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You might’ve heard something called the “Pale of Settlement” referenced in current events more recently— I know I have.

So in this episode we travel through time, starting in biblical times, leading to present day, discussing how the Pale of Settlement has made a huge ripple throughout time. From possibly murdering husbands for absolute power by staging government coups, to destabilizing countries through strategically caused civil war— this episode has it all. The Russian Empire usually never fails to blow your mind in what they did.If you want to help international issues happening today, you can find UN affiliated organizations to support here.

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Citations:

• Kappeler, Andreas. The Russian Empire: A Multi-Ethnic History. Routledge, 2001.

• Klier, John D. Imperial Russia’s Jewish Question, 1855–1881. Cambridge University Press, 1995.

• Nathans, Benjamin. Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia. University of California Press, 2002.

• McNamara, Robert. “The Pale of Settlement.” University of Washington. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://staff.washington.edu/rmcnamar/link269/article1.html.

• “Where Did Early Israelites Come From?” Biblical Archaeology Society. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/collections/where-did-early-israelites-come/.

• “The Arab-Israeli War of 1948.” U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ea/97187.htm#:~:text=Since%20the%20Arab%2DIsraeli%20War,tensions%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.

• “Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: 1917-1947.” United Nations. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.un.org/unispal/history2/origins-and-evolution-of-the-palestine-problem/part-i-1917-1947/.

• Kochavi, Arieh J. “The Struggle Against Jewish Immigration to Palestine.” In Britain and the Jews of Europe 1939–1945, 193-230. Oxford University Press, 1998. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://academic.oup.com/book/33589/chapter-abstract/288065012?redirectedFrom=fulltext.

• “How Poland’s Anti-Semites Helped Colonise Palestine.” Middle East Eye. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-polands-anti-semites-helped-colonise-palestine#:~:text=The%20Polish%20Army%2C%20now%20incorporated,and%20joined%20the%20Zionist%20colonists.

• “Jews in Anders’ Army.” Yad Vashem. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.yadvashem.org/articles/academic/jews-anders-army.html.

• Krapfl, James. “How Catherine the Great May Have Inspired Putin’s Ukraine Invasion.” The Jerusalem Post, March 15, 2022. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-701308.

• “Palus.” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, edited by William Smith, William Wayte, and G. E. Marindin. Perseus Digital Library. Accessed February 13, 2025.. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aentry%3Dpalus-cn#:~:text=PALUS%20a%20pole%20or%20stake,it%20were%20a%20real%20enemy.

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