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History of the Romanian Jews (Exploration of Jewish Romanian Heritage and Contributions]

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A brief history of the Romanian Jews from antiquity to present day and their contributions in Romania, United States and Israel

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Nov 3, 2025

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Episodes

#34 – Jewish Cernăuți (Czernowitz in German, Chernivtsi in Ukrainian) 03.11.2025

Send a text Cernăuți History Cernăuți Jewish History Cernăuți Jewish Cultural Personalities Cernăuți Jewish Cemeteries Cernăuți Synagogues

#35 – Jewish Chișinău (Kishinev in Russian) 03.11.2025

Send a text Chișinău History Chișinău Jewish History Chișinău Jewish Cultural Personalities Chișinău Jewish Cemeteries Chișinău Synagogues

#30 – Jewish București (Bucharest in English, Bukharest in Yiddish) 25.09.2025

Send a text We will be exploring the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities so we start here with the capital, Bucharest: București București Jewish History București Jewish Neighborhoods București Jewish Cemeteries București Synagogues

#31 – Jewish Iași (Jassy in English and Yiddish) 25.09.2025

Send a text We continue here to explore the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities,  with the city of Iași: Iași Iași History Iași Jewish History Iași Jewish Culture Iași Jewish Cemeteries Iași Synagogues

#32 – Jewish Cluj (Kolozsvár In Hungarian, Klausenburg in German, Kloyznburg in Yiddish) 25.09.2025

Send a text We continue exploration of Jewish history of some of the major Romanian cities, with the city of Cluj: Cluj Cluj Jewish History Cluj Jewish Culture Cluj Jewish Cemeteries Cluj Synagogues

#33 – Jewish Timișoara (Temesvár in Hungarian, Temeschburg in German, Temeshvar in Yiddish) 25.09.2025

Send a text We continue the exploration of the Jewish history of Romanian cities with the city of Timișoara: Timișoara Timișoara Jewish History Timișoara  Jewish Cemeteries Timișoara Synagogues

#26 - Lawrence of Arabia and Aaronsohn of Palestine 28.07.2025

Send a text Aaron Aaronsohn, 6 years old boy from Bacău  Aaron Aaronsohn, the Palestinian botanist Aaron Aaronsohn, the locust fighter Aaron Aaronsohn, the leader of the British spy network in Palestine Aaron Aaronsohn, the political negotiator

#27 - The most famous bank robbery in the Communist history 28.07.2025

Send a text The robbery The investigation Conviction & execution The movie Romania in 1959 The drama actors  Other movies Robbery or staging? Conclusion

#28 - The Jewish Queen - Magda Lupescu and King Carol II of Romania 28.07.2025

Send a text Who was Elena (Magda)  Lupescu ? Who was Carol II ? Their encounter Their escape Back on the throne Leaving Romania The end of the their love affair

#29 – Remarkable Romanian Rabbis and Tzadikim 28.07.2025

Send a text Rabbi Dr. Jacob Itzhak Niemirower  Rabbi Alexandre Şafran  Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson   Rabbi Avraham Mattisyahu Friedman  Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum  Rabbi Solomon Schechter 

#22 - Romanian Jews parachuted back into Romania 02.06.2025

Send a text This is the story of Romanian Jews who were parachuted back into Romania during the Second World War: British-Yishuv  collaboration during the 2nd World War Palestinian Jews volunteers The European parachuting plans The Romanian-born Jewish parachutists First Romanian drop Second, third and fourth drop Parachutists working with Romanian Zionists The Notes for this episode could be foun...

#23 - Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and the Jews 02.06.2025

Send a text Facts and fiction concerning the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, the fictionalized Dracula character and how all these relate to the Jews: The historical figure of Wallachian prince Vlad III Vlad Dracula stories The fictional character of Dracula Dracula, an expression of anti-semitism The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for...

#24 - A Romanian Jew in Hollywood 02.06.2025

Send a text The life of Eduard G. Robinson, the first Romanian-born Jew to make it in Hollywood: Emmanuel Goldenberg arrives in America Edward G. Robinson first successes Marriage and children The House Un-American Activities Committee  Rehabilitation Fellow Warner Brothers stars  The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comment...

#25 - Ana Pauker - the Romanian Jewish Woman Communist 02.06.2025

Send a text One of the most powerful women communist, the Romanian Jew Ana Pauker: Ana Pauker's Communist start Post-war communist leadership 1948-52 Romanian Jewish Alyiah and Pauker's role in it Pauker's downfall Ana Pauker's legacy  1950s jokes about Ana Pauker The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comm...

#19 - Bukovina Jews 12.04.2025

Send a text Bukovina location Dacia Moldavia Principality Austrian occupation Paul Celan Aharon Appelfeld  The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#20 - Bessarabia Jews 12.04.2025

Send a text Bessarabia location Historical Dacia Moldavian Principality Jewish Activity during the Moldavian Principality Jewish Organization during the Moldavian Principality Jewish Culture during the Moldavian Principality Tzarist Russia Jewish Culture during Tsarist Russia Romania Soviet Union Republic of Moldova The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/not...

#21 – Haskalah and Jewish dilemma of Exclusion or Assimilation 12.04.2025

Send a text The history of Haskalah Romanian Haskalah Benjamin Schwarzfeld  Yehuda ben Mordehai Barasch  Elias, Wilhelm and Moses Schwarzfeld  Moses Gaster  Lazăr Șăineanu  Moise Ronetti-Roman  The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#18 - Sephardic Jews in Romania 20.09.2024

Send a text Brief Sephardic History Sephardic Jews Arrival in the Romanian Lands Sephardic Jews in Moldova Sephardic Jews in Transylvania Sephardic Jews in Wallachia Sephardic Jews in Modern Romania The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#17 – Khazars on the Romania territory 17.09.2024

Send a text Khazar History Khazar Jewish Conversion Khazars in Transylvania Khazars in Wallachia Khazars and the Question of Askenazi Jewish Ancestry The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#16 - Klezmer Music and Romania 13.09.2024

Send a text Klezmer music and the connection to the Romanian lands What is Klezmer music Klezmer music history Klezmer music types Klezmer musical elements Klezmer music influence The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#15 - Hasidic Judaism and Romania 13.09.2024

Send a text :Hasidic Judaism and Romania: Haredi Hasidic History and Beliefs Historic Causes for Hasidism Hasidic Organization Hasidic Garb Hasidic Family Hasidic Dynasties Satmar Hasidism Chabad/Lubavich Hasidisn The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#14 - Transylvania Jews 11.09.2024

Send a text History of Transylvanian Jews: Transylvania part of Dacia The Khazar Jews in Transylvania Medieval Transylvania Principality of Transylvania Transylvania part of the Austro-Hungarian empire Transylvania part of the Romanian kingdom The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

#3 - Jews in Romania in the 17th and 18th centuries 08.07.2024

Send a text The establishment of the first Romanian Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities The first recorded Jewish personalities at the two principalities courts Tartar and Cossacks invasions and their consequences First anti-Jewish pamphlets Organization of the Romanian Jewish communities The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or...

#4 - Jews in Romania in the 19th century 08.07.2024

Send a text Jewish discrimination in the Romanian Principalities Jewish presence in the two capitals, Jassy and Bucharest Jews and the 1848 revolution Jews and the union of Moldova and Wallachia principalities into the kingdom of Romania Jews and the Romanian War of Independence Jewish fight for Romanian naturalization     The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews....

#5 - Jews in the 20th century Romania 08.07.2024

Send a text Demographic Changes The First World War Romanian Citizenship Explosion of Antisemitism The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail.com

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