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The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Heroism Project Ep. 1 – Tov: The Gate – Quest for the GoodDiscover the 26 Paths of Jewish Heroism and what it means to be a hero in Rav Mike’s newest podcast series, The Jewish Heroism Project.
There are good things worth fighting for. But what is good? The first class … Read the rest
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Desert Island TorahEp.108 with Rav Mike FeuerIn this episode, we speak to Rav Mike Feuer, who shares his Desert Island Torah, looking at Rav Kook on prayer and Sefer Bereishit.
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Rav Mike is a teacher in several Jerusalem institutions, as well as being a consultant, spiritual counsellor and creator of the Jewish story podcast, which you can check out here:
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https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/the-jewish-story/id11673024962023-08-0227 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6: The Final Episode of the Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 21 – The Final Episode of The Jewish Story
There is no way to give closure to six seasons of a story, but you have to try! Here is an interview with Rav Mike … Read the rest
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Interlude – Future of American Zionism
Rav Mike Feuer speaks at Valley Beit Midrash in an event co-sponsored by Temple Chai entitled “Is There a Future for American Zionism? American Zionism in the Era of … Read the rest
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Interlude – Interview with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Rav Mike Feuer interviews educator and activist Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz and discuss what it means to be both progressive and orthodox in the Jewish world, as well as … Read the rest
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Interlude – The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty
A live webinar on behalf of for Fuel For Truth: Israel Education & Advocacy Training, on “The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty.” First Rav Mike lays out his innovative … Read the rest
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Interlude – Constitution Now!
Rav Mike Feuer calls for a constructive alternative to the current mass protests against judicial reform being debated in Israel’s Knesset. Along the way he touches upon some historical context about … Read the rest
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Interlude – On Violence
In this episode we take a break from tracking the evolution of Israel’s separation wall to consider the deeper issues of violence on which it is built. Rav Yehuda Hakohen of … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 2: Electoral Dysfunction Part I
Part I of an in-depth look at the historical sources of the present electoral issues facing … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 6
Episode 1: Prologue: A New Perspective
Season 6 of The Jewish Story has finally begun! Here is a prologue to help frame … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 5
Conclusion: An End and a Beginning
All things good things must come to an end, so here is the concluding episode of season 5. In it … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: From Russia to Jerusalem – Interview with Dr. Zhenia Fleisher
Dr. Zhenia Fleisher lived in all three of the 20th century’s major centers of Jewish … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 5
Interlude: 80s Conversation with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen
Rav Mike Feuer talks with Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement about growing up as an American Jew in … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 24: Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Memory of the Holocaust
American Jewry in the 1980s were as safe and comfortable as a Jewish community had … Read the rest
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The Jewish Story Season 5
Episode 23: Soviet Jewry – The Jonathan Pollard Affair
The 1980s saw many seismic shifts in the fabric of American … Read the rest
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The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 5, An Interlude – Conversation on Violence with R’ Yehuda HaKohenThe Jewish Story Season 5
Episode Interlude: Conversation on Violence with R’ Yehuda HaKohen
There are some conversations that Am Yisrael is just not having. As a follow-up to some of the issues raised in the last few episodes, Rav … Read the rest
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Interlude: An Interview with Aaron Leibowitz
Jerusalem Day is a time when past and present come sharply together and have the potential to define our future. Social activist and former city councilor Rav Aaron Leibowitz … Read the rest
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Hart2Heart with Dr. Mike Hart#46: Dr. Mike Hart and Rav AroraRav Arora is an independent journalist who has written for the New York Post and Globe and Mail. Rav has never shied away from discussing controversial topics and sharing his informed opinion. In this podcast, we discuss COVID (specifically the risk of myocarditis), cancel culture and systemic racism (or the lack thereof).2022-01-0754 minHart2Heart with Dr. Mike Hart#35: Dr. Mike Hart and Rav AroraRav Arora is an independent journalist who has written for the New York Post and Globe and Mail. Rav has never shied away from discussing controversial topics and sharing his informed opinion. In this podcast, we discuss COVID (specifically the risk of myocarditis), cancel culture and systemic racism (or the lack thereof).2021-10-0756 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Haatzmaut Interview (Yom Yerushalayim Special)The Jewish Story Season 3, Interlude Yom Haatzmaut Interview* – Here is an interview of Rav Mike Feuer by Rabbi Yonatan from the RRG Beit Midrash at Hebrew University (May 2020) in which we reflect on Israel Independence day from… Read the rest
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Jewish Heroism ProjectTJS S4 Interlude Hanukkah 5781: Letting the light outRav Mike's annual shiur in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer, ob"m. Gratitude is one of the keys to happiness, especially in dark times. Join Rav Mike as he explores the connection between the Hanukkah candles and our ability to give thanks, and helps us let the light out.2020-12-0945 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Special Interview with Yossi Klein HaLeviRav Mike Feuer hosts author and thought leader Yossi Klein Halevi. The conversation touches on his personal experience of Meir Kahane and the early struggle for Soviet Jewry, the challenges of writing, the power of Jerusalem to evoke dreams and… Read the rest
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For the month of Elul, traditionally a time when Jews prepare for the upcoming new year, Pardes Daily will be offering three Rosh Hashanah themed daily learning tracks featuring beloved Pardes Faculty. After … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep19: The Samson Option at Elmad Online Learning.2020-07-1544 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep18: The Eichmann TrialThe Holocaust was so dark and vast that the Jews struggled to integrate it into their consciousness, despite the hundreds of thousands of survivors in their midst. One of the turning points in even addressing this issue was the capture… Read the rest
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Help … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep14: Israel among the nations part II: War Approaches 1955 at Elmad Online Learning.2020-05-2036 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep13: Israel among the nations part I The Lavon Affair 1954The 1950’s were a formative time in Israeli history. The Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and then it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To Israel’s leaders, there was nothing more… Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep10: 1945-55 part II Shadows on the Golden at Elmad Online Learning.2020-02-1142 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep9: 1945-55 part I Did the Jews turn white?1945 to 1955 is known as the ‘Golden Decade’ of American Jewry. Here is the first of three episodes which aims to fill in the Jewish Story on the western side of the Atlantic. The question for today is – … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep9: 1945-55 part I Did the Jews turn white? at Elmad Online Learning.2020-02-0442 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep8: 70 years of constitutional crisis part IIIn part two of this exploration of Israel’s seventy year constitutional crisis we take a look at the revolution of 1992 and how it contributed to today’s battles. As a special bonus I included a little bird walk along the … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep8: 70 years of constitutional crisis part II at Elmad Online Learning.2020-01-1349 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep7: 70 years of constitutional crisis part IIf I asked you whether Israel has a constitution are you sure that you would know the answer? This episode is the first half of answering the question by delving into the history of Israel’s 1949 Constituent Assembly. Help continue … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep7: 70 years of constitutional crisis part I at Elmad Online Learning.2019-12-2943 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude Hanukah – Releasing the Light WithinHere is a live interlude from Rav Mike – his annual class in memory of his father, Charles Feuer ob’m. It is an exploration of the Hanukah light as it has been gradually released through the challenges of history, theology… Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep6: The Limits of Retaliation at Elmad Online Learning.2019-12-1546 minThe Jewish StoryJewish Story Live 5780: The Bet YosefIn the middle of the 16th century the town of Tzefat became a new center of Jewish life. This class introduces one side of that renewal though the story of R’ Yosef Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch and the … Read the rest
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Continue reading Jewish Story Live 5780: The Bet Yosef at Elmad Online Learning.2019-12-091h 22The Jewish Story**NEW PODCAST MINI-SERIES** Walking With Your Inner Spirit – Introduction EpisodeWalking With Your Inner Spirit: six opportunities, practices and encounters experiencing the Divine within.
This is a new podcast series from Yiscah Smith releasing weekly with the first episode during the first week of Hanukah 5780. Be sure to subscribe … Read the rest
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No matter where you turn, it seems that democracy is in … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep5: 1949 Boundary Issues at Elmad Online Learning.2019-11-1743 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep4: Sink or Swim – mass immigration and the in-gathering part IIThere are times in the history of peoples and nations when the decisions made shape the future. The three years after Israel’s foundation saw its population double through immigration, the way in which the immigrants were received set the mode … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep4: Sink or Swim – mass immigration and the in-gathering part II at Elmad Online Learning.2019-11-0340 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3, Ep3: Mass Immigration and Ingathering the Exiles – part IIn the first two years after Israel’s independence the Jewish population doubled. Such massive immigration put an almost fatal stress on the resources and social fabric of the young state. Before we can discuss the practical implications we need to … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep3: Mass Immigration and Ingathering the Exiles – part I at Elmad Online Learning.2019-10-2243 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 3 Yom Kippur Interlude: 5780 A New HorizonThe High Holy Days are also know as the Days of Awe which can be awesome, or awful. Here is a look at how to tie the work of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot together into an approach to … Read the rest
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Season 3, episode 1, opens with a long awaited introduction to the American chapter of the Jewish Story. This first segment traces the back story of the three waves of Jewish immigration to … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep1: The Evolution of American Zionism, part I at Elmad Online Learning.2019-09-1640 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 40: Made in 1948 – Three historic decisions that shaped the birth of modern-day IsraelDeclaring a state is a matter of moments, but birthing it can be a much more prolonged process. The last episode in season two is a look at a series of decisions taken by Ben Gurion in the months following … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 38: The Fight for Liberation Which Preceded Freedom at Elmad Online Learning.2019-06-3055 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 37: Survivalist Zionism – How the Zionist Struggle Looked After the HolocaustOnce World War Two ended all the promises of the allies were put to test – would they find a solution to the Jewish problem now that the war was won? This episode describes the escalation of the struggle against … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 37: Survivalist Zionism – How the Zionist Struggle Looked After the Holocaust at Elmad Online Learning.2019-06-191h 01The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 36: The Revolt Against British Rule and the Struggle Within the UndergroundAs European Jewry was consumed by the Shoah, the Zionists in the land of Israel gradually came to see the British blocking the gates of Israel as their main enemy. The episode explores the split between the Irgun and the … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 35: The Warsaw Ghetto and the Rise of Jewish Resistance at Elmad Online Learning.2019-05-2758 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 34: Heart of DarknessThere are things which need to be spoken about no matter how hard, and questions which need to be asked no matter how unanswerable. This is the first of two episodes which engage the how and why of the Holocaust.… Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 34: Heart of Darkness at Elmad Online Learning.2019-05-141h 07The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: IndependenceThere is no word for independence in Biblical Hebrew, and the roots of the modern word can teach us much. This might right be called the day when we celebrate ‘self-actualization,’ but that leaves poses the question – how do … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Interlude: Independence at Elmad Online Learning.2019-05-0537 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 33: The Arab RevoltThe 1930’s saw the hate triangle of Arabs, British and Jews explode into an unprecedented scale of violence known as the Arab Revolt. The revolt brought on yet another cycle of repression and political concessions, and it split the Jews … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 33: The Arab Revolt at Elmad Online Learning.2019-04-281h 10The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 32: Under PressureIn the 1930’s the ideological divides between the Revisionist and Labor Zionists grew, and cracks began to appear within the community of the Yishuv. Meanwhile, pressure on European Jewry was increasing with the rise of Nazi Germany. When you put … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 32: Under Pressure at Elmad Online Learning.2019-03-311h 01The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Interlude: What is a Jew?It is time to move away from the divisive question of who is a Jew to ask something more essential – what is a Jew? The first half of this episode offers Rav Mike’s thoughts on the subject. The second … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Interlude: What is a Jew? at Elmad Online Learning.2019-03-261h 09The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 31: Interwar JewryThough the land of Israel is the hinge around which the Jewish Story turns, there are many Jews whose future does not lie in Zion. This episode widens the scope of our story to consider the life of Jews in … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 31: Interwar Jewry at Elmad Online Learning.2019-03-141h 02The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2 Episode 30: Stories of Blood and Fire2019-02-241h 00The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2 Episode 29: The Conflict WithinEach successive wave of immigrants that came up to the land brought with them their blessings, and their challenges. As the population grew, so did the nature of power politics. In the 1920’s two leaders emerged whose opposing visions define … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2 Episode 29: The Conflict Within at Elmad Online Learning.2019-02-1054 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2 Episode 28: The Challenge of Jewish PowerThe return of the Jewish people to the tools of political and military power were bound up with their return to the land of Israel. This episode explores the rise of the military model within the Zionist movement, and the … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story, Season 2 Episode 28: The Challenge of Jewish Power at Elmad Online Learning.2019-01-271h 00The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2 Episode 27: The Anglo-Zionist AllianceWorld War One brought massive destruction and great change to the world. When the smoke cleared from this great conflagration, the British Empire was left in control of the land of Israel. These seemed to be good news for the … Read the rest
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Jewish Heroism ProjectTJS S2 Interlude: Who is Rabbi Mike Feuer and why is he telling the Jewish story?Every story has a teller, and a good listener knows that you can't really separate the two. In this podcast, Rav Mike sits down with his old friend and founder of Aleph Male, Eitan Ben Avraham, and answers Eitan's curious questions about Mike's childhood, formative years, how Mike ended up living in Israel becoming a rabbi and why he is on a mission to tell the Jewish Story. Support the Jewish Story at - https://www.patreon.com/mfeuer2019-01-101h 00The Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 26: Rumors of WarThe world is starting to shake with the rumbles of the coming world war. The destruction which is to come will sweep away much of the old, and open new horizons for the budding Zionist project. But the pioneers must … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Episode 26: Rumors of War at Elmad Online Learning.2019-01-0651 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 25: One More Dunam One More GoatThere are times in history which define us even now, and in Israel the Second Aliyah is second to none in that respect. This episode tells of the chalutzim, the idealistic pioneers who came up to the land to build … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 25: One More Dunam One More Goat at Elmad Online Learning.2018-12-1147 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 24: The Religion of LaborThe end of the 19th century was a time of dramatic ideological struggle – cosmopolitanism vs. nationalism, socialism vs. capitalism. And early Zionist thought shows such incredible diversity that every element of society, Jewish and non, can be found there. … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 24: The Religion of Labor at Elmad Online Learning.2018-12-0257 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 23: The New JewDid you ever wonder how the Jews when from being the martyrs of Europe to the military power of the Middle East in less than fifty years? This episode exposes the roots of the extraordinary transformation of the physical culture … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story, Season 2, Episode 23: The New Jew at Elmad Online Learning.2018-11-1854 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story, Season 2 Episode 22: One of the PeopleAt the First Zionist Congress, Herzl awakened the Jews of Europe to their national political life. But Asher Zvi Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha’am, tried to teach them that the soul of the people needs to be revived before … Read the rest
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The Jewish problem was pressing in the second half of the 19th century, and it took the form of antisemitism. When faced with such a problem, it is … Read the rest
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The struggle between the parochial and the cosmopolitan is a defining tension of the 19th century for Europe as a whole and the Jews in particular. In this episode we will update our understanding of hasidut as it battles with … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Season 2, Interlude: Religion and State at Elmad Online Learning.2018-08-1346 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Season 2: Special for Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Seventy Faces of the NationThe history of Zionism can be seen as a long conversation about what it means to be a nation. In honor of the State of Israel’s 70th birthday, Rabbi Mike Feuer gives an overview of the meaning of the word … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 13 — Rivers of Babylon at Elmad Online Learning.2017-04-2043 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 12 — The Portable HomelandR’ Yehudah HaNasi redacted the Mishna but he inherited its form and content from R’ Akiva. In this episode, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores the nature of the mishna and traces its development in the hands of R’ Akiva’s students.
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 12 — The Portable Homeland at Elmad Online Learning.2017-04-0241 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 11 — The Indigestible ElementThe ruins of the Temple were still smoldering when Judea burst into the flames of rebellion once again. In this episode Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the final two rounds of the Roman Jewish wars. Filled with brutal bloodshed and failed … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 11 — The Indigestible Element at Elmad Online Learning.2017-03-2143 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 10 — Through the FlamesIn this episode, Rabbi Mike Feuer describes the destruction of Jerusalem from without and from within. In order to do so he compares the perspectives of the great Jewish historian Josephus and the leading Sage R’ Yochanan ben Zakkai. In … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 10 — Through the Flames at Elmad Online Learning.2017-03-0541 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 9: The Eve of the DestructionIn this week’s installment, Rabbi Mike Feuer focuses on the eve of the destruction. As the national vessel begins to fray at the seams and the Temple’s burning looms, the cultural battle within the text of the Torah erupts. When … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 9: The Eve of the Destruction at Elmad Online Learning.2017-02-2150 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story: Episode 8 Hillel Prince of the TorahIn this episode of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the persona of Hillel the Elder. Hillel was named Nasi, prince, at the same time as Herod was king. In addition, Jesus of Nazareth was born in his lifetime. … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 7: Herod – Two Faces of Kingship at Elmad Online Learning.2017-01-2238 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 6: The Hasmonean KingdomIn this week’s episode of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer discusses the rise and fall of the Hasmonean dynasty, from a kingdom of priests to Hellenestic king. Also hear how Judean society began to tear along lines which will … Read the rest
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Continue reading The Jewish Story Episode 5: The Hanukah Revolt at Elmad Online Learning.2016-12-2252 minThe Jewish StoryThe Jewish Story Episode 3: The Men of the Great Assembly – What Made Them GreatIn episode 3 of The Jewish Story, Rabbi Mike Feuer focuses on The Men of the Great Assembly, who lie on the other side of the Persian period from Daniel. They will begin to lay the foundations of Judaism as … Read the rest
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