Had enough of the scripted and abridged version of Jewish History you learned as a child? This weekly podcast features remastered audio from Marc Shapiro’s Torah in Motion classes given from 2011 to the present. Listen to learn about big ideas, interesting personalities, and astounding events in modern Jewish History.
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Podcast Episodes
6 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…5 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…4 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…3 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…2 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…1 | Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 11: Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor was a giant of 19th century Torah learning. His halachic rulings in aguna cases, and beyond remain widely cited, and he was a staple of Russian-Jewish politics of his day. His careful and judiscious dealings with the Russian Government, with Zionism, and with the Maskilim of the Jewish Enlightenement reveal a politically astute and charismatic leader who understood and adapted to the many changes of his age.
…5 | Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Talmudit, and the legacy of this scholarship remains strong in the Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox communities
This is episode 5.
4 | Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Talmudit, and the legacy of this scholarship remains strong in the Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox communities
This is episode 4.
3 | Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Talmudit, and the legacy of this scholarship remains strong in the Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox communities
This is episode 3.
2 | Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Welcome to Jewish History Uncensored, with Marc Shapiro. A weekly podcast from Torah in Motion. This is series 10: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
Rabbi Zevin was a giant of 20th century Torah. An early adopter in every respect, Rav Zevin was a prolific writer in the Jewish periodicals of his day, and later he broadcasted weekly Talmud classes on Israeli radio. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Talmudit, and the legacy of this scholarship remains strong in the Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox communities
This is episode 2.