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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Torah from the Years of Wrath, 1939-1943 (Draft 9 14 2016)
Fellow Scholars and Students of History! I’m busy working on my next book, and I’m really enjoying the writing process. I’ve been working on this research for over a decade, even wrote a 500-page manuscript before deciding to start over with an entirely new approach. This book is on the Holocaust writings of Rabbi Kalonymus…
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Maimonides on Teshuvah: Chapter 4
MAIMONIDES ON TESHUVAH THE WAYS OF REPENTANCE Available now Paperback, 273 pages: $18 Ebook: $9
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Interview on the Baal Teshuvah Show
Here’s an interview I gave on the Baal Teshuvah Show with Pesach Charney. I like what they did with the green screen–image of the Toronto skyline!
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New Course: History of Antisemitism
A difficult course to teach, but a very important aspect of Jewish history. Tuesday nights on the mighty Avenue J campus, Fall 2016.
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Maimonides on Teshuvah: Chapter Three
MAIMONIDES ON TESHUVAH THE WAYS OF REPENTANCE Available now Paperback, 273 pages: $18 Elul 5776 Special: $9 with discount code KCFLXGXU Ebook: $9 Elul 5776 Special: Free (!) with discount code CN84P
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Thrilled to be Keynote Speaker at Jewish Rockville Outreach Center!
Very pleased to be invited to speak about Maimonides at the Tenth Anniversary Gala Dinner of the Jewish Rockville Outreach Center! If you are in Rockville, MD on September 25, would love to see you there! For more information please visit http://jewishroc.org/events/10thAnnual/.
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Maimonides on Teshvuah, Chapter Two
MAIMONIDES ON TESHUVAH THE WAYS OF REPENTANCE Available now Paperback, 273 pages: $18 Ebook: $9
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Maimonides on Teshuvah now available: Free Download, 50% off Print Edition
Maimonides on Teshuvah The Ways of Repentance Available now Paperback, 273 pages: $18 Elul 5776 Special: $9 with discount code KCFLXGXU Ebook: $9 Elul 5776 Special: Free (!) with discount code CN84P In memory of Jack David Abramson ע׳׳ה Sample Maimonides on Teshuvah The Ways of Repentance Henry Abramson בס׳׳ד To my father and teacher יעקב…
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Maimonides on Teshuvah: The Ways of Repentance
Coming August 15, 2016, in commemoration of my father’s yohrtsayt (11 Av).
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Shavuot at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst
Hello students, colleagues and friends! Where will you be on Saturday night? If you’re in the Five Towns, please feel free to drop by the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst (YILC) and say hi, maybe learn a little bit of Torah with me. Besides learning with my kids a bit, I hope to spend the night alternating between…
The Jews of Bukhara (Denver, CO); The Jews of the Lesser Antilles; Varieties of Crypto-Jewish Identity; Wait, Alexander Hamilton was Jewish?
Looking forward to a wonderful Shabbat in the Denver Jewish community!
Our Itinerary of Discovery in the Western Caribbean
Channel Members
Premiering at 10am ET
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Don Isaac Abravanel and the Spanish Expulsion 1/3
Here’s the Torahcafe.com edited version, in one piece, with the PPTs integrated. A little easier to watch.
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Bruria: Women in the Talmud
Here’s a lecture I delivered at the Shul of Bal Harbour, not part of the regular HIS 155/156 Series, but kind of nice. Edited by the great people at TorahCafe.com. Please click on the icon above to see the video. I hope you find it interesting!
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Rabbi Yosef Karo (Edited TorahCafe Version)
The nice folks over at TorahCafe took my lecture on Rabbi Yosef Karo and worked their magic on it, integrating the PowerPoint well with the lecture, and edited it down to a tighter presentation. Please click on the TorahCafe icon below to view the improved version.
Visits to Synagogues in Bordeaux and Libourne (France); Another Open Letter to Jewish Participants in anti-Israel Protests re: Amsterdam; Conference Presentation on Sheptytsky and WW II
Fantastic Voyage of Discovery with Kosher River Cruises
A Difficult Conversation
Recent Conference Presentation in Toronto
Wait, Christopher Columbus was Jewish? Documentary on Roman-Jewish War now Online
Surprised how much attention this got.
Herod’s Tragic Reign
The Fatal Conflict
How Jewish Culture will Thrive after October 7; The Jews of Al-Andalus Part II
Remarks at Lander College for Men
Maimonides and the Controversy over His Work
Jewish Resilience After October 7; American Jews, Post-Honeymoon; The Jews of Al-Andalus
Three Strategies
Jews under the Visigoths II; The Spanish Golden Age
Public at 10am ET (44 minutes)
Online Courses in Jewish History
Jewish Life in Visigothic Spain; Commemorating October 7
This is one of the most bizarre periods of Jewish history, and that’s saying a lot.
New Lecture Series: The Sweep of Sephardic History; Faith in Times of Crisis: Commemorating the Tragedy of October 7
New Lecture Series: The History of Sephardic Jewry
