
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Professor Abramson,
Would you please give a citation for Rashi’s writings on the Crusades?
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It was fascinating. I still have a question. From where do the Ashkenazi Jews come from? I would really like to hear a lecture about the originated of Ashkenazi Jews
Great interview. I read somewhere that Av Harachamim was composed within 30 years of events.