Interview with JLI on COLIVE; First Live Ask Hard Questions Session; First Live Ask Hard Questions Session; Review of Ilan Pappe’s History of Modern Palestine

I enjoyed this conversation at the recent JLI Retreat.


I thought this turned out okay. Looking forward to setting up the next one!


Review of Ilan Pappe, A History of Modern Palestine


Israel and its People: Three Lectures in Vancouver, BC; Jewish Prayer during the Inquisition; The Strange Crypto-Jewish Inscriptions of Trancoso, Portugal; Competing Narratives in the Israel-Hamas War

Grateful to Beth Israel and the Jewish National Fund for the Invitation.

Invitation-only lectures for students at the University of British Columbia and elsewhere: please contact Hillel BC for details.


Jewish Prayer under the Inquisition


The Strange Inscriptions of Trancoso, Portugal

Join me for a live chat at 10am ET

With Pyotr Kurzin of The Global Gambit


New Episodes of Jewish History Nerds Podcast!

Please visit your podcast provider or https://jewishunpacked.com/podcast-series/jewish-history-nerds/ for new episodes on Jabotinsky, Glikl, and Sa’adia. Yael and Schwab are fantastic!

Ashkenazim and Sefardim in their Diasporas; What does “From the River to the Sea” really mean? What is Judaism without Rabbis or Texts

Part III of a lecture series delivered at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Beverly Hills, CA; What does “From the River to the Sea” Really Mean?; What is Judaism without Rabbis or Books? Crypto-Jewish Prayer in Portugal


Very Proud to work with Unpacked on this sensitive topic


What would Judaism be like without Rabbis and Texts?

Who Was “Portuguese Dreyfus”? “If I criticize Israel, am I an antisemite?” Interview with The Global Gambit; Is the Talmud Satanic? Three Jewish History Nerds Podcasts

Captain Artur de Barros Basto, Apostle to the Marranos


Unfortunately necessary discussion.


Reflections on Social Media and Academia on YouTube (Part I)


Proud to work with Unpacked on these difficult topics.


Three New Episodes of Jewish History Nerds! Devorah Romm, The Maiden of Ludmir, and Hillel Ba’al Shem

Click here to listen, or download from your favorite podcast provider.

Who was Diogo da Assumpçao?; Reviews of Marranos, Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue, Jews and the Qur’an ; I support HaShomer HaChadash

Burned at the stake in 1603.


Channel Members: Researchers


HaShomer HaChadash: I personally support this organization for Israeli and Diaspora Youth

YouTube Creator Award for 100k Subscribers in Jewish History. Thank you!

Hello Fellow Students of Jewish History!

Because so many of you are interested in Jewish History, I was honored by YouTube with the Silver Play Creator Award. Thank you so much! Here’s a short thank-you video, going over a bit of the history of this channel. I am very grateful, and look forward to learning much more Jewish History with you in the future!

Before October 7, 2023 there was October 7, 1944; Who were Yaakov and Levi ibn Habib?; The Sephardic and Ashkenazic Diaspora; Book Review of Klein, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

Some words of comfort and consolation from Jewish history for our challenging time.



Part III of the Series on The Shaping of the Jewish Mind


Review of Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

Between Ashkenaz and Sepharad; Moses Mendelsohn on Jewish History Nerds

The Medieval Akedah: The Crusades and the Shaping of the Ashkenazic Mind


The Crucible of Spain: The Inquisition and the Shaping of the Sephardic Mind


Moses Mendelsohn on Jewish History Nerds!

Click here or visit your favorite podcast provider for the first two seasons and the beginning of the third!

Who was Raphael Lemkin, the Jew who Coined the term “Genocide”? Season 3 of Jewish History Nerds opens with Heinrich Graetz

With all this talk about Genocide, let’s look at the Jewish person who actually invented the word.


The Jewish History Nerds are Back for Season Three!

Yael and Schwab are back! Go to your favorite podcast provider to catch Episode 1: Heinrich Graetz. Enjoy in good health!

Shabbaton in Plainville, NY; Between Ashkenaz and Sepharad; Who Wrote the Ve-Hu Rahum Prayer?

Who Wrote the Ve-Hu Rahum Prayer?

Please join me this week at the Young Israel of Plainview



Gaza in Jewish History and the Future of American Jewish Youth


Between Ashkenaz and Sefarad: The Shaping of the Jewish Mind

Zoom link available to members of the YouTube Channel at Colleague Level, please check Community Notes


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