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Origins of Ashkenaz

Chasidei Ashkenaz: The Rhineland Pietistic Movement
🏰 Following the harrowing events of the Crusades, rebounding Rhineland Jewish communities nurtured a small but influential pietistic movement that…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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The Jewish Experience of the Crusades and the Crusade Chronicles
🏰 The First Crusade in particular, but also the Second and Third Crusades, shattered the Jewish communities of the Rhineland Valley, profoundly…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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The Rhineland Valley (Shu"m) Communities
🏰 The cradle of Ashkenazi Jewish culture was the Rhineland Valley, and particularly the communities of Speyer, Worms, and Mainz. Today, we explore the…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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The First Families of Ashkenaz
🏰 The four famed families of Rome and the multi-branched Kalonymos family were renowned as founders of Ashkenazi culture. Today, we further untangle…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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The Origins of Ashkenazi Jewry
🏰 Today we begin a series on the formation of Ashkenaz, in the broad sense of northern Europe, covering the period from its beginnings, explored here…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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