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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 1: With Prof. Jonathan Ray - Overview of the history of Spanish Jewry from its establishment until the 14th century.
We discussed what "Spain" means in the medieval context and how the country was situated, the overall geography of Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, Jews of Spain and their origins, under the Visigoths, Muslim conquest of Spain, differences between the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of Spain and how this affected the culture and the Jews, Reconquista and the convergence of cultures, what daily life looked like for the Jews of Spain, and much more.
To purchase, “Jewish Life in Medieval Spain: A New History” by Prof. Ray: https://amzn.to/3oBBxX5
To purchase, “The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience” by Jane Gerber: https://amzn.to/3qlJ7pc
To purchase, “A Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Spain” by Mark Meyerson: https://amzn.to/3qab0k2
To purchase, “Jews and Muslims in Medieval Castile: Tradition, Coexistence, and Change” by Prof. Maya Soifer Irish: https://amzn.to/3qdCnd7
With Rav Aaron Lopianksy discussing Sefer Nachlas Yosef on Megillas Rus and the English adaptation, "Seed of Redemption"
Live from Prague (feat. special guests Yehuda Geberer & Dovi Safier)
With Aaron Friedman discussing Sefer Pnei Avraham on Shas and the story of how his father saved the manuscript after the holocaust
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Rosh (Rabeinu Asher b. Yechiel, 1250 - 1327)
With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing the mitzvah to reside in Eretz Yisrael and his new Sefer on the topic
With Prof. David Kertzer discussing Pope Pius XII and his relationship with Mussolini and Hitler and his silence regarding the Jews during the Holocaust
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Legacy Judaica auction 11 catalogue
With Dr. Akiva Sternberg discussing Halachic challenges with the early Jewish immigration to America (1850 - 1924)
With Prof. Ronnie Hsia discussing the ritual murder trial (blood libel) of Trent in 1475
With Rabbi Isaac Rice discussing the Haggadah Shel Pesach and the foundations of running a Seder
With Rav Yehoshua Hartman discussing the Maharal's Shabbos HaGadol Derasha
With R' Moshe Hubner discussing his English adaptation of Minchas Chinuch on Pesach
With R' Eliyahu Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Yitzchak Dov Bamberger - The Wurzburger Rav (1807 - 1878) - and Kollel Achsanya Shel Torah
With R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Igros Sofrim: The Letters of the Eiger - Sofer families
With Dr. Zev Eleff discussing the history of the Purim Shpiel (in America)
With R' Elimelech Zweibel discussing Sefer Eim Labinah of Rav Yaakov Emden
With Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten discussing Jewish daily life in the Middle Ages
With R' Dovid Silverman discussing Sefer Matamei Yitzchak & the story behind the manuscript
With Prof. Yossi Chajes discussing Kabbalistic Trees (האילן הקבלי)
With Prof. Daniel Schwartz discussing the history of the (word) Ghetto
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