06 August 2007

Blog: Jewish History Channel

Joel of the Jewish History Channel blog doesn't post that frequently, but each entry is packed with interesting information. In addition to Jewish history, he has a particular focus on Sephardim and genealogy.

Topics include:

*Berbers, Jews, Europeans; connection?
*Origin of the Yiddish term 'Chunyuk'
*More on Rosh's descendants ...
*Shadal and R' Leone Da Modena
*Rabbi Leone Da Modena and the custom of Yom Kippur Katan
*Binyamin Ze'ev (Theodore) Herzl, Sephardic roots?
*Professor Marc Shapiro on the Moroccan Rabbinate (audio)
*Sephardic Jews of Ashkenazic descent Part 1
*Relations between first Jewish settlers and Lebanese Christians
*The Ten Lost Tribes are still lost (Part 2)
*Whatever happened to the descendants of America's first Jews?
*Sephardim and Yiddish?
*The wonderful world of book collecting
*Sidelocks (Peyot) in Jewish tradition
*Sephardim and Ashkenazim communities in history
*Favorite short quotes on and about history

Enjoy!

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