Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz
Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jul 22, 2018 • 1h 19min
History of Israel-Nasser & Arab Nationalism 1952-1956
Analyzes the state of the Arab World in the Early Ben Gurion years.,
The new phenomenon called "Arab Nationalism" which seemed to sweep the Arab states in those years, and which found its foremost figure in Egypt's Nasser. The conflicts between Nasser and Israel, and, unexpectedly, between Nasser and Islamists. This lecture helps the listener understand how the Middle East of today came to be.
Jul 20, 2018 • 8min
A Tale of the Nine Days in 2018
A mini-essay on a recent event In Germany which reveals the contemporary relevance of The Nine Days
Jul 15, 2018 • 1h 19min
History of Israel-The State of Israel and the Jewish Religion 1952-1956
A historical analysis of the early stages of how a strange thing happened: A State founded by secularists on strongly secular liberal principles ended up becoming the number-one funder and enabler of a network of religious institutions dedicated to the very opposite of secular liberalism. How Ben Gurion put the Haredim on their feet without wishing to.
Jul 8, 2018 • 1h 16min
History of Israel-The Snake-Pit-1952-1956
This lectures exposes the underside of Israeli Natl.-Security politics in the Ben-Gurion era. In a system in which only the opinion of one man counted, intrigues, untruths, lead to dysfunction, and to The Lavon Affair, which became the Watergate Scandal of the Ben-Gurion regime.
Jul 6, 2018 • 5min
Happy Birthday America
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Dovid Katz
Jul 1, 2018 • 1h 10min
History of Israel-The Border Wars: Infiltration, Terrorism, Reprisal-Raids 1952-56
The strange tale of the national-security problem Israel's early years, when Israel; had the strongest army in the Middle-East, combined with the weakest borders, implacable Arab hatred, and an Arab Refugee Problem for which no solution had been found even today(2018). A tale of violence, retaliation, and no solution
Jun 24, 2018 • 1h 17min
History of Israel-Trying to Get It Right: Israel, Aliyah, Racism 1952-1956
Frank talk about anti-Sefardi racism in Israel during the Ben Gurion era
Jun 19, 2018 • 1h 16min
History of Israel-Around the (Jewish) World in 80 Minutes in 1953
Latest episode of Jewish History with Rabbi Dovid Katz
May 29, 2018 • 1h 16min
History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956
Progress Without Peace: Israel and the Jewish People, 1952-1956
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How the new State of Israel wrestled with the question of how to relate to the Holocaust. The conflicted feelings of shame, anger, and profound-compassion came to a head in the "Kasztner-Trial" of 1954, the most controversial trial in Israeli history
May 24, 2018 • 1h 45min
European Revolutions: The Twisted Legacy of the Liberal Revolutions on Jewish Religion-Part 6
Revolution! Jews and the Great European Revolutions
