BOOK LAUNCH – MAVERICKS, MYSTICS & FALSE MESSIAHS (PODCAST)
Professor Jessica Marglin of USC talks to Rabbi Dunner at the launch of his debut book, “Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs” at Beverly Hills Synagogue.
Together they explore the array of unusual historical episodes featured in the book, which includes the oddest characters and most startling stories of modern Jewish history.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In a letter dated November 1861, General George B. McClellan — newly appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as commander of the Union Army —... Read More