Tag: Ashkenaz

Exploration of the settlement history of Jews in Bordeaux, France from the 4th to the 19th century in preparation for a Kosher River Cruise, without overt promotional content.
A discussion of the rise of antisemitism in the United States following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, exploring potential distinctions in ideological content from earlier forms of antisemitism.
This video provides historical insight into the relationship between Jews and higher education.
In this episode, the discussion revolves around the origins of various Nusachs and the possibility of changing between Ashkenaz and Sefard styles of prayer.
During the Black Death in the 14th century, the Jewish population in Europe was greatly affected.
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg, a historian and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, discusses the history of halacha (Jewish law).
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg, a historian and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, discusses the history of halacha (Jewish law).
The article explores the similarities between the biblical book of Ecclesiastes and Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
In this episode, Sina Kahen and R. Daniel Kada discuss the hashkafic (philosophical) and halakhic (legal) differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish traditions.
The text discusses the life and experiences of Glückel von Hameln, a Jewish merchant woman from Hamburg in the late 17th century, as documented in her Yiddish autobiography.
Dr. Susan Nashman Fraiman, an art historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses her research on the development of candle-lighting practices, particularly the Shabbat Lamp, among Ashkenazi Jews.
"Redrawing Jewish Europe" discusses various perspectives on the classification and periodization of Jewish history in Europe.