History of the Romanian Jews (Exploration of Jewish Romanian Heritage and Contributions]
A brief history of the Romanian Jews from antiquity to present day and their contributions in Romania, United States and Israel
Episodes
35 episodes
#35 – Jewish Chișinău (Kishinev in Russian)
Chișinău HistoryChișinău Jewish HistoryChișinău Jewish Cultural PersonalitiesChișinău Jewish CemeteriesChișinău Synagogues
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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23:08
#34 – Jewish Cernăuți (Czernowitz in German, Chernivtsi in Ukrainian)
Cernăuți HistoryCernăuți Jewish HistoryCernăuți Jewish Cultural PersonalitiesCernăuți Jewish CemeteriesCernăuți Synagogues
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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21:41
#33 – Jewish Timișoara (Temesvár in Hungarian, Temeschburg in German, Temeshvar in Yiddish)
We continue the exploration of the Jewish history of Romanian cities with the city of Timișoara:TimișoaraTimișoara Jewish HistoryTimișoara Jewish CemeteriesTimișoara Synagogues
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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29:19
#32 – Jewish Cluj (Kolozsvár In Hungarian, Klausenburg in German, Kloyznburg in Yiddish)
We continue exploration of Jewish history of some of the major Romanian cities, with the city of Cluj:ClujCluj Jewish HistoryCluj Jewish CultureCluj Jewish CemeteriesCluj Synagogues
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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21:19
#31 – Jewish Iași (Jassy in English and Yiddish)
We continue here to explore the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities, with the city of Iași:IașiIași HistoryIași Jewish HistoryIași Jewish CultureIași Jewish CemeteriesIași ...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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27:19
#30 – Jewish București (Bucharest in English, Bukharest in Yiddish)
We will be exploring the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities so we start here with the capital, Bucharest:BucureștiBucurești Jewish HistoryBucurești Jewish NeighborhoodsBucurești Jewish Cemeteries...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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38:14
#29 – Remarkable Romanian Rabbis and Tzadikim
Rabbi Dr. Jacob Itzhak Niemirower Rabbi Alexandre Şafran Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson Rabbi Avraham Mattisyahu Friedman Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Rabbi Solomon Schechter&nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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40:14
#28 - The Jewish Queen - Magda Lupescu and King Carol II of Romania
Who was Elena (Magda) Lupescu ?Who was Carol II ?Their encounterTheir escapeBack on the throneLeaving RomaniaThe end of the their love affair
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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18:41
#27 - The most famous bank robbery in the Communist history
The robberyThe investigationConviction & executionThe movieRomania in 1959The drama actors Other moviesRobbery or staging?Conclusion
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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22:13
#26 - Lawrence of Arabia and Aaronsohn of Palestine
Aaron Aaronsohn, 6 years old boy from Bacău Aaron Aaronsohn, the Palestinian botanistAaron Aaronsohn, the locust fighterAaron Aaronsohn, the leader of the British spy network in PalestineAaron Aaron...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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22:33
#25 - Ana Pauker - the Romanian Jewish Woman Communist
One of the most powerful women communist, the Romanian Jew Ana Pauker:Ana Pauker's Communist startPost-war communist leadership1948-52 Romanian Jewish Alyiah and Pauker's role in itPauker's downfall
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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32:40
#24 - A Romanian Jew in Hollywood
The life of Eduard G. Robinson, the first Romanian-born Jew to make it in Hollywood:Emmanuel Goldenberg arrives in AmericaEdward G. Robinson first successesMarriage and childrenThe House Un-American Activi...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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19:28
#23 - Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and the Jews
Facts and fiction concerning the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, the fictionalized Dracula character and how all these relate to the Jews:The historical figure of Wallachian prince Vlad IIIVlad Dracula storiesT...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:49
#22 - Romanian Jews parachuted back into Romania
This is the story of Romanian Jews who were parachuted back into Romania during the Second World War:British-Yishuv collaboration during the 2nd World WarPalestinian Jews volunteersThe European parachuting pl...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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29:22
#21 – Haskalah and Jewish dilemma of Exclusion or Assimilation
The history of HaskalahRomanian HaskalahBenjamin Schwarzfeld Yehuda ben Mordehai Barasch Elias, Wilhelm and Moses Schwarzfeld Moses Gaster Lazăr Șăineanu <...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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47:49
#20 - Bessarabia Jews
Bessarabia locationHistorical DaciaMoldavian PrincipalityJewish Activity during the Moldavian PrincipalityJewish Organization during the Moldavian PrincipalityJewish Culture during the Moldavian...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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57:18
#19 - Bukovina Jews
Bukovina locationDaciaMoldavia PrincipalityAustrian occupationPaul CelanAharon Appelfeld The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/n...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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32:07
#18 - Sephardic Jews in Romania
Brief Sephardic HistorySephardic Jews Arrival in the Romanian LandsSephardic Jews in MoldovaSephardic Jews in TransylvaniaSephardic Jews in WallachiaSephardic Jews in Modern Romania...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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46:32
#17 – Khazars on the Romania territory
Khazar HistoryKhazar Jewish ConversionKhazars in TransylvaniaKhazars in WallachiaKhazars and the Question of Askenazi Jewish AncestryThe Notes for this episode could be found at https...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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53:04
#16 - Klezmer Music and Romania
Klezmer music and the connection to the Romanian landsWhat is Klezmer musicKlezmer music historyKlezmer music typesKlezmer musical elementsKlezmer music influenceThe Notes for ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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27:00
#15 - Hasidic Judaism and Romania
:Hasidic Judaism and Romania:HarediHasidic History and BeliefsHistoric Causes for HasidismHasidic OrganizationHasidic GarbHasidic FamilyHasidic DynastiesSatmar Hasidism<...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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47:15
#14 - Transylvania Jews
History of Transylvanian Jews:Transylvania part of DaciaThe Khazar Jews in TransylvaniaMedieval TransylvaniaPrincipality of TransylvaniaTransylvania part of the Austro-Hungarian empireTra...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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36:48
#13 - Jews and the Romanian Cultural Avantgarde
The First Cultural Wave - DadaismThe Second Cultural Wave: SurrealismThe Third Cultural Wave: LettrismThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/<...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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54:05