Lectures in Jewish History and Thought. No hard questions, please.
Wishing you all a redemptive Passover season.
Coming soon: The Sabbatean Episode. More lectures available for students enrolled in the online course A Thousand Years of Ashkenaz (see below).
This video is also available to students registered in the Biblical Jewish History Course (see below).
This video is part of the Biblical Jewish History online course (click here for information and registration).
Lecture delivered as part of the Touro Talks series, April 6, 2022.
Premiering today at 11:00 am EDT (New York Time). Join us for a live chat (58m).
Really proud of my son Aryeh for his upcoming competition at the 2022 Maccabiah games in Shotokan Karate. Please consider support his mission by clicking here: https://secure2.convio.net/musa/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app208a?px=1099195&fr_id=1160&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=E0AB7F850711AC3D5904F77E36715460
Well done Aryeh! Thank you all!
The first in a series of twelve lectures delivered at The Ashkenazium of Budapest. Join us at 11:00 am (New York time) for a premiere and live chat. The last four lectures will be delivered on Monday and Tuesday: sign up for free registration at http://www.bit.ly/ASHKENAZ2022.
Did you know that some of the first soldiers to land at Normandy in June 1944 were Jewish? I didn’t!
Join me for a discussion of the economic, social, political and religious background of the violent Khmel’nyts’kyi Uprising of 1648-49. Trigger warning: some cherished, yet incorrect, stereotypes may be challenged. Video with live chat.
With gratitude to The Ashkenazium and its Dean, Dr. Michael Chighel, I am pleased to offer twelve lectures on the history of Jews in Ashkenaz to the global audience. Please visit http://www.bit.ly/ASHKENAZ2022 to register for free!
Can’t make the live classes? No problem. Sign up for the course I put together to prepare my Hungarian students for the lectures: A Thousand Years of Ashkenaz. As the Twelve new lectures are produced, I hope to post the lectures in the course for future students.
Enjoy in good health!
Absolutely free, courtesy The Ashkenazium of Budapest! Twelve live lectures on the history of the Jews of Ashkenaz. RSVP at www.bit.ly/ASHKENAZ2022 and join us for a discussion of this fascinating history! Lectures start Monday, March 21 (click on the image below or visit www.ashkenazium.eu for more information).
With gratitude to Dean Michael Chighel of The Ashkenazium of Budapest, my new series of lectures on the history of the Jews of Ashkenaz will be open to the global community of students of Jewish history via webinar. Please visit http://www.bit.ly/ASHKENAZ2022 for details and registration. Lectures are scheduled for Monday-Thursday, March 21-24 and Monday-Tuesday March 28-29, 13:00-16:30 CET (8:00 am-11:30 am ET). Visit the course website for advance preparation. Join us!
Premiering at 12:00 noon ET, with live chat (12 minutes). Join us!
Returning students: thanks so much for contributing comments to the draft chapters of the textbook! Please be sure to check out the additions to Chapter 3. New students welcome! Please click here for information and to register.
This video is a very brief treatment, in keeping with the format of the Jewish History Lab series. For a more sophisticated and extended discussion, please visit the online course (free registration).
Henry Abramson 