Monday March 3: Please join me for this public lecture!
Bukharian Jews and the Sephardic World (Public lecture in Queens); Takkanot of Early Ashkenazic; Resurgence of Antisemitism after October 7
How Were Jews Allowed to Settle in Medieval Ashkenaz? Lectures in Jerusalem; More Guide to the Perplexed; Bukharian Jews in Queens NY
Very enthused to be speaking at the following Yeshivot in Israel!
Contact their offices for details:
Second lecture in the History of Ashkenazic Jewry series
Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed 3. Blockheads are Gonna Block
Please join me for these public lectures!
Jews in Poland and Lithuania; The Mysterious Radhanites; Eurafrican Jews of the Caribbean; The Remarkable Shem Tov Bible
Enjoyed this conversation with President Kadish and Dr. Leiman!
Who Were The Mysterious Radhanites?
The Remarkable Shem Tov Bible
With Dr. Sharon Liberman Mintz, Judaica curator for Southeby’s, at a private viewing of this amazing 14th century Spanish Bible.
Eurafrican Jews of the Caribbean
Shabbat in Five Towns at YILC; Poland and Lithuania with Dr. Shnayer Leiman; Videos on Sephardic Diaspora in Safed; New Ashkenaz Series for Members
Really looking forward to speaking to this amazing community!
The Sephardic Diaspora: Safed and Rabbi Moshe Cordoeiro (Cordovero)
New Series on Ashkenazic Jewry for Channel Members
RESURGENCE in Jewish History (Shabbaton at YILC, 5 Towns); Intrepid Rabbi-Explorers of the 3rd Century; Sephardic Diaspora in the New World
Really looking forward seeing my friends at YILC!
Meet the Intrepid Explorer-Rabbis of the 3rd Century
Recap of last week’s Guide for the Perplexed Seminar
Sephardic Jews in the New World
Eurafrican Jews in the Caribbean; Jewish Caribbean Migration Patterns; and a retrospective mini-documentary
Hard to believe such beautiful places exist!
Jewish Caribbean Migration Patterns
Eurafrican Jews in the Caribbean
The Sephardic Diaspora: Europe
Want to learn more Jewish History? Try one of these online courses!
Saga of Sephardic Jewry (New Online Course!); Volume II:Chapter 2 now online; Benjamin of Tudela; Guide for the Perplexed; Review of Koren’s New Mikraot Hadorot
Jewish History Lab Report: Friday, January 3, 2025
Benjamin of Tudela, Great Jewish Explorer of the 12th Century!
The Saga of Sephardic Jewry: New Course Now Online!
Stunning new work of Torah Scholarship: The Koren Mikraot Hadorot
Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed: Battle of the Translators
Shabbat in Rosyln, NY; Hello from Jerusalem;
Really looking forward to meeting this community!
Message recorded from Jerusalem last week
Medieval Antisemitism and the Spanish Inquisition
Invitation to LCM Breakfast; Caribbean Jews and the History of Chocolate; Spanish Disputations and the Pogroms of 1391
Please join me at our First Annual Breakfast!
Jews and Chocolate! Who knew?
Disputations and the Pogroms of 1391
The Jews of Bukhara (Sunday in Denver); the Maimonidean Controversy; Save the Date for Roslyn NY
Really looking forward to speaking to the Or Avner community in Aurora, CO!
The Maimonidean Controversy
Save the Date: Shabbaton in Roslyn NY, December 20-21
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The Aish Kodesh: Chanukah in the Warsaw Ghetto
Kindling the candles for the Festival of Lights, we bless G-d for performing miracles of freedom “in those days, in this time.” The commentators have long resolved the jarring use of apparently non-parallel prepositions: in those days, meaning long ago, but in this time, meaning at the present point in the calendar year. For survivors…
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Life and Times of Rabbi Yosef Karo (With Rabbi Ya’akov Trump)
This lecture turned out nicely, I think. If you haven’t heard Rabbi Ya’akov Trump, you’re in for a treat–skip past my part to about 26:00 for the good stuff. A century from now, people will say, “Trump, Trump…wasn’t there also a President by that name?”
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This is kind of nice.
YouTube sent me this gif for earning 10,000 subscribers. Really grateful that so many people enjoy Jewish history!
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New Class Starts This Shabbos
Really looking forward to this class. Thanks to Rabbi Ya’akov Trump for designing the flyer!
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Who Was Abraham Zacuto?
Brief overview of the life and work of Abraham Zacuto, important Jewish Iberian astronomer and historian. Now available: revised edition of The Kabbalah of Forgiveness. Click here for more information.
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My Latest Favorite Photo
Aish Kodesh scholar Daniel Reiser holding a copy of my new book. Like Shakespeare holding a copy of one’s sonnets. Thank you!
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The Owner Will Find Us: The Aish Kodesh on Toledot (Warsaw Ghetto, November 1939)
The Piaseczno Rebbe, Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, refused to dignify the Nazis by naming them in his wartime sermons in the Warsaw Ghetto. In a rare moment of transparency, perhaps motivated by anguish over the suffering of his Hasidim, the Rebbe briefly suspended his euphemistic terminology with a curt third-person reference in his drashah on Parashat…
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Who Was Rabenu Bayha?
This was a huge amount of fun. If you are into Duties of the Heart, I think you will like this lecture! The video has a reference to Despacito by The Maccabeats, link provided below. Enjoy in good health!
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Lectures now on TorahAnytime.com
I’m really happy that TorahAnytime.com is including my lectures, starting with The Jews of Sepharad series! Sign up for a free membership–there are some amazing speakers at TorahAnytime.com.
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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg on The Aish Kodesh
I was stopped on my way in to davening this morning by someone who told me about the incredible shiur that Rabbi Efrem Goldberg of Boca Raton Synagogue gave on the Aish Kodesh this week. Here’s the excerpt–Rabbi Goldberg captures the agony of the Rebbe after the loss of his family in his typically powerful…
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Honored to receive this Review by the Kosher Bookworm
Please click here to read the review at The Jewish Star. By Alan Jay Gerber The name and history of the Aish Kodesh in our community is well known. This legacy from the tragedy of the Warsaw Ghetto of one of its towering leaders, Rebbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, the Aish Kodesh, has been taught to us…
Henry Abramson 