The Jewish Story

Daniel Kroft
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The Jewish Story is a Jewish History podcast for the 21st Century. In it, we use the latest in archaeology, linguistics, and historical methods to sculpt a history of the Jewish people, from the exodus out of Egypt until the present! Theme tune courtesy of Crowander via the Free Music Archive

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Episode 1: The Messiah Reborn? (Portugal and Italy; 1492 - 1530 CE)

    In this episode, we will see what became of the conversos who fled to Portugal in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition, tour the first formal Jewish ghetto in history, and meet two mysterious Jewish figures who would go on to brush shoulders with popes and kings.

    39 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Episode 2: New Frontiers (the Americas, Eastern Europe and the Middle East; 1492 - 1530 CE)

    In this episode, we will meet the first conversos to set foot on the American continent, see an Ashkenazi population boom in Poland and Lithuania, and witness the rise to dominance of the Mamluk and Ottoman Empires.

    41 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Episode 3: A Dangerous Escape (1500 - 1555 CE)

    In this episode, we meet the Mendes family, and watch as they orchestrate the daring and dangerous escape of thousands of conversos from Portugal.

    33 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Episode 4: The Jews at Court (1555 - 1600 CE)

    In this episode, we see a new Pope elected, and a new wave of Jewish expulsions sweep across Europe. We follow Gracia and Joseph Nasi to Constantinople, and watch them ascend to great heights within the Ottoman Empire. We see a new Jewish city established in northern Palestine, and learn of the golden age of Kaballah. And we meet the Jewish serving women who became close advisors of some of the most powerful political figures in Ottoman society.

    38 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Episode 5: East and West (1500 - 1665 CE)

    In this episode, we return to India to meet two new groups of Jews who would become prominent populations in Indian society; we travel to China, where we see how Chinese Jews attempted to blend Jewish tradition with Chinese neo-Confuscian culture and philosophy; and we survey the Jews of East and West Africa, and briefly discuss the evidence of Afro-Jewish origin.

    30 min

  6. 11/12/2024

    Episode 0: Season 3 Recap

    In this episode, we will review the history covered in Season 3, spanning from the Great Schism of the church in 1054 CE until the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492.

    12 min
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The Jewish Story is a Jewish History podcast for the 21st Century. In it, we use the latest in archaeology, linguistics, and historical methods to sculpt a history of the Jewish people, from the exodus out of Egypt until the present! Theme tune courtesy of Crowander via the Free Music Archive

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  • Creator
    Daniel Kroft
  • Episodes
    30
  • Seasons
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Daniel Kroft 2021
  • Show Website
    The Jewish Story