As the Jews of Ashkenaz moved eastward, they brought their customs and language with them. What they found waiting in Poland was a refuge that would allow them to prosper for hundreds of years. Want to help tell the Jewish Story? Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfeuer
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Rav Mike is on the road and taking time to reflect on the need for narrative therapy in many nations. The events in Charlottesville pose a lot of questions of how a nation which contains many narratives can learn to tell a story that can unite rather than divide. They also raise a red flag…
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The Expulsion from Spain marks a turning point in Jewish history. In addition to a national trauma which evokes the memory of the Temple’s destruction, it challenges the model of identity which has served the Jews for nearly 2000 years. In this epilogue, Rav Mike takes a look back at where we have been in…
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The history of Zionism can be seen as a long discussion about what it means to be a nation. In honor of the State of Israel’s 70th birthday, Rav Mike gives an overview of the meaning of the word Am, and makes a call to continue the conversation. Want to help tell the Jewish Story?…
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A lot more happened in 1492 than Columbus sailing the ocean blue. Upon their marriage, Ferdinand and Isabella are determined to make newborn Spain a unified country, which means that there is no place for Am Yisrael. The tools of Inquisition and war will earn them the title of the Catholic Monarchs, and will birth…
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The forced conversion of tens of thousands of Jews may have seemed like a great victory for Christianity, but in reality these conversos were a ticking bomb in the heart of Christian culture. In this episode Rav Mike speaks about the lead up to the great expulsion – the last great Christian/Jewish debate of the…
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When the storm broke in 1391, thousands were dead and even more converted. A new model of identity was born in the century before the expulsion, and it poses challenges that are present down to our day. Want to help tell the Jewish Story? Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfeuer
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