CURIOSITIES, CRACKPOTS & CHARLATANS (PODCAST)
Once again, Rabbi Dunner explores the shadowy margins of Jewish history, presenting a range of astounding historical curiosities, including the “rabbi” who helped Henry VIII divorce Catherine of Aragon; Elizabeth I‘s Jewish Royal Physician who was executed for attempting to poison her; and the son of a British chief rabbi who published “Besamim Rosh“, one of the most notorious rabbinic forgeries in Jewish literary history.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) What happens when keeping strict halacha on Pesach becomes difficult — in war, under tyranny, or during spiritual crisis? From Roman legionaries to Soviet... Read More