Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
To help support this podcast, please consider giving a tax deductible contribution here: https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatzRabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours. Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
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Haftarah Bein HaMitzarim 26.07.2024 26:51
Jeremiah, Josiah, and the misguided masses
Parshas Pinchas: Bilaam, Pinchas and the Hamas Attacks 26.07.2024 29:40
Bilam, Pinchas, and Hamas
Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison and Their Impact on Jewish History 18.07.2024 46:34
The Presidential Elections of 2024 vs. the Presidential Elections of 1892
The two models of שְׁאֵרִית יַעֲקֹב בְּקֶרֶב עַמִּים רַבִּים 15.07.2024 30:05
God's Fingers versus God's Hand
Bilam and the modern Hamasniks ימ"ש 15.07.2024 29:27
Why didn't Moshe respond to Bilam?
Why Abraham vs. Bilam? Why not Moshe vs. Bilam? 15.07.2024 25:09
Bilam's עַיִן רָעָה: An incapacity for honest self appraisal?
Rabbi Katz is having a lecture series starting next week on Zionism in its early years 15.07.2024 7:23
The series will explore the controversies regarding Zionism and the political and religious spheres in the early years of the movement. Seven lectures in Baltimore
A Dvar Torah on מסכת ברכות on the 16th Yahrtzheit of Rabbi Katz's Mother ע"ה 09.07.2024 25:17
Why does Dovid say Saul is a רוֹדֵף? Isn't Saul the מלך? A מלך is not a רוֹדֵף !
Was Yiftach Violent and Crimes Oriented ( in his first iteration)? Or a Kid Mistreated by the ציבור? 09.07.2024 31:15
Why didn't he say, "When I needed you, you didn't help me. Now that you need me,. I'm not going to help you!"
Pirkei Avos: What is the context of אַל תְּהִי בָז לְכָל אָדָם? Could it have involved שידוכים? 08.07.2024 28:30
How was רבי צדוק מקיים the dictum אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר?
Parshas Chukas: What EXACTLY was the sin of Moshe? 08.07.2024 30:08
R’ Katz offers an entirely different explanation
Two famous icons of anti-religious culture: What caused them to go OTD? 07.07.2024 31:17
R’ Katz analyzes two stories from a recent book on Polish Jewry as reflecting personal as well as cultural reasons for leaving Yiddishkeit
The “Old Haskalah” - Comfortably Nestled within Cultural Insularity 05.07.2024 1:28:08
From Rabbi Katz’ 2017 Summer Lecture Series entitled: Kulturkampf-Haskalah: The Haskalah Wars - Lecture 1
Haftarah Korach: Do you fire a good leader because they are old? 30.06.2024 25:42
The prophet Samuel's Class Act
How could Korach successfully challenge the bona fides of Moses? After מַתַּן תּוֹרָה! 30.06.2024 30:57
Did the Korach episode really happen in פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִּשָּׂא?
The Social Interaction Aspect of Piety (Pirkei Avos, Ch. 3) 30.06.2024 34:00
הַכֹּל צָפוּי וְהָרְשׁוּת נְתוּנָה- An outstanding example of the difference between Ashkenaz and Sephard
Herzl and the British Offer to Create a State of Israel...in Africa! 27.06.2024 59:31
Herzl’s unsuccessful attempts to find a country who would get the Turks to give up Palestine
Haftarah Shelach: The Remarkable Career of Rachav 25.06.2024 23:59
What about לֹא תְחַיֶּה כָּל נְשָׁמָה?
Parshas Shlach and October 7th 25.06.2024 29:03
Intelligence has two parts: a.) Information gathering b.) Information assessment (connecting the dots)
R’ Chanina Sgan Kohanim and His Conservative Political Philosophy (Avos Ch. 3) 24.06.2024 30:59
Living through the horrors of Jewish anarchy, he preferred Roman tyranny with all its faults
Herzl, Political Zionism, and the Campus Riots, Pt. 6 20.06.2024 59:28
Why was political Zionism perceived as מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַטְּהוֹרִים אֲבָל מְטַהֵר אֶת הַטְּמֵאִים?
Observations About Politics in the Dynasty of Hillel - Pirkei Avos, Ch. 2 18.06.2024 27:31
Realistic evaluations of politics and politicians based on long experience in שְׁתַדְּלָנוּת
Haftarah BeHaaloscha: The prophet describes the intermarriage scandal, but in oblique language 18.06.2024 25:02
To get the full picture, read the last chapters of the book of Ezra
Parshas BeHaaloscha: Who is חוֹבׇב exactly? 18.06.2024 34:32
If Jethro's son, had he befriended Moshe when he lived with Jethro? Was חוֹבׇב turned-off by the Jews blaming the גֵּרִים for the Golden Calf?
An Analysis of the Current Extremely Dangerous International Situation?- Are we headed for World War 17.06.2024 30:46
Russia, China, Iran, Turkey- all obsessed with recovering glorious pasts, even at the risk of nuclear war
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