Really looking forward to meeting this community!
Shabbat in Rosyln, NY; Hello from Jerusalem;
Invitation to LCM Breakfast; Caribbean Jews and the History of Chocolate; Spanish Disputations and the Pogroms of 1391
Please join me at our First Annual Breakfast!
Jews and Chocolate! Who knew?
Disputations and the Pogroms of 1391
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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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
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Jews under the Visigoths II; The Spanish Golden Age
Public at 10am ET (44 minutes) Online Courses in Jewish History
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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.
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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
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Shabbat in Silver Spring; The History of Sephardic Jewry; Jews, Wine, and Bordeaux; Napoleon’s 1808 Decree on Jewish Names
Stories of Personal Transformation for Elul Napoleon’s 1808 Imperial Decree on Jewish Names The History of Sephardic Jewry (Lecture, 75 minutes) Jews, Wine, and Bordeaux (7 minutes)
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Four Jewish Survival Strategies in the Byzantine Era; The Strange World of Hebrew Abbreviations; Volume II of The Jewish People: A History Online; Shabbaton in Greater Washington
Jewish Resilience after the Bar Kochba Rebellion New Series! Cool Things I Read in the Encyclopedia Judaica YouTube Colleagues: Volume II of The Jewish People: A History now appearing online
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Napoleon’s 12 Questions to the Jews of France; Depictions of Jewish Women in the Tripartite Mahzor; Biblical Jewish History Course Revised for Fall 2024
Revised with several more videos, new online quizzes to test your knowledge of Biblical Jewish History! Napoleon’s 12 Questions and the Fateful Jewish Answers Depictions of Jewish Women in the Tripartite Mahzor
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The First Roman-Jewish War from the Post-October 7 Perspective: Tu B’Av in Jewish History
I can’t believe the audience stayed for almost two hours. Tisha B’Av lecture at Congregation Ahavat Torah in Englewood, New Jersey Tu B’Av in Jewish History Shabbaton in Washington, September 13-14
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Who Was Sara Raba? Bilaam in Archaeology; On the Global Gambit
Fascinating look at a heroic Jewish woman of Bordeaux Who knew that Bilaam (Balaam) would have regional celebrity? Part III of Interview with Global Gambit (don’t judge by the thumbnail please)
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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Tuesday Night: Siyum Ha-Shas; New Series: Jewish History in the Torah; The Mystery of Michelangelo’s Hebrew; Appeal for a Young Man about to be married
Very proud to mark the completion of a cycle of Talmud study on Tuesday night. Here is the video that is scheduled for that morning, describing the process for the 100k+ viewers who follow Jewish History in Daf Yomi at http://www.alldaf.org. New Series! Jewish History in the Torah The Mystery of Michelangelo’s Hebrew Support this……
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The Jews of Venice; New Series: Jewish History in the Torah; Siyum ha-Shas Livestream Scheduled; The Heroic Jewish Explorer of the Arctic
Who was Rudolf Samoylovich? Livestream of the Siyum ha-Shas (Completion of study of the Babylonian Talmud) October 21 A message from the great people at AllDaf.org: The Jews of Venice New Series! Jewish History in the Torah
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Please celebrate Siyum HaShas; The Amazing Odyssey of the Yabloner Rebbe
Good morning fellow students of Jewish history: I’m very honored to be marking a Siyum ha-Shas (completion of a cycle of study of the Babylonian Talmud) and would love to share the celebration with you. I’ve been working on this since April 2019, producing one video per each folio of the Talmud (2,711 when I’m……
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Invitation to celebrate completion of the Babylonian Talmud; Two Lectures on Teshuvah
Please celebrate with me! Two Lectures from the Teshuvah Unlocked Series
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Antisemitism and Antizionism; The Italian Earthquake of 1570 and Jewish Intellectual History
Lecture Delivered after the Assassination of Mr. Charlie Kirk Question and Answer Session went long Azariah da Rossi and the Earthquake of 1570 New publication! Celebrating a completion of study of the Babylonian Talmud
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Crypto-Jewish Prayers; Review of One Day in October; Webinars this week: Teshuvah Unlocked; Antisemitism, Antizionism, and the Quest for Truth in Higher Education
Need something to read this Elul? Try one of these… Wednesday evening: “Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: A new approach to Vidui (confession) Thursday Evening: Webinar hosted by the University of Maryland
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Who Was Petahiah of Regensburg?; Wednesday night Teshuvah webinar with Rabbi Katz
The “Other” Famous Medieval Jewish Explorer Wednesday Night: Rabbi Katz on Forgiveness! (My lectures are September 10, 17)
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Rabbi Berel Wein: A Tribute; Teshuvah Unlocked with Rabbi Shua Katz; First Review of Discovering the Crypto-Jews of Portugal (5 Stars!)
Personal Reflections on his Historical Contributions Starting this Wednesday Evening with Rabbi Katz! (I’m speaking on September 10 and 17) Thank you Charlotte R. Alexander!
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What is Crypto-Judaism?; New Unpacked video on Hasidism; Teshuvah Unlocked Webinars
What does Judaism look like with 400 years without Rabbis or Jewish books? Unpacked on Hasidism Teshuvah Unpacked with Rabbi Shua Katz
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The Jews of Mashhad (Meshed): Crypto-Judaism in an Islamic Context
The remarkable survival of Jews forcibly converted to Islam in 1839
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NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED! Discovering the Crypto-Jews of Portugal
Very excited about this!
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.
Henry Abramson 