Text-based classes on assorted Judaic topics, with a special emphasis on Jewish history.
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The Story of the Alter Rebbe’s Script
The Alter Rebbe’s unique script for safrus has a rich and winding history. It has been inked, shelved, revived, and debated—and everyone seems to have an opinion. So, ...
Rambam, the Almohads, and the Secret Jews
In the mid-12th century, the Almohads swept across North Africa and Spain, driven by a vision of a strictly unified Muslim society. For the Jewish communities under th...
Rambam to the Rescue: His Legendary Letter to Yemen
In the 1170s, the Jewish community in Yemen faced an existential crisis: a radical ruler forced them to convert to Islam, an apostate Jew spread anti-Jewish propaganda...
The Regensburg Blood Libel
In the 1470s, a series of outrageous blood libels were leveled against Jewish communities in the Germanic lands, including one in Regensburg. To secure their acquittal...
The Scandalous Marriage, 1348
On the fifteenth of Shevat, 1348, in the city of Tudela, a man named Yosef performed kidushin with a young woman named Belita. What began as a seemingly ordinary weddi...
