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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Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Fourth of July, USA: Reflections in Jewish History 04.07.2019

The Jews in the Anglo American era

Murdering Jews for Something They did not do: Blood Libels: German Madness and Greed in the Middle Ages Part 2 30.06.2019

3/6:      Murdering Jews for Something They Did Not Do: Chimerical   Christian Fantasies and their Lethal Results in Jewish History    

פרשת שלח Parshas Shelach 26.06.2019

1.) The terrible power of peer pressure 2.) Moses the lawyer

20 Sivan: Anniversary of the Massacres in France, Ukraine and Hungary 26.06.2019

A discussion of various tragedies that occurred on this date, and the response of the Ashkenazi Jews to these events

Blood Libels: Murdering Jews for Something They Did Not Do-German Madness in the Middle Ages Part I 22.06.2019

Murdering Jews for Something Edited (2) 02 Summer Series 2014 Lecture 2 German Madness and Greed in the Middle Ages, Part I

Does the Torah Require Any 'Secular' Knowledge? 21.06.2019

On parashas  בהעלותך 

Rabbi Yosef Ergas (1685-1730), The שומר אמונים - Personalities in Jewish History 18.06.2019

One of the most interesting and accessible Kabbalistic books

Blood Libels: Murdering Jews for Something They Did Not Do- French Madness in the Middle Ages 15.06.2019

Murdering Jews for Something Edited (1) 01 Summer Series 2014 French Madness in the Middle Ages(incomplete - missing the end)

Parshas Nasso - Deference for Consensus 14.06.2019

The parshah that privileges consensus over unilateralism

Rabbi Dovid Pardo (1718-1790) of Venice and Sarajevo - Personalities in Jewish History 12.06.2019

The Rabbi who "opened up" the Tosefta

The Rema (1525-1572) 12.06.2019

Biographical

Avraham Ben Avraham | The Ger Tzedek - Vilna 1749 - Personalities in Jewish History 04.06.2019

Valentin Potocki the reputed martyr and Ger Tzedek at the time of the Vilna Gaon. Fact or fairy-tale?

Saturday Night Lecture Series Preview- Blood Libels: Murdering Jews for Something They Did Not Do 02.06.2019

A history of the Blood Libel in six lectures

Parshas Bechukosai-The Tocahachah and Modern Times 30.05.2019

Can the תוכחה be related to the Holocaust at an intellectually honest level? The seduction of glib analysis

Rabbi Yitzchak of Volozhin 1780-1849 and the Challenges of Czarist Russia 29.05.2019

The son of Reb Chaim Volozhiner. "Mr. Responsiblity"

From Chanukah to Tishabav: The Great Revolt, the Civil Wars, and the Churban (Part 4) - Saturday Night Lecture Series (Series Finale) 26.05.2019

Series:  The Slippery Slope from Chanuka to Tisha b'Av. Lecture 4/4    

Lag B’Omer- Parshas Behar 24.05.2019

An analysis of Lag B'Omer, its countermodern attractiveness, and its relevance to the modern Jewish experience

A Personal Request from Rabbi Katz 23.05.2019

Spread the word

From Chanukah to Tishabav: The Background to the Great Revolt; the Tragedy of Roman-Jewish Relations (Part 3) - Saturday Night Lecture Series 19.05.2019

Series:  The Slippery Slope from Chanuka to Tisha b'Av. Lecture 3/4    

Parshas Emor 17.05.2019

Plus a little on Lag B'Omer

Maharam Lublin: R’ Meir Lublin 1558-1616 - Personalities in Jewish History 15.05.2019

The famous combatant in the bitter 1611 controversy surrounding the "Get of Vienna"

From Chanukah to Tishabav (Part 2) - Saturday Night Lecture Series 12.05.2019

Series:  The Slippery Slope from Chanuka to Tisha b'Av. Lecture 2/4

Parshas Kedoshim and the Passion - Imperative 10.05.2019

The coinciding of קדושים and יום העצמאות. Community and absence of community in contemporary Judaism and Jewish sociology

Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas 1610-1698 of the Sephardi "Diaspora" - Personalities in Jewish History 08.05.2019

Posek, diplomat, rosh yeshiva, and the leading opponent of Shabtai Zvi. A truly dramatic biography

From Chanukah to Tishabav - SERIES PREMIERE (Part 1) - Saturday Night Lecture Series 05.05.2019

 The Slippery Slope from Chanuka to Tisha b'Av.

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