Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
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Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz
Rabbi Dovid Katz, PhD is lauded for his extensive knowledge of Jewish History, his engaging and insightful lecture series, and eye opening historical international tours.
Follow him weekly. New content released each week, including Personalities in Jewish History, Insights into Tefillah and Perspectives on the Haftarah and Parshah. Sponsorships of podcasts are available. He can be reached at the following email: rabbidkatz@gmail.com.
Episodes
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Jan 20, 2026 • 34min
The Holiday of the 2nd of Teves: The Anniversary of the Death of Herod
He gave orders to kill all the Gedolim when he died, in order to make sure there would be plenty of wailing and crying on the day of his death
Jan 19, 2026 • 38min
More on Sinas Chinam in Jewish History - a reference to the destruction of the 2nd Temple
Was there שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם in the era of the בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן?
Jan 19, 2026 • 29min
Parshas Bo: When did Moses become humble?
His princely/aristocratic upbringing in the Palace was not one calculated to make someone humble. Quite the opposite!
Jan 16, 2026 • 55min
"Persian Gulf" in Chronology: Three takes on the discrepancy in Ancient Sources
This is the second part of a two-part series
Jan 13, 2026 • 31min
The Current Situation in France (Christians, Moslems, Jews) in Light of French History
Divine "Chessboard": The Christians of Europe could have recaptured the Middle East centuries ago if the French had not blocked them from doing so. OTOH had that happened, Medinat Yisrael would never have come into being.
Jan 13, 2026 • 30min
Haftarah VaEra- The Saadia-Dunash Debate (10th Century) on the Meaning of "אֲנִי עֲשִׂיתִנִי"
Boastful Pharaoh will have a ridiculous death: He will be like an Alligator dropped into the Middle of the Sahara Desert!
Jan 12, 2026 • 33min
The Jews of Bucovina, an important community in Central Europe You never heard of
The remarkable and variegated Jewish Community of the capital city Czernowitz, which ran the gamut from Hasidim (Sadegur and Vishnitz) to Germanized Meshumadim ... and everything in between!
Jan 12, 2026 • 23min
The Current Situation in Iran: Will Trump go in? I don't think so
The American record of encouraging uprisings but not supporting them
Jan 12, 2026 • 30min
Who is putting up Hitler's speeches (in English) on you tube? And why?
There is a centrally-directed evil conspiracy to popularize Hitler and everything he stood for in order to attack Israel (which has benefited from the Holocaust Narrative) and to attack the Jewish People and provoke another Holocaust. Really.Such s the price of the unregulated internet...
Jan 11, 2026 • 31min
פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא תשפ"ו - Two opposing traditions re: what language the Jews spoke in Egypt
Did God speak Hebrew or did He speak Egyptian when he addressed the Jews at the Ten Commandments?
