Arabian Jews and the Birth of Islam (Premiering Today at 12 noon ET); The Tragic Story of Uriel DaCosta; and The Strange Odyssey of Israel Aharoni
Jews in Visigothic Spain
Jewish History Lab Report February 12, 2021
Jewish History Lab Lectures Scheduled for Next Week (Advance access for YouTube channel members at the Student Level)
49. Early Jewish Settlement in Spain (Scheduled for Sunday @ 1:00 PM ET)
50. Jews in Visigothic Spain (Scheduled for Monday @1:00 PM ET)
Researchers: The Amazing Journey of Yisrael Aharoni (hopefully releasing today, maybe early next week)
Colleagues: Live Classes:
Conversation with High School Students in Toronto Monday, February 15th, 8:30 PM ET
Becoming the People of the Byte: The Internet, the Talmud, and the Future of the Jewish People Tuesday, February 16th, 7:30 PM PT (10:30 ET)
Jews and the Birth of Islam Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 PM ET
Wednesday is open to channel members at the Colleague level: please contact me at henry@henryabramson.com if you need the link. Monday and Tuesday will require permission from the organizers, but write me early and I’ll see if we can put it together.
Have a wonderful Shabbos, weekend, and Rosh Hodesh Adar! HMA
Jews in Late Roman Period, The Convert who Illustrated the Maxwell House Haggadah, and the Tragic Jewish Backstory to yelling “fire” in a theater
Jewish History Lab Report for February 5, 2021.
Videos dropping next week (advance viewing for Students now available):
Researchers video:
Colleagues Live Class on Wednesday: Jews in Visigothic Iberia
Other Publications:
The German Convert who Illustrated the Maxwell House Haggadah
Have an excellent Shabbos! Looking forward to learning more Jewish history with you next week.
HMA
Jewish History Lab Report (January 29, 2021) Babylonian Center, Talmud, Amsterdam Haggadah
Hello fellow students of Jewish History! Here’s this week’s Jewish History Lab Report.
Dropping next week:
Researchers Video: Who Illustrated the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695?
Next Week: Under Christian Rule
A Bird-Headed Haggadah (Why?) https://www.thejewishstar.com/Print_E…
What is the Meaning of Jewish History?
A brief overview of some historiographic theory as it relates to Jewish history, also considering the impact of Postmodernism.
Here’s a link to Rosman, Moshe. How Jewish is Jewish History?. United Kingdom: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2009.
Another fairly recent and important work is Yerushalmi, Yosef Hayim. Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory. United Kingdom: University of Washington Press, 2011.
Please take this brief, anonymous survey
Good morning fellow students of Jewish History! Do you watch the Jewish History Lab series? If so, please contribute your thoughts in this brief, anonymous survey. We’ll be starting the second semester later this month, and I value your opinion! https://bit.ly/jhljanuary2021
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira: Sunday Night
Sunday, January 10, 8pm. Sponsored by Congegration Darchei Noam of Fair Lawn, NJ.
Register at dno.am/5781/webinar.
Spiritual Heroism in a Time of Quarantine
The Holocaust Writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira (The Aish Kodesh הי׳׳ד)
Please join me on Sunday, January 10 at 8PM ET for a discussion of the Warsaw Ghetto experience of the Aish Kodesh, and what lessons we may glean for the present season of quarantine. http://dno.am/5781/webinar
Wishing you all a healthy 2021
Hello fellow students of Jewish history!
I hope this message finds you and your loved ones healthy and secure.
Just a brief note to let you know the website will have some reduced functionality over the next week or so. I like to take the turn-over of the Gregorian calendar to renovate and reorganize my digital life. Some pages may not be visible for a while, but I think you’ll like the end result once it’s all organized.
In the meantime, the Jewish History Lab lectures are continuing as scheduled. The Bar Kochba Rebellion is scheduled to release on Sunday at 1 pm New York time.
Wishing you all an excellent 2021,
HMA
Why are Jews Fasting on the 25th of December?
Some historical reflections on the Fast of the 10th of Tevet.
Henry Abramson 