The Jewish History Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe Podcast
1) Ep. 86: Chofetz Chaim: A Portrait + TORCH 2025 Fundraiser
Please support the Jewish History Podcast by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org This is our only annual fundraiser. Every donation is DOUBLED! Support the Jewish History Podcast by vis...Show More
2) Ep. 85: Ark of the Covenant: History and Current Whereabouts
The Ark of the Covenant was the holiest and most iconic vessels of the Tabernacle, and subsequently the Temple. It was placed in the Holy of Holies and visited only once a year by the holiest person, ...Show More
3) The Purim Story (Rebroadcast)
TORCH Annual FundraiserΒ Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now atΒ giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will be DOUBLED. Ple...Show More
4) Ep. 84: Two-State Solution Part 2: A Century of Doomed Proposals + TORCH Fundraiser
TORCH Annual FundraiserΒ Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now atΒ giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will be DOUBLED. Ple...Show More
Ep. 84: Two-State Solution Part 2: A Century of Doomed Proposals + TORCH Fundraiser
1:21:05 | Mar 13th, 2024
5) Ep. 83: Two-State Solution Part 1: The Peril and Naivete of Promoting a Palestinian State + annual TORCH Fundraiser
Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will be DOUBLED. Please support the Jewish Hi...Show More
6) Ep. 82: Valor and Violence: Jews and Arabs in 1920s British Mandate Palestine
The Balfour Declaration was a pivotal shift in the prospects of the Zionist dream. For the first time, a major world power declared their intent β in a binding governmental commitment β to work toward...Show More
Ep. 82: Valor and Violence: Jews and Arabs in 1920s British Mandate Palestine
1:07:22 | Dec 18th, 2023
7) The History of Chanukah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans (Rebroadcast)
The holiday of Chanukah commemorates the triumph of theΒ Maccabean Revolt over the oppressive regime of Antiochus IV and theΒ Seleucid Empire.Β In this podcast we tell the story of this miraculous victor...Show More
8) Ep. 81: Hostage Rescues and Ransoms in Jewish History and Law
The Jewish people are at war. Our brethren in Israel are in midst of a fierce war in Gaza against the terrorist organization Hamas. The objectives of the campaign are the complete elimination of Hamas...Show More
9) Ep. 80: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Historical Background
The Arab-Israeli conflictΒ is front and center on the world stage today. The barbaric October 7th terrorist attacks β where more than a thousand innocent Jewish civilians were slaughtered, thousands m...Show More
10) Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
The final century of the Second Temple and the one that followed its destruction were pivotal ones of Jewish history. It was an era replete with absolute Torah giants β Hillel the Elder, Rabban Yochan...Show More