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Jewish History Lectures Hebrew logo Usually in personal and national life things are pretty much settled by the time sixty years pass. However, this is apparently not so for our wonderful little country.   Benny Morris, the noted Israeli historian who has tempered his previous post-Zionist views greatly over the past few years has written a new book entitled “1948.”   In reviewing the events and war that occurred in that first year of Israel’s creation, he now comes to the stark conclusion that sixty years later that war has not yet ended and that the eventual victor has not yet universally been recognized and accepted.   Jewish History Lectures logo Read More
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The beginning part of this week’s parsha refers to the special laws and status regarding kohanim – the descendants of Aharon. It is common knowledge that a study based on the DNA samples of many current day kohanim revealed a common genetic strain amongst a considerable number of those who participated in the study. This strain was found to be common even amongst people who lived in different areas of the world separated by thousands of miles and centuries of differing ethnicities.   Jewish History Lectures logo Read More

Rabbi Berel Wein, a noted scholar, historian, educator and raconteur - admired the world over for his lectures, books and now films - particularly on Jewish history. RabbiWein.com is your ultimate resource for Jewish history, Jewish education and Torah related subjects. Rabbi Wein has created hundreds of lectures - now in CD format and also available on MP3. You can access information on the history of Israel, the history of Jerusalem, history of the Holocaust, Jewish biographies and much more.