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Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Welcome to Everything Jewish – 10 Minutes at a Time! A podcast about Judaism, Jewish history, Jewish culture, religion, traditions, literature, holidays, and the fascinating world of Jewish life—all in about ten minutes at a time. Whether you're Jewish, Jew-curious, or simply interested in learning about Judaism and Jewish culture, each bite-sized episode explores a different topic in a clear, engaging, and approachable way. Discover the stories, people, ideas, beliefs, customs, and cultural…
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- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Washington's Letter to the Newport Rhode Island Jewish Community in 1790 in 10 Minutes
In August 1790, a newly elected President George Washington traveled to Rhode Island to celebrate the state's ratification of the Constitution—a trip that…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Holocaust Revisionism in 10 Minutes
Masked behind pseudo-academic jargon, "Holocaust revisionism"—more accurately known as Holocaust denial—is a conspiracy theory that seeks to rewrite the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Denmark, Jews, and the Holocaust in 10 Minutes
In October 1943, as the Gestapo prepared to round up Denmark's 7,800 Jewish citizens on Rosh Hashanah, a German diplomat leaked the plot—and an entire nation…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Raoul Wallenberg in 10 Minutes
In the summer of 1944, as the Nazi machinery reached its final, most frantic stage of extermination in Hungary, a young Swedish diplomat arrived in Budapest…
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Yad VaShem in 10 Minutes
Perched on the slopes of Mount Remembrance in Jerusalem sits Yad Vashem—a name taken from the Book of Isaiah meaning "a memorial and a name." Established by…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Capture of Adolf Eichmann and his Trial in 10 Minutes
For fifteen years after the fall of Berlin, the chief architect of the Holocaust's logistics lived quietly in suburban Buenos Aires under the alias Ricardo…
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Holocaust Reparations in 10 Minutes
How do you place a financial price tag on six million stolen lives, destroyed ancestral homes, and systematic genocide? In 1952, West Germany, Israel, and the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Josef Mengele in 10 Minutes
To the thousands of prisoners arriving on the selection ramps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, he appeared not as a monster, but as an impeccably dressed, white-gloved…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Judenrats and Kapos in 10 Minutes
In the shadow of the swastika, the Nazis devised a diabolical system of control that forced victims to become complicit in their own destruction: the Judenrat…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Babi Yar in 10 Minutes
In September 1941, the city of Kyiv was promised "resettlement," but instead, tens of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children were marched to the edge of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Munich 1938 Appeasement in 10 Minutes
In the tense autumn of 1938, as Nazi Germany massed troops on the borders of Czechoslovakia and the specter of another European war loomed, British Prime…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, and the Rise of Nazism in 10 Minutes
In the smoldering ruins of a defeated Germany after World War I, a failed artist and decorated corporal named Adolf Hitler poured his rage, conspiracy…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Yerida and Yored in 10 Minutes
In the lexicon of Zionism, where aliyah—"ascent"—celebrates the return of Jews to the Land of Israel, its shadowed counterpart is yerida, the "descent" of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Neturei Karta in 10 Minutes
Neturei Karta—"Guardians of the City"—emerged in 1930s Jerusalem as a tiny, uncompromising faction of ultra-Orthodox Jews who rejected Zionism as a forbidden…
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The Law of Return in 10 Minutes
Enacted in 1950 as one of the founding statutes of the new state, Israel's Law of Return proclaims that every Jew, wherever they may live, has the inherent…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) in 10 Minutes
Born in the hopeful afterglow of Sadat's visit to Jerusalem and the Camp David Accords, Peace Now—Shalom Achshav—arose in 1978 when hundreds of Israeli reserve…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Anwar Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem and the Camp David Accords in 10 Minutes
In a stunning break with three decades of rejection, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat flew to Jerusalem in November 1977, stepped onto Israeli soil, and…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Menachem Begin in 10 Minutes
Menachem Begin, the Polish-born underground commander who led the Irgun through the final struggle against the British and the birth of the state, rose from…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The UN Resolutions on Zionism in 10 Minutes
The 1975 UN General Assembly resolution that branded Zionism as "a form of racism and racial discrimination" stands as one of the darkest stains on the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
UN Resolutions 242 and 338 in 10 Minutes
From the Jewish and Israeli perspective, UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 stand as the enduring diplomatic foundation for a just and lasting…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Moshe Dayan in 10 MInutes
With his black eye patch and hawk-like profile, Moshe Dayan became the living emblem of Israel's early military swagger—a kibbutz-born fighter who lost an eye…
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The IDF in 10 Minutes
Forged in the crucible of 1948 from the underground militias of the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi, the Israel Defense Forces emerged as the unified sword and shield…
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The Knesset in 10 Minutes
In the heart of Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset stands as the living embodiment of Jewish self-rule restored after two millennia, a 120-member parliament whose…
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Operation Magic Carpet in 10 MInutes
In a dramatic secret airlift between 1949 and 1950, Operation Magic Carpet—also known as "On the Wings of Eagles"—rescued nearly fifty thousand Yemenite Jews…
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The Ingathering of the Exiles (Kibbutz Galuyot) in 10 Minutes
For Zionists and Israelis, the Ingathering of the Exiles (Kibbutz Galuyot) was the long-awaited fulfillment of an ancient biblical vision and the urgent rescue…
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The Altalena in 10 Minutes
In June 1948, mere weeks after Israel's declaration of independence, the cargo ship Altalena steamed toward the coast laden with weapons and Irgun fighters…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Deir Yassin in 10 Minutes
In April 1948, amid the civil war that followed the UN partition plan, Irgun and Lehi fighters stormed the Arab village of Deir Yassin overlooking the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Hatikvah (Israel's National Anthem) in 10 Minutes
Born from the longing of a wandering poet in the late nineteenth century, Hatikvah—"The Hope"—rose from a simple Hebrew poem by Naftali Herz Imber into the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Pale of Settlement in 10 Minutes
In the shadowed western reaches of the Russian Empire, a vast and tightly controlled territory known as the Pale of Settlement confined millions of Jews for…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Miriam in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we celebrate the life and legacy of Miriam, the bold and visionary prophetess who helped…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Proclamation of Israel's Independence in 1948 in 10 Minutes
What would you do if you had just a few hours to declare a new country before invading armies arrived? In this episode of Everything Jewish: 10 Minutes at a…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The United Nations Vote for Partition in 1947 in 10 Minutes
Could a single vote change the course of world history? In this episode of Everything Jewish: 10 Minutes at a Time, we'll revisit the dramatic events…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The British White Paper of 1939 in 10 Minutes
Issued by the British government in May 1939, just months before the outbreak of World War II, the White Paper of 1939 dramatically changed the course of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Hebron Massacre of 1929 in 10 Minutes
For centuries, Hebron was one of Judaism's four holiest cities, home to a small Jewish community living alongside its Arab neighbors. But in August 1929, amid…
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Josef Trumpeldor in 10 Minutes
Few heroes occupy as legendary a place in Zionist history as Joseph (Yosef) Trumpeldor. Born in 1880, Trumpeldor overcame the loss of an arm in combat to…
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Vladimir Jabotinsky and the Revisionists in 10 Minutes
Few figures have shaped modern Zionism as profoundly—or as controversially—as Vladimir Jabotinsky. A gifted writer, orator, soldier, and political leader…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Jewish Revolt Against the British (1945-1948) in 10 Minutes
Between 1945 and 1948, the British Empire found itself battling not only unrest across its colonies but also a determined Jewish insurgency in Mandatory…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Jewish Underground Before Israel: Haganah, Palmach, Irgun, and Lechi, in 10 Minutes
Before the State of Israel declared independence in 1948, Jewish underground organizations were already fighting to defend Jewish communities, resist British…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Moshav in 10 Minutes
What if you could combine the independence of owning your own farm with the support of a close-knit cooperative community? That was the vision behind the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Kibbutz in 10 Minutes
Beginning with the founding of Degania in 1909, the kibbutz became one of the most influential social experiments of the modern era—a unique blend of Zionism…
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Don Isaac Abravanel in 10 Minutes
Born in 1437, Don Isaac Abravanel was one of the most remarkable figures in Jewish history—a statesman, financier, biblical commentator, philosopher, and…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Expulsion of the Jews from England in 10 Minutes
In 1290, King Edward I ordered the expulsion of all Jews from England, ending more than two centuries of Jewish life in the kingdom and making England the…
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The Burning of the Talmud in 10 MInutes
For centuries, the Talmud has stood at the heart of Jewish learning—but it has also been the target of censorship, confiscation, and destruction. Beginning…
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History of the Jewish Star Yellow Badge in 10 Minutes
Today, the yellow Star of David is most closely associated with the Holocaust, but the practice of forcing Jews to wear identifying badges began more than 700…
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The Fourth Lateran Council and the Jews in 10 Minutes
Convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215, the Fourth Lateran Council was one of the most influential church councils of the Middle Ages, shaping Christian…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate in 10 Minutes
Issued in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was a brief but world-changing statement in which the British government expressed its support for establishing a…
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The Acharonim in 10 Minutes
In this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, we reach the era of the Acharonim — the "Later Ones" — the final major group of rabbinic…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Rishonim in 10 Minutes
In this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, we enter the remarkable era of the Rishonim — the "Early Ones" — the medieval giants who shaped…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Geonim in 10 Minutes
Dive into the era of the supreme intellectual titans of the medieval Jewish world as we explore the Geonim, the heads of the prestigious Babylonian academies…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Savoraim in 10 Minutes
Dive into the mysterious "Bridge Generation" of Jewish history as we explore the era of the Savorim, the group of Babylonian scholars who operated between…
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The Amoraim in 10 Minutes
Dive into the age of the Amoraim, the "Speakers" and "Interpreters" who dominated the intellectual landscape of the Land of Israel and Babylonia from…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Tannaim in 10 Minutes
Step into the world of the Tannaim, the "Teachers" of the Land of Israel who operated from the beginning of the common era until approximately 200 CE. In this…
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The Zugot in 10 Minutes
In this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, we meet the Zugot — the legendary Pairs of sages who led the Jewish people during one of its most…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Soferim in 10 Minutes
In this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, we step into one of the most transformative eras in Jewish history: the time of the Soferim, the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Deborah the Prophetess in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we shine a light on one of the most remarkable women in Jewish history: Deborah the…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
The Seven Nations of Canaan in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we tackle one of the most morally challenging topics in the Torah: the command to…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Joshua and the Walls of Jericho in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we march with Joshua and the Israelites around the fortified walls of Jericho in one of…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Balaam's Talking Donkey in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we explore one of the most unusual and entertaining stories in the Torah: Balaam's…
- Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time
Korach's Rebellion in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we dive into one of the most dramatic and dangerous power struggles in the Torah…
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The Twelve Spies in 10 Minutes
Join us on this episode of Everything Jewish, 10 Minutes at a Time, as we unpack one of the most consequential and tragic stories in the Torah: the mission of…