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With Prof. Francesca Trivellato (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton) discussing the Jews of Livorno (Leghorn), Italy
We discussed Livorno, why it was called "Leghorn", what the community was like, what was unique about Livorno from a Jewish Perspective , various famous Rabbonim & Jewish figures from Livorno, and more
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With Prof. Ephraim Shoham-Steiner discussing Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
With Dr. Alan Kadish & Rabbi Dr. Michael Shmidman discussing their new book, "The Jewish Intellectual Tradition"
With R' Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer discussing the forged Yerushalmi on Kodashim
With Elie Rosenfeld discussing the Maxwell House Haggadah
With R' Moshe Flohr discussing Hilchos Mechiras Chametz and his English Sefer on the topic
With Prof. Daniel J. Lasker discussing the history of Karaism and his new book on the topic
With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her new book about the topic
SZ Series Episode 13: With Prof. Elisheva Carlebach discussing Rav Moshe Chagiz (1671 - 1751)
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Piyut "Mi Komocha" of Rav Yehuda HaLevi
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Ohr Zarua (Rav Yitzchak of Vienna, 1180 - 1250)
With Rav Doniel Neustadt discussing Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky's Seforim
With Prof. Yochanan Petrovsky-Shtern discussing the Russians' war against Ukraine: The stakes for the Jews
With Prof. Jeffrey Woolf discussing the Maharik (Rav Yosef Colon Trabotto, 1420 - 1480)
SZ Series Episode 12: With Bezalel Naor discussing Post-Sabbatean Sabbateanism
With Dr. Dov Zakheim discussing Rebbe (Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi)
With Prof. Edward Fram discussing the Court Diaries of Rabbi Chayim Gundersheim of Frankfurt Am Main, 1773 - 1794
SZ Series Episode 11: With Prof. Pawel Maciejko discussing Jacob Frank and the Frankist movement
With R' Pinchas Werner discussing his Sefer, "Keitzad Seder Mishna"
SZ Series Episode 10: With Prof. Cengiz Sisman discussing the Dönme
With Prof. Glenn Dynner discussing Jewish Tavernkeepers & the Liquor trade in the Kingdom of Poland
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