Jewish History
"Captured by Pirates is Good"
The Four Captives Story, An Origin Story for the Growth of Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewry - A History Lecture with Rabbi Wes Kalmar (12/15/2021)
3 Part Series: Antisemitism's Past, Present and Future - Rabbi Wes Kalmar and Dr. Steven Baruch
Part 1 - "Anti-Semitism's Past - How have You experienced Anti-Semitism?" - click here to watch the recording
Part 2 – “Anti-Semitism's Today - How are Things Changing?” And a Post Mortem on the Washington Rally - click here to watch the recording
Part 3 - "Antisemitism's Future - What Can We Do?" - click here to watch the recording
Great Controversies in Jewish History Class Series by Rabbi Wes KalmarLive on Zoom & recorded(click on the class title to watch the class)
17th Century - Shabbetai Tzvi: The Man, the Movement, the Madness
Wed., July 15th, 2020: Class 2
18th Century - The Emden/Eyebshuetz Controversy: How Two of the Greatest Rabbis of the Day Divided the Jewish World
Wed., July 22nd, 2020: Class 3
19th Century - Chassidim vs. Misnagdim: How this Battle Shaped Jewish Life Until Today
Tues., July 28th, 2020: Class 4
20th Century - To Accept Reparations of Not: The Debate that Almost Tore Apart a Young Israel
Five For Figures - Characters in Tanach Series
Figure Alef - Avner ben Ner
Figure Bet - Barzilai
Figure Gimmel - Ga'al
Figure Dalet - Doeg
Figure Hey - Hoshea Ben Aleh
Figure Vav - Vashni
Figure Zayin - Zattu
ASKT Biography Series with Rabbi Wes Kalmar at ASKT
Class 1 - Yisroel Salanter - Wednesday Night, November 13, 2013 Click here for the link to the class
Class 2 - Rav Kook
Class 3 - Chazon Ish - Wednesday night, January 8, 2014 Click here for the link to the class
Seven Decades of Israel Class
A Decade by Decade Discussion of the Thrilling History of the Jewish State
with Rabbi Wes Kalmar, M.A. in Jewish History
Class date: March 7, 2018
Class 1: 1st Decade (1948 -1958)
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Class date: March 14, 2018
Class 2: 2nd Decade (1959 -1968)
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Class date: March 21, 2018
Class 3: 3rd Decade (1969 - 1978)
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Class date: April 11, 2018
Class 4: 4th Decade (1978 - 1988)
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Class date: May 2, 2018
Class 5: 5th Decade (1989 - 1998)
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Class date: May 9, 2018
Class 6: 6th Decade (1999 - 2008)
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Class date: July 11, 2018
Class 7: 7th Decade - (2009 - 2018)
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