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The Jewish Story is a Jewish History podcast for the 21st Century. In it, we use the latest in archaeology, linguistics, and historical methods to sculpt a history of the Jewish people, from the exodu... more
FAQs about The Jewish Story:How many episodes does The Jewish Story have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.
January 14, 2025Episode 5: East and West (1500 - 1665 CE)In this episode, we return to India to meet two new groups of Jews who would become prominent populations in Indian society; we travel to China, where we see how Chinese Jews attempted to blend Jewish tradition with Chinese neo-Confuscian culture and philosophy; and we survey the Jews of East and West Africa, and briefly discuss the evidence of Afro-Jewish origin. ...more30minPlay
January 06, 2025Episode 4: The Jews at Court (1555 - 1600 CE)In this episode, we see a new Pope elected, and a new wave of Jewish expulsions sweep across Europe. We follow Gracia and Joseph Nasi to Constantinople, and watch them ascend to great heights within the Ottoman Empire. We see a new Jewish city established in northern Palestine, and learn of the golden age of Kaballah. And we meet the Jewish serving women who became close advisors of some of the most powerful political figures in Ottoman society....more38minPlay
December 30, 2024Episode 3: A Dangerous Escape (1500 - 1555 CE)In this episode, we meet the Mendes family, and watch as they orchestrate the daring and dangerous escape of thousands of conversos from Portugal....more33minPlay
December 26, 2024Episode 7 (BONUS): A Conversation with Rabbi Anibal MassIn this episode, I sit down with Rabbi Anibal Mass to discuss the Karaites, how technology has modernized Jewish practice, how to define "Jewish music", and how the emergence of Christianity and Islam has shaped Jewish history....more52minPlay
December 23, 2024Episode 2: New Frontiers (the Americas, Eastern Europe and the Middle East; 1492 - 1530 CE)In this episode, we will meet the first conversos to set foot on the American continent, see an Ashkenazi population boom in Poland and Lithuania, and witness the rise to dominance of the Mamluk and Ottoman Empires....more42minPlay
December 16, 2024Episode 1: The Messiah Reborn? (Portugal and Italy; 1492 - 1530 CE)In this episode, we will see what became of the conversos who fled to Portugal in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition, tour the first formal Jewish ghetto in history, and meet two mysterious Jewish figures who would go on to brush shoulders with popes and kings....more39minPlay
November 12, 2024Episode 0: Season 3 RecapIn this episode, we will review the history covered in Season 3, spanning from the Great Schism of the church in 1054 CE until the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. ...more13minPlay
April 29, 2024Episode 5: Inquisition (1400 - 1492 CE)In this episode, the rising tide of anti-Jewish hatred we've seen throughout the season will culminate in the Spanish Inquisition - a mass extermination of Jews from Spain....more31minPlay
April 22, 2024Episode 4: Consumed by Fire (1300 - 1410 CE)In this episode, the Talmud itself stands trial in France and Spain, an epidemic rocks medieval Europe, a wave of Jewish pogroms sweeps Christian Spain, and we are introduced to Nahmanides and the Jews of India, ...more31minPlay
April 15, 2024Episode 3: Of Marriage, Money, and Murder (1200 - 1300 CE)In this episode, we will explore 13th century Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities, meet some famous medieval Jewish money-lenders, learn of the Fourth Lateran Council, and witness the emergence of some of the most damaging antisemitic tropes in history....more29minPlay
FAQs about The Jewish Story:How many episodes does The Jewish Story have?The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.