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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Shemos: 'Goshens' Does Success Carry its own Ingredients for Failure?: Parsha Perspectives 27.12.2018 9:45
The Goshen model in ancient egypt and in contemporary America. Does success carry its own ingredients for failure?
Shemos - Moshe the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter: Parsha Perspectives 26.12.2018 6:30
A thought on פרשת שמות
Veyechi: Communicating...or not: Parsha Perspectives 21.12.2018 9:13
A thought about the conversation that never rook place surrounding thecsale of Joseph
Va'yigash: Joseph, Not a Dreamer but a Master of Dreams: Parsha Perspectives 14.12.2018 12:08
A thumbnail sketch of יוסף הצדיק
חנוכה 2018 Chanukah 07.12.2018 11:00
A dvar torah on חנוכה combining history and torah
Shabtai Tzvi - After the Bubble Bursts-Part 5 30.11.2018 1:17:36
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Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 4 16.11.2018 1:26:06
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Shabtai Tzvi: His Era-Part 3 18.10.2018 1:10:47
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
Noach: The Tower of Babylon: Parsha Perspectives 15.10.2018 13:41
A story underneath a text
Shabtai Tzvi: Kabbalah and Kabbalistic Messianism-Part 2 11.10.2018 1:16:48
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Shabtai Tzvi: Messianism in Judaism-Part 1 04.10.2018 2:28:36
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Katz
Sukkos: An Unusual Take 23.09.2018 17:22
"An unusual take of sukkos"
History of Israel-Strange Bedfellows: Israel & France 1952-1956 12.08.2018 1:16:59
Though it may seems strange to us today, back in the early years of the State, France was Israel's best-friend, supplying the Jewish State with military aircraft at a time when even the USA declined to do so. Since the Soviets were supplying Egypt with modern weapons, France's support was vitally-needed. This lecture describes the background for this "Strange-Bedfellows" relationship, which was vi...
Adam, Eve, and Sheva Brachos 10.08.2018 3:16
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History of Israel-The Bear Enters the Middle East: Israel, the USSR, and the Cold War 1953-1956 05.08.2018 1:21:24
This lectures describes the process whereby the Russians became involved in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and turned the Arab States, which until then had been militarily weaker than Israel, into militarily powerful countries that posed a mortal threat to the State of Israel. This lecture serves as an introduction to relations between Israel and Russia, a topic much in the news today
History of Israel-Nasser & Arab Nationalism 1952-1956 22.07.2018 1:18:43
Analyzes the state of the Arab World in the Early Ben Gurion years., The new phenomenon called "Arab Nationalism" which seemed to sweep the Arab states in those years, and which found its foremost figure in Egypt's Nasser. The conflicts between Nasser and Israel, and, unexpectedly, between Nasser and Islamists. This lecture helps the listener understand how the Middle East of today came to be.
A Tale of the Nine Days in 2018 20.07.2018 7:57
A mini-essay on a recent event In Germany which reveals the contemporary relevance of The Nine Days
History of Israel-The State of Israel and the Jewish Religion 1952-1956 15.07.2018 1:18:54
A historical analysis of the early stages of how a strange thing happened: A State founded by secularists on strongly secular liberal principles ended up becoming the number-one funder and enabler of a network of religious institutions dedicated to the very opposite of secular liberalism. How Ben Gurion put the Haredim on their feet without wishing to.
History of Israel-The Snake-Pit-1952-1956 08.07.2018 1:15:40
This lectures exposes the underside of Israeli Natl.-Security politics in the Ben-Gurion era. In a system in which only the opinion of one man counted, intrigues, untruths, lead to dysfunction, and to The Lavon Affair, which became the Watergate Scandal of the Ben-Gurion regime.
Happy Birthday America 06.07.2018 4:35
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History of Israel-The Border Wars: Infiltration, Terrorism, Reprisal-Raids 1952-56 01.07.2018 1:10:27
The strange tale of the national-security problem Israel's early years, when Israel; had the strongest army in the Middle-East, combined with the weakest borders, implacable Arab hatred, and an Arab Refugee Problem for which no solution had been found even today(2018). A tale of violence, retaliation, and no solution
History of Israel-Trying to Get It Right: Israel, Aliyah, Racism 1952-1956 24.06.2018 1:16:39
Frank talk about anti-Sefardi racism in Israel during the Ben Gurion era
History of Israel-Around the (Jewish) World in 80 Minutes in 1953 19.06.2018 1:15:59
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History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956 29.05.2018 1:16:17
Progress Without Peace: Israel and the Jewish People, 1952-1956 --- How the new State of Israel wrestled with the question of how to relate to the Holocaust. The conflicted feelings of shame, anger, and profound-compassion came to a head in the "Kasztner-Trial" of 1954, the most controversial trial in Israeli history
European Revolutions: The Twisted Legacy of the Liberal Revolutions on Jewish Religion-Part 6 24.05.2018 1:44:49
Revolution! Jews and the Great European Revolutions
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