Vilna Gaon to the Modern Era
Crash Course in Jewish History

The modern era brought about worldwide secularization and created a formidable divide in Jewish society. Reform Judaism, the haskala movement, socialism, and political Zionism swept away masses of Jews. Yet amongst Traditionalists grew Chassidus, the yeshiva movement, and the mussar movement. Rabbi Wein leads us through the 18th and 19th centuries to the calamitous 20th - the century of World War I, World War II, and the Holocaust. Yet after the tragedies, modern miracles followed. Against the odds, Jews gained control of their own state of Israel. In a glorious end to this informative tape series, Rabbi Wein will leave you thanking God for this current moment in history.