
History of the Romanian Jews
A brief history of the Romanian Jews from antiquity to present day and their contributions in Romania, United States and Israel
Episodes
21 episodes
#21 – Haskalah and Jewish dilemma of Exclusion or Assimilation
HaskalahRomanian HaskalahBenjamin Schwarzfeld Yehuda ben Mordehai Barasch Elias, Wilhelm and Moses Schwarzfeld Moses Gaster Lazăr Șăineanu Moise Ronett...
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Season 1
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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

#12 - Jews and the Romanian Culture
Jewish Hebrew and Yiddish WritersJewish Romanian WritersContributions to Medicine and MathematicsContributions to TheaterJewish PressContributions to Literary Aestheticism and Criticism...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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44:43

#11 - Romanian Jews in Israel
Early Palestine emigrationThe Major Aliyah during and after the 2nd World WarImportant Israeli Personalities of Romanian BackgroundThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanian...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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24:14

#10 - Romanian Jews in America
Immigration to US before 1900sImmigration to US after 1900sRomanian Jews in New YorkThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ <...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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21:31

#9 - Romanian Jewish Emigration
The Massive Economic Emigration of Early 1900sThe Antisemitism and Holocaust Caused EmigrationEmigration from Communist RomaniaThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:33

#8 - Romanian Jews and Zionism
Romanian Zionism before the official ZionismRomanian Participation to the Zionism CongressesZionism Activities in RomaniaThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/n...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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17:32

#7 - Jews in Communist Romania
Communist Romania 1944-1952Jewish Emigration as a Source of Funds for the Communist RegimeRomania after the 1989 RevolutionJewish Stereotypes in the Romanian CultureThe Notes for this episode ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:57

#6 - Romanian Jews and the Holocaust
The wide-spread antisemitismBucharest pogromIasi pogromThe killing of the Jews in Bessarabia and BukovinaThe killing of the Jews in Northern TransylvaniaJewish resistanceThe ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:27

#5 - Jews in the 20th century Romania
Demographic ChangesThe First World WarRomanian CitizenshipExplosion of AntisemitismThe Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ <...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:58

#4 - Jews in Romania in the 19th century
Jewish discrimination in the Romanian PrincipalitiesJewish presence in the two capitals, Jassy and BucharestJews and the 1848 revolutionJews and the union of Moldova and Wallachia principalities into the kingdom ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:42

#3 - Jews in Romania in the 17th and 18th centuries
The establishment of the first Romanian Sephardic and Ashkenazi communitiesThe first recorded Jewish personalities at the two principalities courtsTartar and Cossacks invasions and their consequencesFirst anti-Je...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:57

#2 - Early Jewish Presence on the Romanian Territory
Early Jewish presence in the pre-roman and post-roman DaciaKhazars' presence in the Romanian spaceJews in the newly established principalities of Moldova and WallachiaThe Notes for this episode cou...
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Episode 2
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22:26

#1 - Introduction to the History of Romanian Jews podcast
The first episode presents briefly the topics to be covered, how often new episodes will be published, the pronunciation issues and explains the music chosen for the background and the podcast cover.The Notes for this episode cou...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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