Jew Oughta Know

Jason Harris
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Jun 16, 2019 • 19min

66. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Gilgal Refaim

Around 5,000 years ago someone built a massive, Stonehenge-like structure on the Golan Heights in Israel. But we have no clue who or why -- was it an ancient race of giants?
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Jun 10, 2019 • 23min

65. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Holocaust Mysteries

Three unsolved mysteries from the Holocaust: the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, who betrayed Anne Frank, and the wartime actions of Pope Pius XII.
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Jun 2, 2019 • 24min

64. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Ten Lost Tribes

We lost ten Israelite tribes 2,500 years ago, but we might have found a few still around today in some unlikely places.
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May 19, 2019 • 23min

63. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?

Christopher Columbus might possibly have been Jewish. Either way, Jews played a central role in his 1492 Voyage of Discovery.
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May 12, 2019 • 21min

62. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Lost Menorah

The original menorah that you use at Hanukah went missing around 1,600 years ago. We know the Romans had it last. Was it destroyed? Misplaced? Hidden in the Vatican? There are all kinds of rumors, feel free to pick your favorite.
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May 5, 2019 • 20min

61. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Golem

Something both living and dead has been hidden up in the attic of the Old-New Synagogue in Prague for the last 500 years.
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Apr 28, 2019 • 20min

60. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Schneerson Collection

There is legal and diplomatic fighting (with celebrities!) between Chabad, Russia, and the United States over who is the rightful owner of tens of thousands of texts amassed by the leading rabbis of Chabad over the last several hundred years.
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Apr 21, 2019 • 22min

59. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: King David's Tomb

Kickoff to Season 3 on Unsolved Jewish Mysteries. Where is the tomb of King David, ancient Israel's greatest ruler?
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Feb 10, 2019 • 27min

58. The Decision

Season finale on the History of Zionism. A look back at the full sweep of Zionism as the Jewish world waits for Ben Gurion to decide on declaring the Jewish State.
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Feb 3, 2019 • 25min

57. Original Sin

In the push to take back Jerusalem Jewish fighters commit a horrible atrocity at Deir Yassin. The Arabs follow in kind. Just a few days before independence, the future Jewish state is in doubt.

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