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Poland's Jewish Golden Age: A Shared History
For centuries, Poland was home to the world's largest Jewish community. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the origins of Jewish settlement in Poland under the Piast and Jagiellonian dynasties, the granting of the Statute of Kalisz in 1264, and the unique legal protections that made Poland a haven for Jews fleeing persecution elsewhere. They delve into the Golden Age of Polish Jewry under Casimir the Great and the Jagiellonians, the development of the kahal system of self-governance, and the intellectual flourishing of yeshivas in Kraków and Lublin. The conversation also touches on…
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