Henry Abramson

Miami-based researcher of Jewish History and Thought.

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The Mishnah: Creating a Portable Judaism HIS 155 Lecture 1.5

Alter Kacyzne, “Pinsk Jews Reading Mishnah,” 1924. Source: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via…

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Philo Judaeus of Alexandria: Jews in the Greek World

Depiction of Philo Judaeus in the Schedelsche Weltchronik (1493).

Virtually ignored by Jewish…

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Jewish Biography as History: Schedule of Lectures for Fall 2013

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The Dreyfus Affair (This Week in Jewish History)

The Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus by Henri Meyer. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Wrongly accused of…

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Who Was Josephus?

Roman bust believed to be a likeness of Flavius Josephus. Looks Jewish to me.

Captured by the…

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Rembrandt and the Jews (This Week in Jewish History)

Rembrandt self-portrait.

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Rembrandt…

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Who Was Josephus? Fall 2013 Lecture Series in Jewish History Resumes This Week

Photo: Aryeh Abramson looks out over Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada, where he spent the Sukkot…

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Free Download of Maimonides on Teshuvah by Dr. Henry Abramson

Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was one of the greatest minds the Jewish people ever produced:…

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Pope Gregory I and the Jews (This Week in Jewish History) Dr. Henry Abramson

15th century bust of Gregorius I Maximus by Hans Bilger. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Pope Gregory I…

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Jewish Children Forced Into the Tsar's Army (This Week in Jewish History)

Isidor Kaufman (1853-1921), Portrait of a Yeshiva Boy. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Reeling from the…

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The Fox in the Ruins: The Roman-Jewish Wars (HIS 155 Lecture 1.3)

Coin from the Bar-Kokhba movement. Source: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. on Wikimedia Commons.

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Judaism and the Origins of Christianity HIS 155 Lecture 1.4

Synagoga, Notre Dame de Paris (19th c.). Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Born in turbulent times,…

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Jews, Lepers and the Black Death (This Week in Jewish History)

Jews Burned to Death in Strasbourg, c. 1349. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

The summer of 1321 was…

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Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (This Week in Jewish History)

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) Source: Wikimedia Commons

In August of 1778, the non-Jewish…

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Start the Year Right with a Free Online Course in Jewish History

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The Pale of Settlement (This Week in Jewish History)

Emil Flohri, “Stop Your Cruel Oppression of the Jews” (1904). Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Officially…

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Two Jews, Three Opinions: Jews and Judaism in the Year Zero

Duro-Europas Synagogue Mural (3rd c.). Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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