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Podcast: Jewish History Matters
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Why Jewish History Matters
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:04:34
Publish Date: 2018-01-15 21:58:47
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Jewish history is a world history, spanning three thousand years and nearly every continent and country. It’s the tale of a diverse people that have survived and thrived no matter where they ended up, a story of globalization long before the modern world.

And it’s a history of minorities that illustrates both persecution and perseverance. In the end, Jewish history is more than the history of the Jews themselves—it’s the history of the world in which they have lived, of the ideas they have generated, of the cultures and religions which have existed in a constant pull of interaction, hybridity, and borrowing.

This podcast is dedicated to exploring why the Jews’ history is important, and how the newest research and enduring issues of Jewish studies have something to offer to our understanding of the world at large. It presents the argument that in order to understand history and the human experience broadly speaking, we need to understand the Jews. Looking to American history, European history, the histories of colonialism, science, or philosophy, let alone other topics, we cannot overlook the Jews both as people who played a part in it as well as an important example of the place of minorities in these societies and histories. To disregard the Jews would be to neglect the nuances and complexities of history.
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