Jewish History Nerds
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Voices of the Warsaw Ghetto: A Yom HaShoah Re-Release
Apr 14, 202637 min
The Haggadah: The Book of the People of the Book
Mar 31, 202639 min
Albert Einstein: Was He a Zionist? (Part 2)
Mar 26, 202649 min
Albert Einstein: Rebel. Reject. Genius. (Part 1)
Mar 19, 202646 min
The Girl Rabbi of the Golden West: Ray Frank
Mar 12, 202643 min
The Gambling Rabbi of Venice: Leone da Modena
Mar 5, 202644 min
Crusades, Martyrdom & Radical Piety: The Hasidei Ashkenaz
Feb 26, 202644 min
The Rosenbergs: "Atomic Spies" or Scapegoats? The Jewish Community’s Reckoning
Feb 19, 202648 min
Meet the First Jewish Woman to Publish a Book: Rivka Tiktiner
Feb 12, 202640 min
Leon Trotsky: The Jewish Revolutionary in Stalin’s Shadow
Feb 5, 202646 min
Secret Jews: Samuel Schwarz’s Discovery of Portugal’s Crypto-Jews
Jan 29, 202644 min
Janusz Korczak: The Educator who Refused to Abandon Children in the Holocaust
Jan 22, 202645 min
Jewish History Nerds is BACK on January 22nd!
Jan 15, 20262 min
Revisiting Hebrew Hammer: The True Story of Hannukah
Dec 18, 202532 min
Listener Survey is Here
Jun 12, 20250 min
The JNF Blue Box: A Symbol of Hope, Controversy, and Nation-Building
Jun 5, 202553 min
The Judensau: How Pig Imagery Fueled Centuries of Antisemitism
May 29, 202542 min
When Jews Thrived in India: Castes, Coexeistence and the Cochin Copper Plates
May 22, 202548 min
Judea Capta: The Romans Coins that Celebrated the Fall of Judea
May 15, 202531 min
The Story of the Menorah: From Temple to State Seal
May 8, 202540 min
Jerusalem’s Hidden Scrolls: The Earliest Evidence of the Hebrew Bible
May 1, 202535 min
Unearthing Dura Europos: The Synagogue Lost in Time
Apr 24, 202539 min
Buried Secrets: Jewish Magic, Demons, and the Babylonian Incantation Bowls
Apr 17, 202544 min
The First Mention of Israel: A Passover Special on the Merneptah Stele
Apr 10, 202532 min
The Star of David: A Symbol That Means Everything—and Nothing
Apr 4, 202536 min
Season 4, Coming Next Week
Mar 27, 20252 min
The Secret Jewish Kingdom of...Yemen?
Mar 14, 202435 min
Bertha Pappenheim: Life Beyond a Diagnosis
Mar 7, 202436 min
Rav Saadia Gaon: In Our Gaonic Era
Feb 29, 202427 min
The Diary of Glikl: Discovering the Exceptional within the Everyday
Feb 22, 202428 min
Revisionist Zionism: Jabotinsky's Journey From Vladimir to Ze'ev
Feb 15, 202438 min
Mystical Hasidism: Hillel Ba'al Shem's Enchanted Journey
Feb 8, 202434 min
Chronicles of A Talmud Girl Boss
Feb 1, 202434 min
The First Female Rabbi?: Maiden of Ludmir
Jan 25, 202439 min
Innovation or Assimilation? The Moses Mendelssohn Story
Jan 18, 202438 min
Graetz's Balancing Act: Modernity and Judaism
Jan 11, 202431 min
Season 3, Coming Next Week
Jan 4, 20242 min
Sarah Schenirer: A Revolutionary Traditionalist
Jun 29, 202340 min
The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
Jun 22, 202336 min
Golden Age of Spanish Jewry: A Tapestry of Coexistence
Jun 15, 202332 min
Hannah Szenes: Defiance Amidst Darkness
Jun 8, 202334 min
Wuhsha the Broker: Excavations from the Cairo Geniza
Jun 1, 202334 min
"Resurrecting" Judaism?: Donato Manduzio's Journey
May 25, 202333 min
Johannes Eisenmenger: Deception, Faith, and Antisemitism
May 18, 202330 min
Sarra Coppia Sullam: A 17th Century Queen Esther?
May 11, 202329 min
Emma Goldman: Anarchism, Feminism...and Judaism?
May 4, 202338 min
Herod the Great: Madness & Majesty
Apr 27, 202333 min
Season 2 Coming!
Apr 20, 20231 min
Introducing: Unpacking Israeli History, Season 4!
Mar 15, 202326 min
Babatha: The Jewish Mom of Ancient Times
Jan 19, 202338 min