Lectures in Jewish History and Thought. No hard questions, please.
Schwab and Yael explore this fascinating topic that is, believe it or not, a big part of Jewish history!
Some personal memories and appreciation of Professor Michael Marrus, a master instructor who taught at the University of Toronto for 49 years.
If you’re in the neighborhood of Shaarei Shomayim, please come by on Saturday or Sunday morning, would be nice to say hi.
Very proud of our son Aryeh, raising funds to support the Respiratory Therapy and Hydrotherapy programs at ADI Negev, an institute that celebrates Ability, promotes Diversity and insists on Inclusion. Join us in supporting his worthy efforts! Please click here for more information: https://adi-il.org/campaign/aryeh-abramson/
Lecture II of the Jewish Communities of Color Series scheduled for Wednesday night at 7pm PT (10pm ET). Please join us! RSVP at www.bit.ly/JEWSOFCOLOR.
Yael and Schwab preserve the excitement of discovery in this fantastic podcast. Here’s the latest episode, on Shabbetai Tzvi, and it is REALLY GREAT. Click here to listen: https://jewishunpacked.com/shabbetai-tzvi-a-bonkers-false-messiah-story/
Join me for a discussion of the long history of Jewish communities of color, beginning with some historical observations relating to the current version of the perennial “Who is a Jew” debate. Register for free at https://bit.ly/JEWSOFCOLOR.
Related, strangely, but related.
Yael and Schwab knock the ball out of the park with this new episode of Jewish History Unpacked! Listen to it here (https://jewishunpacked.com/does-liberte-fraternite-egalite-include-jews/) and subscribe for free!
Join us for a Premiere with live chat at 11 am ET.
Students registered for the Biblical Jewish History course: Please log in to see and comment on the newest chapter in my forthcoming The Jewish People: A History. Koren Publishers is now starting work on the book design, and I expect to submit the final manuscript (one more chapter and a bibliographic essay to go) shortly. I’m looking forward to reading your comments!
I recently spent several days in Mexico City getting to know this fascinating community (more video forthcoming!). Here’s a conversation I had with my colleague Daniel Fainstein, Dean of Jewish Studies at Universidad Ebraíca, explaining what makes the Jewish community of this city so unique.
Very pleased to read that Jill Lapore quoted Maimonides on Teshuvah: The Way of Repentance in a recent piece in The New Yorker (The Case Against the Twitter Apology, online November 7, published in the print edition of the November 14, 2022, issue, with the headline “Sorry Spectacle.”). Here’s the relevant passage:
Favorite response from my family: son-in-law Chaim writes, “The New Yorker is no Der Veker, but still cool.”
Henry Abramson 