A tolerant admissions policy led to an explosion of Jewish students at this prestigious 13th century school.

Premieres at 12 Noon ET with Live Chat

Wishing all students of Jewish history and their loved ones a sweet new year!

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Members-only Videos Now Available in Online Course

The following three videos tend to attract a lot of unwanted attention on YouTube, so they are currently sheltered behind a low paywall to discourage intellectual vandals. They are available to Channel Members (information on membership available here: https://youtu.be/CnJrOwzNrRw), but YouTube does not offer that option in all countries. The videos have also been uploaded to students registered for my online course in Biblical Jewish History (click here for registration information).

This topic, so important for the experience of Jews in European history, tends to attract a lot of unwanted attention. For now I prefer to offer them to Channel Members only, part of The Jewish Encounter with Rome series. I hope you find them useful.

Sadducees, Pharisees, and more.

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What Happened to the Sephardic Tombstones of Ferrara, Italy?

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Recommended Reading for Rosh Hashanah

King Herod Comes to Power

Part One of The Jewish Encounter with Rome series

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Chapter 9: The Birth of Christianity

Students registered for the Biblical Jewish history course: please note that the draft text of Chapter 8 (Judea under Rome) is now complete and ready for your comments. The introduction to Chapter 9: The Birth of Christianity is now uploaded and the rest of the chapter will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.

Online Courses

Free Registration for Educators

Are you a teacher? Please click here if you would like to request complimentary registration to any of my online courses.

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Recommended Reading for Elul

The Jewish Encounter with Rome

Lectures resume Wednesday, September 7 at 7:30 pm ET, at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst. Free and open to the community. The live Zoom webcast will be available to YILC members and members of my YouTube Channel at the Colleague level (sorry, some of material is a little too challenging for open access to the wider internet–I hope to record briefer, simpler versions for eventual posting).

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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

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DNA confirms Ashkenazic identity of bodies found at bottom of 12th c. well

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Chapter 9: The Birth of Christianity

Students registered for the Biblical Jewish history course: please note that the draft text of Chapter 8 (Judea under Rome) is now complete and ready for your comments. The introduction to Chapter 9: The Birth of Christianity is now uploaded and the rest of the chapter will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.

Online Courses

Free Registration for Educators

Are you a teacher? Please click here if you would like to request complimentary registration to any of my online courses.

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Recommended Reading for Elul