A playlist from The Jewish Story
Tiberias, Safed and the Galilee
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Through the Flames
July 21, 2018 · 41 min · Episode page →
In this episode, R' Mike describes the destruction of Jerusalem from without and from within. In order to do so he compares the perspectives of the great Jewish...
About this playlist
The Galilee: the war against Rome, the holy cities of Tiberias and Safed, and Israel's northern border under fire.
Where this sits in the story
4 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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