Crash Course

Between blood libels, pogroms, the burning of the Talmud and expulsions from England and France in the 13th century, it...

Even as the situation of the Jews in Christian Europe rapidly deteriorated, one sage put his stamp on Jewry for...

The Crusades changed all of Jewish life in Europe. It changed the attitude of Christians towards Jews and Jews toward...

For 900 years, no Jew studies Torah or Talmud without Rashi. He is the guiding hand and gentle teacher who...

The Jews fulfilled three roles in Europe: money-lender, scapegoat and harbinger of new ideas. All three made him necessary as...

Jews faced increasingly harsher persecutions Christian dominated Spain, including accusations from usury, desecrating the host, blood libels and well poisoning.

Nachmanides is one of the greatest Jewish scholars ever. His resounding victory in a with the Church marked a turning...

The Golden Age of the Jews in Spain can be symbolized by one person, arguably the greatest person that the...

Solomon ibn Gabirol, Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra were three of the greatest Jews of the Golden Age. Their...

The Golden Age of Spanish Jewry, despite eruptions of Islamic fanaticism, was marked by expansion of Jewish wealth and influence...