Archive - Harry Freedman's Jewish Histories

Europe’s Wandering Jews

18th century vagrants with a worse reputation than they deserved

Jul 10

Becoming a bit Babylonian

How the Jews of the 1st Exile adopted Babylonian culture

Jul 3

June 2025

May 2025

The Festival of Controversy

How Shavuot Took on a New Meaning, and Caused Much Trouble.

May 27

A Jewish Boy from a Small Town

Bob Dylan’s Early Life

May 22

Akiva and Aesop

The Ancient Origins of Jewish Parables

May 15

The Jewish Pope

There is a History Behind the Fantasy

May 8

Independence and Ideology

How many States make a Solution?

May 1

April 2025

The Story Tellers

Jewish Folklore Emerges from Obscurity

Apr 24

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