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12 unusual facts about Jewish history


Abraham Rabinovich

Abraham Rabinovich is a historian and journalist who has published several books on recent Jewish history.

Ismar Schorsch

Dr. Ismar Schorsch became the sixth Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish history.

Lionel S. Reiss

Reiss became known for his portraits of Jewish people and landmarks in Jewish history, which he made during his trip to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the early 1920s.

Matthew 1:3

There were many greater, more notable, and more virtuous women in Jewish history that are not mentioned.

Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy

Students complete daily coursework in conversational Hebrew, the study of Chumash, Talmud, and Judaic history.

Raphael Patai

Patai's work was wide-ranging but focused primarily on the cultural development of the ancient Hebrews and Israelites, on Jewish history and culture, and on the anthropology of the Middle East generally.

RAVSAK

Each summer, participants of a given cohort attend a workshop at New York University conducted by leading scholars and educators in the field of Jewish history.

The workshop encourages the teams of teachers to think in innovative ways about the teaching of Jewish history in their schools.

By the end of the summer workshop, each team reports on its plans for reshaping the teaching of Jewish history during the upcoming academic year.

These projects focus on heightening teacher awareness of curricular issues and themes relating to the teaching of Jewish history.

Re/Presenting the Jewish Past is a pathbreaking new program designed to strengthen the teaching of Jewish history in day schools.

Rebecca Fromer

Fromer authored and co-authored several historical books and articles on Jewish history.


Bernard Dov Cooperman

Bernard Dov Cooperman (born October 9, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Louis L. Kaplan Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Maryland in the Department of History.

Ismar Elbogen

He obtained his rabbinical diploma in 1899 and was appointed lecturer on Biblical exegesis and Jewish history at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence.

Jonathan Steinberg

Steinberg's teaching covers modern Europe since 1789 with specialization in the German and Austrian Empires, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and modern Jewish history.

Sam Glaser

Kol Bamidbar/A Musical Journey Through the Five Books of Moses (1999) - Thirteen songs of Jewish history from the stories of the Torah, the full musical with libretto by TV writer David Sacks has been performed by Mr. Glaser and casts of local children in over 40 cities throughout North America.

Second Temple period

The Second Temple period in Jewish history lasted between 530 BCE and 70 CE, when the Second Temple of Jerusalem existed.