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

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January 24, 2025 0

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!

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January 17, 2025 0

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

Colleagues: click here to read the draft (see your YouTube community link for the password)

Benjamin of Tudela, Great Jewish Explorer of the 12th Century!

The Saga of Sephardic Jewry: New Course Now Online!

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Stunning new work of Torah Scholarship: The Koren Mikraot Hadorot

Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed: Battle of the Translators

January 3, 2025 0

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

December 15, 2024 1

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!

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Jews and Chocolate! Who knew?

Disputations and the Pogroms of 1391

December 7, 2024 0

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

Who Was Franz Kafka?

Henry Abramson

Titled “poet of shame and guilt” by a recent biographer, Franz Kafka’s early twentieth-century writings have challenged generations of readers worldwide. Inspired in part by his early infatuation with his Jewish background, his haunting and opaque tales continued to be studied as statements of the modern condition.

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Who Was Janusz Korczak?

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Heroic pioneer of modern educational theory, Henryk Goldszmit (who wrote under the pen name Janusz Korzcak) ran an orphanage in the beleaguered Warsaw Ghetto, ultimately accompanying his youthful charges to the gas chambers of Treblinka.

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Who Was the Chazon Ish?

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Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant experts in Jewish law of the twentieth century, the Chazon Ish played a major role in the development of the modus vivendi between secular and religious Israelis.

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Who Was Elie Wiesel?

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Elie Wiesel was a Nobel laureate for literature and a relentless champion of human rights. His best known work is Night, based on his experiences in the Holocaust.

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Who Was Abraham?

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Named in the Torah as “the father of many peoples,” Abraham the Patriarch is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the original proponent of monotheism. This lecture will survey what the archeological and historical record reveals about the demographic, economic, and cultural environment in Israel when the Patriarchs and Matriarchs walked the land.

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Rashi (Letters Flying Free, Part 1)

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Revered for centuries as Rabban shel Yisrael (“the Teacher of All Israel”), Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki’s writings on the Torah has earned primacy among all commentators: clear and straightforward enough for children yet sophisticated for the most learned elder. His spiritual leadership was tested at the end of his life with the tragedy and devastation of…

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Migrating Email Followers

Henry Abramson

Good morning everyone! For those of you who signed up to follow my lectures via email: I’m migrating your address to Constant Contact today. This will give you a much richer experience, with embedded videos and photos, eliminating a click or two. Don’t worry, I will delete your current email on this site, so you won’t…

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Israel: The Land and its People. Spring

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Israel: The Land and its People. Spring 2017. http://ow.ly/VWMP307xVGn

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SPRING 2017 LECTURE SERIES

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Israel: The Land and its People Spring 2017 Lecture Series Calendar of Lectures February 6: Abraham Named in the Torah as “the father of many peoples,” Abraham the Patriarch is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the original proponent of monotheism. This lecture will survey what the archeological and historical record reveals about the…

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Dropped in to Crown Heights today to pic

Henry Abramson

Dropped in to Crown Heights today to pick up a copy of Rabbi Chaim Miller’s new work on the Tanya (and get an inscription from the illustrious author). Really enjoyed his biography of the Rebbe, looking forward to reading his latest work. http://ow.ly/i/qhMHD

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Communicating Through Silence

Henry Abramson

Black Fire upon White Fire: Communicating through Silence in the Mussar Tradition (click on the image for a brief video introduction) https://youtu.be/sQBChkPCs4Q

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2016 End of Year Report

Henry Abramson

2016 End of Year Report Jewish History Lectures: Fantastic Growth! http://ow.ly/5pb5307eQzA

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