Harry Freedman's Jewish Histories

Harry Freedman's Jewish Histories

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The Posner Affair
Modernity versus tradition in 18th century Germany
Oct 16
1
Blowing in the Wind
Jewish Protest Singers in the 1960s (apart from Dylan)
Oct 9
6
Lord Shaftesbury’s 'Dash of Madness'
Christian Zionism in the early 18th century
Oct 3
3

September 2025

Hoping for an Apocalypse
The Crusades and the Jews of Jerusalem
Sep 25
10
The Magic of Oil
When Babylonian magic found its way into Jewish life
Sep 18
4
Is Your Name Alexander?
The unusual Jewish legacy of Alexander the Great
Sep 11
8
2
Education For All
The First Jewish Free School
Sep 4
3

August 2025

Slaying Holofernes
The popularity of the Book of Judith
Aug 28
9
Late to the Enlightenment
The Ongoing Impact of the Haskalah
Aug 21
1
Music, Maths and Satire
Tom Lehrer and his Mathematical Antecedents
Aug 14
8
The Woman who Wouldn’t Change
Esther Brandeau - the First Jew in Canada
Aug 7
2

July 2025

Pico’s Hebrew Teachers
Why he chose a disreputable one over a good one
Jul 31
10
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