This four-part series will take us to different parts of Israel in which meaningful historical events in early Jewish History took place. Historical or imaginary figures will come to life based on historical research and archaeological findings, and through them the story of the land will be told.
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Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin
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October 02, 2022.October 02, 2022
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Prof. Isaiah Gafni - "Pre-Histories" of Jerusalem in Greco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Literature
Isaiah Gafni
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Jerusalem and the Temple
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July 18, 2016
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March 29, 2016
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March 21, 2016
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January 25, 2016
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February 22, 2016
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February 02, 2016
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January 20, 2016
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February 20, 2022
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January 02, 2022
How Does it “Read” in Arabic? New Ways to Write about the Bible
Dr. Miriam Goldstein
Series:
Jews and Arabic
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August 28, 2022
The New Jewish Bookshelf: The Lasting Impact of the Adoption of Arabic
Dr. Miriam Goldstein
Series:
Jews and Arabic
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August 21, 2022
Speaking, Reading and Writing Arabic: A Revolution in Jewish History
Dr. Miriam Goldstein
Series:
Jews and Arabic
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August 14, 2022
Sounds of Sinai
By:
David Rozenson Executive Director, Beit Avi Chai
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December 13, 2021
Hebrew Poetry and Literature are here to Stay
By:
Niva Goldberg
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June 27, 2022
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Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Yom Kippur War
Ester Rada, Geva Alon, Maya Belsitzman, Matti Friedman
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September 13, 2022.September 13, 2022
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8:30 PM
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June 19, 2022
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June 12, 2022
The “other” in the Book of Ruth
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
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June 02, 2022
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May 22, 2022
Book Launch – The Hidden Order of Intimacy
Dr. Avivah Zornberg, Ilana Kurshan
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May 18, 2022
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May 15, 2022
Parashat Behar – The Order of Intimacy
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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May 12, 2022
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May 08, 2022
Parshat Kedoshim – Commanded to Aspire
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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April 27, 2022
Parshat Tazria – Anger and Compassion
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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March 30, 2022
The Emergence of Calls for a Return to Zion
Prof. Isaiah Gafni
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March 27, 2022
Parshat Shemini – The Desire for Desire
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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March 23, 2022
Three Maccabees - Patriotism or Assimilation
Prof. Isaiah Gafni
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March 20, 2022
Parshat Tzav – Golden Calf, Clouds of Glory
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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March 16, 2022
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March 13, 2022
Parshat Vayikra – Guilt, Atonement, Intimacy
Dr. Avivah Zornberg
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March 09, 2022
Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Punishment, Opportunity, or Universal Mission
Prof. Isaiah Gafni
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March 06, 2022
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February 27, 2022
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February 13, 2022
Travelling between Faith and Place
Dr. Michal Ben Ya'akov
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February 06, 2022
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January 23, 2022
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January 16, 2022
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January 10, 2022
Letters from Women
Prof. Renée Levine Melammed
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December 23, 2021
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December 08, 2021
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November 24, 2021
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November 18, 2021
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October 24, 2021
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May 01, 2024
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October 17, 2021
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October 10, 2021
Torah study through the Generations From traditional commentators to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z’l
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
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October 03, 2021
Yom Kippur and Sefer Bereshit
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
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September 14, 2021
My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner by Chaim Grade
Prof. Ruth Wisse, Dr. Asael Abelman
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September 12, 2021
Jewish material culture in the Volga region
Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin
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August 15, 2021
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August 08, 2021
The Land of Wooden Synagogues
Dr. Vladimir Levin
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August 01, 2021
Tokens of Affection: Gifts and Marriage in Historical Perspective
Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten
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July 21, 2021
The Crusades and the Jews: The impact of the first Crusade on Jewish life
Prof. Kenneth Stow
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July 11, 2021
Parashat Pinchas
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Parshat Hashavua
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July 01, 2021
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June 16, 2021
Between Alexandria and Jerusalem
Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel
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May 30, 2021
The Miraculous Rebirth of an Extinct Language
Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel
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June 13, 2021
How the Gold was Dulled
Dr. Asael Abelman, Dr. Chanoch Gamliel
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June 06, 2021
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May 23, 2021
Why Study?
Alice Shalvi, Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
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May 13, 2021
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May 04, 2021
The Secrets of Meron
Prof. Yoram Bilu
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April 25, 2021
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April 18, 2021
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April 12, 2021
Reshaping of Holocaust research in Poland
Prof. Jan Grabowski, Prof. Havi Dreifuss
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April 05, 2021
Guess Who's Coming to the Seder?
Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby
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March 21, 2021
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March 16, 2021
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Historical Medical and Halachic Perspectives
Rabbi Prof. Avraham Steinberg
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March 14, 2021
Halacha & Poetry
Prof. Shimon Iakerson
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March 09, 2021
Jewish Siberians under the Soviets: “Soviet Zion” in Birobidzhan
Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin
Series:
Jews of Siberia
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February 16, 2021
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March 02, 2021
Esther in Iran
Dr. Thamar E. Gindin
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February 24, 2021
Esther's Many Masks
Rabbi Mishael Zion, Dov Abramson
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February 21, 2021
Imitating the Capitals: Synagogues in Siberia
Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin
Series:
Jews of Siberia
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February 09, 2021
The Land of Exile: Jews in Siberia under the Tsars
Dr. Vladimir Levin, Dr. Anna Berezin
Series:
Jews of Siberia
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February 02, 2021
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January 28, 2021
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January 26, 2021
Celebrating Tu’Bshvat
Dr. Elaine Solowey
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January 24, 2021
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January 19, 2021
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January 12, 2021
Kafka’s Last Trial
Matti Friedman, Benjamin Balint
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January 10, 2021