Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz

Parshas Acharei Mos 02.05.2019 24:28 ↓

"Getting too close?"

Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash of Spain (1077-1141) - Personalities in Jewish History 01.05.2019 27:21 ↓

The greatest Sephardi Gadol of the early 12th century. The "hero" of Maimonides

Something to say @the seder #3 18.04.2019 18:10 ↓

The power of the Jewish Woman

Something to say at the seder #2 17.04.2019 14:30 ↓

Wise and dumb, heroes and cowards

Nahmanides (רמב"ן) - Personalities in Jewish History 16.04.2019 38:08 ↓

The greatest Spanish Rishon of the second half of the Middle Ages. The father of "Sefardi-Yeshivsh "

Something to say @the Seder #1 15.04.2019 10:06 ↓

Three groups @ the original Passover

פרשת מצורע-Parshas Metzora-Shabbos HaGadol 12.04.2019 23:58 ↓

The leprosy of King Uzziah of Judah

Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Katzenellenbogen of Venice ( 1521-1597) Personalities in Jewish History 11.04.2019 35:57 ↓

A Rosh Yeshiva in the "party-city" of the Old World - What a challenge!

Famous Jewish Historians: Fritz Baer - Saturday Night Lecture Series 07.04.2019 1:41:35 ↓

5/7 in re Fritz Baer.

Parshas Tazria - Parshas Hachodesh - Parsha Perspective 05.04.2019 12:07 ↓

A sobering reflection on the korban pesach andvthe golden calf

Avrahan Gershom of Kutov, 1701-1761: Personalities in Jewish History 03.04.2019 33:15 ↓

An "old-style" chasid who became the brother in law of the founder of the "new-style" Chasidism

Famous Jewish Historians: The Doros HaRishonim (HaLevy) - Saturday Night Lecture Series - Part 4 31.03.2019 1:29:35 ↓

Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Katz. Part 4 - The Doros Harishonim

Parshas Shmini: Nadav and Avihu - Parsha Perspective 29.03.2019 19:29 ↓

What exactly happened to the sons of Aharon?

Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin-The Moadim B’Halachah: Personalities in Jewish History 27.03.2019 36:23 ↓

The greatest Torah expositor and styist of the 20th century

Famous Jewish Historians - Heinrich Graetz - Saturday Night Lecture Series - Part 3 24.03.2019 1:45:31 ↓

The most influential, brilliant, flawed, and opinionated of modern Jewish Historians. German Jewish Historicism at its best and at its worst

Parshas Tzav - A text or a code? - Parsha Perspectives 22.03.2019 29:30 ↓

A few thoughts about the nature of the exegetical process by which laws are extracted from the text of the חומש

@ the Purim Sueda with Rabbi Katz 21.03.2019 52:21 ↓

Rabbi Katz delivers his Purim lecture to a lively, tipsy, but captivated audience

Famous Jewish Historians - Azaria dei Rossi - Saturday Night Lecture Series - Part 2 15.03.2019 1:39:38 ↓

#2 of Seven Famous Jewish Historians

Parshas Zachor - Where's Amalek? - Parsha Perspectives 15.03.2019 23:02 ↓

Where's Amalek?

The Kli Yakar: Rabbi Ephraim Luntshitzer (1540-1620) - Personalities in Jewish History 13.03.2019 28:58 ↓

The famous כלי יקר, one of the great orators and great social critics in Jewish History

Famous Jewish Historians: Flavius Josephus - Saturday Night Lecture Series - Part 1 10.03.2019 1:35:44 ↓

First of seven lectures on Flavious Josephus

Parshas Pekudei - Parsha Persepctives 08.03.2019 14:01 ↓

Clouds and fire, darkness or light? Which?

“Galitzianer Jewry” and The 'Shoel Umayshiv': Personalities in Jewish History 07.03.2019 32:28 ↓

One of the greatest of the "Galitzianer" Gedolim. Author of one of the most widely-used responsa collections, but unknown in the Yeshiva World. A glimpse into a vanished world.

History of the Jews in Poland: Poles and Jews Since the Fall of Communism- Pt. 6 03.03.2019 1:59:05 ↓

“Can we at least agree on the facts? No!” Poles and Jews Since the Fall of Communism

Parshas ויקהל - Parsha Perspectives 01.03.2019 14:59 ↓

A משכן built by sinners?