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Sarah Bas Tovim (51:34)
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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Nathan the Wise (4:35)
Date: August 11, 1778 (August 11, 1778) In August of 1778, the non-Jewish writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing wrote to his brother of a new literary project designed to further tolerance of Jews in German society. The result was Nathan the Wise, a sensation that was initially banned by the Church and heavily criticized by antisemites of the day.
Series: This Week in Jewish History
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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The Cultural Geography of Jewish Eastern Europe (52:57)
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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Shimon Dubnow and the Russian Revolution (52:42)
How does a Russian Czar rid his empire of a "foreign, indigestible mass", also known as the Jews? Dr. Henry Abramson explores the historical background of the Haskala movement and Shimon Dubnow's role
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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55:43
The Matzah Debate: Round or Square (55:43)
Do you go round or square on Pesach? Rabbi Avraham Bergstein teaches the history of baking matzah, and the significance of the shape, from the cakes that Avraham served the visiting angels, to the disputes about machine matzahs. Included is a video within the video of a machine matzah bakery, which shows the procedure from the strenuous cleaning, through all the processes involved.
Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein (32)
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and the Development of Modern Orthodoxy (58:44)
2/3s of Berlin Jews converted to Lutheranism. In the 1800s baptism was their ticket to European culture. Dr. Henry Abramson describes European society and what led the German Jews to step away from their Jewish practices and into secular society
Dr. Henry Abramson (90)
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1:08:04
The Challenge of Modernity (1:08:04)
Connect to Torah Cafe daily to maintain and build your connection to G-d and overcome the challenge of modernity. Rabbi Yosef Y. Jacobson speaks to the Neshei Chabad Women's Midwinter Convention, with his usual engrossing style
Rabbi YY Jacobson (103)
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55:31
Inside G-d’s Mind (55:31)
I think, therefore I am…or am I? Descartes kicked off the modern age with a vision of human consciousness as isolated and trapped within a material box. But is thought the core of our existence? We will explore the structure of our consciousness as presented by Judaism’s greatest thinkers and mystics
Dr. Shmuel Klatzkin (7)
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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)