Jewish History With Rabbi Nachum Meth

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki - Rashi - is the  teacher of the Jewish People.  His commentary on the Torah is studied by schoolchildren and scholar alike, and his commentary on the Talmud was so widely accepted that no of the other commentators even attempted to replicate it.  

There are many groups in North American Jewish life: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Chasidic, Sephardic, Chabad, Reconstruction, Yeshivish, Modern Orthodox, Open Orthodox, Jews For Jesus? What do all these terms mean? Where did they come from?  More importantly, where are the heading?  

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, familiar to many as Maimonides or by his acronym, Rambam, was one of the most influential people in all of Jewish history.   In this episode we sketch out his biography, look at some of his letters, outline his major works, and talk about his legacy

Why didn’t the Allies bomb Auschwitz, or at least the tracks leading to the camps?  To many, this is the most damning indictment against FDR, the United States, and the Allies. 

The single most controversial issue in all of Jewish American history is FDR's response to the Holocaust.  In this episode we take a closer look at the timeline of events: what FDR knew, when he knew about it, and what his responses were

The most sensitive and controversial topic in Jewish American history is FDR’s response  to German atrocities.  This episode looks at the period from Kristallnacht through the summer of 1941 

We take a look at FDR's initial responses to Hitler's rise, the US's pre-war immigration policies, and the Jewish refugee crisis.

We discuss the Jewish Community's interactions with FDR during his early years, the Great Depression, and the New Deal.

Isaac Leeser was one of the most impactful Jews in all of American Jewish history, yet he is largely forgotten. In this episode we take a closer look at the life of this mid-Nineteenth Century giant.

Taking down statues of historical figures has been one of the most identifiable elements of Cancel Culture.  Background, political affiliation, outlook, and a variety of other factors tend to determine people’s feeling on the issue, and very frequently they tend to be strong feelings. In this episode, we take a look at a Torah perspective on Cancel Culture

In 1862, General US Grant issued General Order No. 11, banishing Jews from large parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi; likely the most antisemitic official decree in the history of the United States Government.  How could this have happened?  Was Grant an Antisemite? Could something like this happen again?

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