I Survived Jewish History
Here’s the trailer for the Spring series of lectures in Jewish History @ YILC. There’s a free T-shirt, too.
Read More I Survived Jewish HistoryLearning Daf Yomi? Get a Great Study Partner
Thanks to Sandy Eller of Mishpacha Magazine for writing this piece about one of my best chevrusas ever, Rabbi Nati Gamedze. Here’s the link to the full piece, pasted in below. BETTER TOGETHER: LEARNING WITH THE SWAZI PRINCE By Sandy Eller | DECEMBER 25, 2019 It was the unlikeliest of pairings: a Swazi prince and a Toronto […]
Read More Learning Daf Yomi? Get a Great Study PartnerThree Essential Skills to Learn the Entire Talmud. Yeah.
By now your social media feed (not to mention your news feed) should be filled with the phenomenal Siyum HaShas, the monumental gathering of Jews in celebration of the global study of the Babylonian Talmud. I was privileged to be among nearly 100,000 Jews gathered in Met Life stadium yesterday, along with tens of thousands […]
Read More Three Essential Skills to Learn the Entire Talmud. Yeah.Begin the Daf Together
Friends, if the second best thing is to go to the Siyum Ha-Shas tomorrow morning, certainly the very best thing is to start Daf Yomi on Sunday. Let’s do it together at YILC! And for those of you who live too far away to enjoy the breakfast: be sure to download the free All Daf […]
Read More Begin the Daf TogetherMessage of the Tendril: A Thought for our Troubled Times
“The Grinch Who Stole Chanukah”
Feedback on this lecture was very positive, but one person suggested I was “the Grinch who stole Chanukah.” Kind of an ironically Hellenistic comment. So viewer beware: this is a more historical treatment of the social, economic, and political roots of the Maccabean revolt. Happy Hannukah!
Read More “The Grinch Who Stole Chanukah”Tonight: Beyond dreidels. A real look at the history of the Maccabean Revolt
Tonight at YILC: a deeper discussion of the Maccabean Revolt, from Antiochus’ inferiority complex to fissures between Jewish factions under Yehudah Maccabee’s role. Surprisingly (or not surprisingly) relevant issues for our own times. What else are you doing tonight? Join us at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst at 7:30 for a timely talk on Chanukah. […]
Read More Tonight: Beyond dreidels. A real look at the history of the Maccabean RevoltNew! Deepen Your Study of Jewish History
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Read More New! Deepen Your Study of Jewish HistoryConfessions of a Poor Talmud Student
Always distracted but historical minutiae, I don’t think I was ever going to be a great Talmud student. Now, with the introduction of the amazing All Daf app (slated for launch on December 22), there’s finally a place for my approach to Talmud! Please enjoy this brief video from the recent Torah NY conference at […]
Read More Confessions of a Poor Talmud StudentThe Chanukah Rebellion: Did the Jews Really Win?
No hard questions, please.
Read More The Chanukah Rebellion: Did the Jews Really Win?