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The “Not a Citadel, a Sanhedrin” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY Marking the centennial of the Hebrew University's founding in Jerusalem, the episode dives into the significance of its establishment amidst a politically charged environment and global hopes for a Jewish academic haven. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish CultureJewish HistoryZionismPalestineEducationHebrew UniversityJewish Arab RelationsChaim WeizmannLord BalfourScience And Academia

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"With all these people gathering in and near, a hastily, and still only mostly, constructed amphitheater on Mount Scopus, Haaretz Ophim, in Jerusalem."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Balfour and his entourage took the train to Palestine, stopping on March 24th in Tel Aviv."
Cairo, Egypt
"Balfour and his entourage took the train to Naples and then sailed to Cairo, where they caught another train to Palestine."
Naples, Italy
"Balfour and his entourage took the train to Naples and then sailed to Cairo, where they caught another train to Palestine."
Lodz, Łódź, Poland
"The Lodzer Tagablat in Lodz, of course, ran Lord Balfour's entire address in Yiddish on the front page."
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Pretty and show-offy things that history sometimes does that just exactly one week before thousands and thousands of people met in Jerusalem to start a Hebrew university, a smaller group met in Vilnius."
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
"Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver had traveled from Cleveland to New York to be on hand for the arrival of the."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The city councils of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities passed resolutions on the day celebrating the establishment of a Hebrew university in Jerusalem."
New York City, New York, United States
"On April 1st, there was also a parade through New York City with, quote, between 25, and 50,000 people jammin"
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The city councils of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities passed resolutions on the day celebrating the establishment of a Hebrew university in Jerusalem."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"The city councils of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities passed resolutions on the day celebrating the establishment of a Hebrew university in Jerusalem."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"The city councils of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities passed resolutions on the day celebrating the establishment of a Hebrew university in Jerusalem."
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
"He headlined the celebrations in Plainfield, New Jersey, the town where I was born."
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
"Tulsa, Oklahoma, had a celebration with 1,500 people in the Central High School Auditorium."
Vienna, Austria
"The same was true in Europe. In Vienna, a great hall was booked for a celebration attended by, quote, ambassadors from practically all European countries."

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