Jewish History Uncensored

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Gove...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Gove...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Enc...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Enc...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Enc...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Enc...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Enc...

Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen led the Mitnagdic community of Dvinsk from 1887 until his death in 1926. A rare thinker with mastery over the mystical and rational elements of Jewish thought, his commentary on Maimonides and the Meshech Chochma, a posthumous commentary on the Torah based on his teachings are replete with references that span the breadth of Rabbinic literature. He lead his community thro...

Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen led the Mitnagdic community of Dvinsk from 1887 until his death in 1926. A rare thinker with mastery over the mystical and rational elements of Jewish thought, his commentary on Maimonides and the Meshech Chochma, a posthumous commentary on the Torah based on his teachings are replete with references that span the breadth of Rabbinic literature. He lead his community thro...

Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen led the Mitnagdic community of Dvinsk from 1887 until his death in 1926. A rare thinker with mastery over the mystical and rational elements of Jewish thought, his commentary on Maimonides and the Meshech Chochma, a posthumous commentary on the Torah based on his teachings are replete with references that span the breadth of Rabbinic literature. He lead his community thro...

Rabbi Meir Simcha HaKohen led the Mitnagdic community of Dvinsk from 1887 until his death in 1926. A rare thinker with mastery over the mystical and rational elements of Jewish thought, his commentary on Maimonides and the Meshech Chochma, a posthumous commentary on the Torah based on his teachings are replete with references that span the breadth of Rabbinic literature. He lead his community thro...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Rabbi Moses Schreiber, certainly more well known by the name of his responsa, The Hatam Sofer. The Hatam Sofer led his community through gargantuan historical events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and monumental turning points in Jewish life, like the beginni...

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Yakov Yisrael Kanievsky–The Steipler Rav. Over the course of this series we will examine Kanievsky’s role in shaping modern Haredi Judaism, and eplore his legacy in Israel and beyond. This is episode 5.

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Yakov Yisrael Kanievsky–The Steipler Rav. Over the course of this series we will examine Kanievsky’s role in shaping modern Haredi Judaism, and eplore his legacy in Israel and beyond. This is episode 4.

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Yakov Yisrael Kanievsky–The Steipler Rav. Over the course of this series we will examine Kanievsky’s role in shaping modern Haredi Judaism, and eplore his legacy in Israel and beyond. This is episode 3.

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Yakov Yisrael Kanievsky–The Steipler Rav. Over the course of this series we will examine Kanievsky’s role in shaping modern Haredi Judaism, and eplore his legacy in Israel and beyond. This is episode 2.

Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 7: Yakov Yisrael Kanievsky–The Steipler Rav. Over the course of this series we will examine Kanievsky’s role in shaping modern Haredi Judaism, and eplore his legacy in Israel and beyond. This is episode 1.

This is series 6: Joseph Messas. Joseph Messas–a product of Morocco–led communities in Algeria, and Haifa. His halachik rulings and approach to leadership centered the people that he served. His fascinating Rabbinic Career spanned continents and major shifts in the geography and practice of North African Jewry. This is episode 3.