The Jewish History Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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 any official capacity, and his

Ep. 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 Holies and visited only once

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 are a lot of names that this l

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 is the only solution. After the

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 intent – in a binding government

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. In this podcast we tell the s

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 objectives of the campaign are the

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 thousand innocent Jewish civilians

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 with absolute Torah giants – H

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 our nation was blessed with gre

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 cryptically, and the Oral Torah demystif

TORCH Fundraiser: A Conversation with our Board President, Dan Kullman

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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 suggest to the audience to sampl

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 hero and on early Christianity.

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 Ovadia’s complete Torah mastery,

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 simultaneously on all 6 channels that I am

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 the 20th Century. His career acc

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 successor after the Alter moved

Ep. 72: Chazon Ish: Part Three – On Politics and the Conflict of Religion and State

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