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1:01:07
Meet the Ashkenazim: They're Not Who You Think (1:01:07)
The overwhelming majority of American Jews are of Ashkenazic origin. Before Yiddish and Fiddler on the Roof, our Ashkenazic ancestors spoke Greek and controlled international trade. Take a close, fascinating look at these colorful forbears whose imprint on Jews today is still palpable. This lecture took place at the 11th annual National Jewish Retreat
Professor Jeffrey Woolf (5)
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25:24
The Silver Lining of Antisemitism (25:24)
Series: Emotional Intelligence
Mrs. Frumma Gottlieb (11)
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5:09
Captain Alfred Dreyfus (5:09)
Date: October 9, 1859, birthday of Alfred Dreyfus Wrongly accused of espionage, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was sentenced to Devil's Island on the basis of remarkably tenuous evidence. Many critics, including the famous writer Emile Zola, argued that Dreyfus was unfairly charged simply because he was a Jew in the French army
Series: This Week in Jewish History
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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11:48
Dealing with Anti-Semitism in Europe and America (11:48)
Is there a future for Jews in Europe? Rabbi Jonathan Sacks lists words created out of the Jewish history of Europe: exile, expulsion, inquisition, ghetto, pogrom, and holocaust. The Jews in Europe have a long history, and not always a pleasant one. Currently in France there are 500,000 Jews and 5 million Muslims, which group will politicians lean towards?.
Series: Conversations
Mr. Dennis Prager (27)
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1:06:01
Voltaire vs. The Tanya: Two Roads Diverged in the Jungle of History (1:06:01)
In 1789, as the soil of Europe was transformed with the French Revolution and the ensuing Emancipation, Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi was writing a short book that would redefine the soul of Judaism for the new era
Rabbi YY Jacobson (103)