Origins of the Talmud: Premiere with live chat Monday night at 9PM EST. Join us!

Read More Origins of the Talmud: Join us for a live chat Monday 9pm EST

Fellow students of Jewish history! Here’s an article I just published on JTA. about Nissim Black’s remarkable Mothaland Bounce. The genre is a little outside my comfort zone–I normally only write on Jewish history and thought–but I had a LOT of fun writing it. Thanks to my 18-year old son for explaining hip-hop to me. […]

Read More Nissim Black’s “Mothaland Bounce” is the most authentically Jewish song you’ll hear this year

Good morning fans of Jewish History! We are scheduled to begin Series 2 of the “I Survived Jewish History” lectures, moving from the origins of the Talmud to the Golden Age of Spain. Live on Wednesday night, Members get the unedited video online sometime Thursday, and finally the Premiere of the edited version (cheesy jokes […]

Read More Series Two Begins Wednesday

Good morning students of Jewish history! Here’s a planning note for your Presidents’ Day. Join me tonight for a lecture and live chat online at 9:00 pm EST. We will be discussing the Roman-Jewish Wars of the 1st and 2nd centuries: the initial rise of the rebellion against Rome, the intervention of Vespasian and the […]

Read More The Roman-Jewish Wars: Lecture and Live Chat @ 9:00 pm EST

Read More Tonight! Tu B’shvat Seder and Lecture at Kingsway Jewish Center

Hello students of Jewish history! I’m really looking forward to this event next week. Please join me! I’m working on the lecture now. Register by clicking here.

Read More Join me for a Tu B’Shvat Dinner and Lecture at the Kingsway Jewish Center