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
44 episodes
#44 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from București (Bucharest)
Bucureşti Jewish HistoryBucureşti Rabbinical LeadersBucureşti Jewish Artists, Intellectuals and Civic Leaders
#43 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Constanța and Craiova
Constanţa Jewish HistoryConstanţa Rabbinical LeadersConstanţa Artists, Intellectuals and Civic Leaders Craiova Jewish HistoryCraiova Artists, Intellectuals and Civic L...
#42 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Brăila and Galați
Brăila Jewish HistoryBrăila Rabbinical LeadersBrăila Artists, Intellectuals and Civic LeadersGalaţi Jewish HistoryGalaţi Rabbinical LeadersGalaţi Artists, I...
#41 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Bârlad and Focșani
Bârlad Jewish HistoryBârlad Rabbinical LeadersBârlad Artists, Intellectuals and Civic LeadersFocșani Jewish HistoryFocșani Rabbinical Leaders<...
#40 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Piatra Neamț and Roman
Piatra Neamț Jewish HistoryPiatra Neamț Rabbinical LeadersPiatra Neamț Artists, Intellectuals and Civic LeadersRoman Jewish HistoryRoman Rabbinical Leaders
#39 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Bacău and Vaslui
Bacău Jewish HistoryBacău Rabbinical LeadersBacău Artists, Intellectuals and Civic LeadersVaslui Jewish HistoryVaslui Rabbinical Leaders
#38 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Iași (Jassy)
Iași Jewish HistoryIași Rabbinical LeadersIași Artists, Intellectuals and Civic Leaders
#37 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Botoşani
Botoşani Jewish HistoryBotoşani Rabbinical LeadersBotoşani Artists, Intellectuals and Civic Leaders
#36 - Prominent Romanian Jewish Personalities and Families from Dorohoi and Suceava
Dorohoi Jewish HistoryDorohoi Rabbinical LeadersDorohoi Artists, Intellectuals and Civic LeadersSuceava Jewish HistorySuceava Rabbinical LeadersSuceava Arti...
#35 – Jewish Chișinău (Kishinev in Russian)
Chișinău HistoryChișinău Jewish HistoryChișinău Jewish Cultural PersonalitiesChișinău Jewish CemeteriesChișinău Synagogues
#34 – Jewish Cernăuți (Czernowitz in German, Chernivtsi in Ukrainian)
Cernăuți HistoryCernăuți Jewish HistoryCernăuți Jewish Cultural PersonalitiesCernăuți Jewish CemeteriesCernăuți Synagogues
#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
#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
#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 ...
#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...
#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...
#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
#27 - The most famous bank robbery in the Communist history
The robberyThe investigationConviction & executionThe movieRomania in 1959The drama actors Other moviesRobbery or staging?Conclusion
#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...
#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
#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...
#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...
#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...