Henry Abramson

If only it were over so quickly. My part of a Kristallnacht commemoration at YILC. Warning: some graphic images.

Really looking forward to meeting students of the Ashkenazium in Budapest in January! Here’s the online course I set up to prepare them for the lectures. It’s open to the public as well. Enjoy in good health!

The Jewish History Lab lecture series resumes with live, in-person meetings at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm. Free and open to the community! Zoom link available to YILC members and their guests. YouTube Channel members (Colleagues): please check your Community Tab for the link.

Six brief videos chronicling the 2021 journey with Kosher Riverboat Cruises up the Douro River to Salamanca, Spain and back through Portugal. A wonderful fantastic look at the rich history of Jews in the Iberian Peninsula, from the earliest settlement in Roman colonies (possibly earlier!) through the Visigoths, then the brief but brilliant Golden AgeContinue reading “Jews and Crypto-Jews in Spain and Portugal (premiers at 12 noon ET)”

A brief discussion of the sudden rise of Kabbalistic study in 16th century Safed (Tsfat, Tsfas).