Explore medieval Jewish communities through the Middle Ages, Islamic law, and the rise of Jewish philosophers. In this class we will look at the history of the Jews during the Middle Ages. After the rise of Islam circa 600 C.E., Jewish communities in the ancient Near East found themselves living under laws of the Pact […]
Join Rabbi Pinchas Giller to explore the myths and realities of Hasidic Jews today Many of us think we can recognize Hasidic Jews, but do we really know them? Over four classes, we’ll explore the myths and realities of Hasidism, an 18th-century movement that was nearly destroyed by the Holocaust, but now is flourishing and […]
Join author Dan Schulman to learn how German-Jewish immigrants forged financial empires Author Daniel Schulman and UC Riverside’s Michael Alexander explore the captivating narrative of German-Jewish immigrants who transformed modern finance and the stock market in America. Arriving with little, they rose from peddling trinkets to founding global giants like Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loeb, and […]
Author Dina Porat discusses the true story of a vigilante group of Holocaust survivors who conspired to kill six million Germans. Author Dina Porat and AJU’s Michael Berenbaum discuss Porat’s new book, Nakam (Hebrew for "vengeance") which tells the story of "the Avengers" (Nokmim), a group of young Holocaust survivors led by poet and resistance […]
Join author Michael Benson to explore the history of Jewish mobsters who fought Nazis in America during WWII Join author Michael Benson, in conversation with AJU’s Samuel Rosenbaum, to learn the untold saga of Jewish mobsters combating the rise of Nazism in 1930s and 1940s America. Discover stories of mob-led resistance to the terrifying wave […]
