Ep. 86: Chofetz Chaim: A Portrait
The Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Hakohen Kagan, was one of the most renowned and influential Jews of modern times. He did not serve in...
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The Jewish History Podcast - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe’s Jewish History Lectures. Please email questions or comments to rabbiwolbe@gmail.com
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20 of 91 episodesEp. 85: Ark of the Covenant: History and Current Whereabouts
The Ark of the Covenant was the holiest and most iconic vessels of the Tabernacle, and subsequently the Temple. It was placed in the Holy of...
The Purim Story (Rebroadcast)
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Ep. 84: Two-State Solution Part 2: A Century of Doomed Proposals
Straddling the Mediterranean Sea is a very special sliver of land: The land of Israel. The land of Canaan; Palestine; The Holy Land – there...
Ep. 83: Two-State Solution Part 1: The Peril and Naivete of Promoting a Palestinian State
Is a two-state solution a viable way to finally resolve the Israel Palestine conflict? Many in the international community believe that it i...
Ep. 82: Valor and Violence: Jews and Arabs in 1920s British Mandate Palestine
The Balfour Declaration was a pivotal shift in the prospects of the Zionist dream. For the first time, a major world power declared their in...
The History of Chanukah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans (Rebroadcast)
The holiday of Chanukah commemorates the triumph of the Maccabean Revolt over the oppressive regime of Antiochus IV and the Seleucid Empire....
Ep. 81: Hostage Rescues and Ransoms in Jewish History and Law
The Jewish people are at war. Our brethren in Israel are in midst of a fierce war in Gaza against the terrorist organization Hamas. The obje...
Ep. 80: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Historical Background
The Arab-Israeli conflict is front and center on the world stage today. The barbaric October 7th terrorist attacks – where more than a thous...
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
The final century of the Second Temple and the one that followed its destruction were pivotal ones of Jewish history. It was an era replete...
Ep. 78: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 2: Hasmoneans, Herod, and Hillel)
The Second Temple Era was an eventful time for the Jewish People and the perpetuation of Torah. Over the course of the Second Commonwealth o...
Ep. 77: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 1: From Moses to Men of the Great Assembly)
In the narrow sense, Oral Torah refers to the interpretation and understanding of the Written Torah. The Written Torah is written crypticall...
TORCH Fundraiser: A Conversation with our Board President, Dan Kullman
Please support The TORCH Podcasts and the annual TORCH fundraiser at giveTORCH.org Every donation will be TRIPLED Show your support for TORC...
Start 2021 Right with The Parsha Podcast
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to record more episodes of The Jewish History Podcast in 2021. If you may indulge me, I would like to su...
Ep. 76: JC in Jewish Sources: Exploring the Censored Text
As we approach the end of December, I chose to experiment by doing something a bit different in examining the Jewish take on the Christian h...
Ep. 75 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part Two – Restoring the Crown of Sephardic Jewry to its Former Glory
Chacham Ovadia Yosef was one of the most impactful and transformative Jewish leaders of recent history. In Part One we discussed Chacham Ova...
Thanks a Million!
Of all the episodes that I have recorded over the years, this will be perhaps the most unique one. For one, it will be released simultaneous...
Ep. 74 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part One – The Prince of Torah
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, known the world over as “Chacham Ovadia” or simply “Maran”, was one of the most important rabbinical personalities of th...
Ep. 73: Rabbi Avraham Grodzinsky: The Exemplar of Slabodka
Rabbi Avraham Grodzinski was the last head of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Lithuania. He was primary disciple of the Alter of Slabodka, and his s...
Ep. 72: Chazon Ish: Part Three – On Politics and the Conflict of Religion and State
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