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SJ's avatar

Incredibly important. I'm looking forward to more articles expounding upon our rich history!

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Yosef Hirsh's avatar

Excellent article....expecting references to "these and those"😉

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Happy's avatar

Wow, didn't take long to get from this to this https://yitz.substack.com/p/a-rare-view-into-the-mind-of-a-rebbe

to this

https://yitz.substack.com/p/how-zionism-and-the-state-of-israel

to finally this

https://simonfurst.substack.com/p/the-clash-of-eras-historical-consciousness/comment/69424650

In the digital age, it's possible to do to yourself in a couple of months what took the Reform movement several decades. But it's more likely a case of הוכיח סופו על תחילתו.

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Yitz's avatar

Instead of being a spectator, I welcome you to join the discussion ❤️

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Ezra Brand's avatar

Nice piece, thanks.

Re your footnote, pointing to podcasts for Jewish history, there's also Seforim Chatter, which is excellent. See my index here: https://www.academia.edu/94100918/Index_By_Century_Discussed_of_Interviews_of_Historians_on_Seforim_Chatter_Podcast

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Ezra Brand's avatar

And re "There actually is a good historical reason why Jewish history and Tanach are largely overlooked as part of the frum curiculum".

Additional reasons, besides haskalah:

Re tanakh, already in medieval times it was deprecated in favor of talmud (famously explicitly so by rabbeinu tam).

Re history: this hasn't been pursued by Jews in 2000 years, essentially since the bible. See yerushalmi, zakhor

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