Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse? The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?
See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history.
(If you don’t know what a "rabbinic responsa" is, you’ll fit right in.)
What do these questions reveal about our ancestors? What did they think, feel, and value? Explore five fascinating stories to find out.
Casese Explored: Barcelona, 1300; Algiers, 1450; Modena, 1530; Spain, 1450; Auschwitz, 1944
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