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Survey of Jewish History Recordings

 

Instructors: Rabbi Daniel Levine

4,000 years of Jewish history in 20 weeks. Based on the curriculum created by the National Jewish Outreach Program (A Crash Course in Jewish History), we will survey Jewish history from Abraham’s discovery of One God (1800 BCE) through the creation of the modern State of Israel.

Watch the recordings of past sessions by clicking the links below.

October 31: #1 - Between History and Memory
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November 7: #2 - To King or not to King?
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November 14: #3 - The Prophetic Way
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November 28: #4 - Problem of Arrival
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December 5: #5 - Oh Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah
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December 19: #6 - The Mission of the Rabbis
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January 9: #7 - The Interpretation Never Stops
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January 16: #8 - Babylon as New Jerusalem?
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January 23: #9 - Sefardic, Mizrachi, and Ashkenazi Jewry
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January 30: #10 - Maimonides and the Jewish Philosophical Revolution
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February 13: #11 - The Mystical Backlash to Medieval Rationalism
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February 20: #12 - Medieval Antisemitism and Expulsion from Spain
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February 27: #13 - Early Modern Jewish History, Hassidism, and the “Coming” of the Messiah
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March 13: #14 - The Haskalah
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March 21: #15 - The Roots and History of Zionism
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March 27: #16 - Zionism from an Idea to a State
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April 10: #17 - History of Judaism in America

April 17: #18 - The Holocaust

April 27: #19 - The 75 year history of the State of Israel

May 1: #20 - Yom Kippur War and Class Conclusion

Thu, March 28 2024 18 Adar II 5784