# History for the Curious - The Jewish History Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442.md RSS feed: https://feed.podbean.com/rabbiaubreyhersh/feed.xml Official site: https://rabbiauberyhersh.podbean.com Author: JLE Episodes: 200 ## Resource History for the Curious The most talked-about Jewish History Podcast History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh, live from Olami UK in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys, to reveal the untold stories, the scandals, and the mysteries, that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. Encounter leaders, visionaries, spies, heroes & traitors and unpack 2,000 years of Jewish heritage. Go back to the story of Jews in the Temple of Jerusalem. Confront the dilemmas of the Holocaust. Visit Paris, Prague, Vilna, London, Venice, New York & the Cairo Geniza. Meet The Russian Czar, Ramchal, Maharal, Maimonides, Churchill, Shabbetai Zvi and the Hapsburgs. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442.md ## Episodes - [#197: Tisha B'av: Two Harrowing Letters - Two Powerful Testimonies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/197-tisha-b-av-two-harrowing-letters-two-powerful-testimonies) — 2026-07-21T11:04:05+00:00 - [#196: The WWII Hero who Rescued Budapest's Jews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/196-the-wwii-hero-who-rescued-budapest-s-jews) — 2026-07-12T10:51:29+00:00 - [#195: The Holocaust - An Unprecedented Crime and an American Betrayal?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/195-the-holocaust-an-unprecedented-crime-and-an-american-betrayal) — 2026-06-28T11:18:29+00:00 - [#194: Three Extraordinary 20th Century Lives feat. Dr Yossi Adler & Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/194-three-extraordinary-20th-century-lives-feat-dr-yossi-adler-rabbi-dr-akiva-tatz) — 2026-06-12T15:40:12+00:00 - [#193: Vaccines, Potions & Charlatans - Jewish Medicine in the 19th Century.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/193-vaccines-potions-charlatans-jewish-medicine-in-the-19th-century) — 2026-05-28T10:54:14+00:00 - [#192: Reform vs Orthodoxy: The Battle of 19th Century Europe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/192-reform-vs-orthodoxy-the-battle-of-19th-century-europe) — 2026-05-13T00:10:21+00:00 - [#191: Moses Mendelssohn - Father of Reform?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/191-moses-mendelssohn-father-of-reform) — 2026-04-28T16:27:55+00:00 - [Hesped: Mrs Fernande Hersh a''h (1930 - 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/hesped-mrs-fernande-hersh-a-h-1930-2026) — 2026-04-21T20:45:51+00:00 - [Baruch Dayan HaEmes: The Passing of Rabbi Aubrey Hersh’s Mother](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/baruch-dayan-haemes-the-passing-of-rabbi-aubrey-hersh-s-mother) — 2026-04-16T23:34:00+00:00 - [#190: Bread of Defiance: Matzah and Pesach in the Soviet Union](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/190-bread-of-defiance-matzah-and-pesach-in-the-soviet-union) — 2026-03-26T17:26:30+00:00 - [#189: Chida: 40 Years of Danger, Journeys & Discovery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/189-chida-40-years-of-danger-journeys-discovery) — 2026-03-19T10:50:41+00:00 - [#188: Journey through Music's Mysticism, Sound & History - featuring Alex Clare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/188-journey-through-music-s-mysticism-sound-history-featuring-alex-clare) — 2026-03-04T12:21:35+00:00 - [#187: Wine in the Modern Era: feat. Nathan Herzog (President of Kedem Wines) & Rabbi Akiva Padwa (International Kashrus expert)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/187-wine-in-the-modern-era-feat-nathan-herzog-president-of-kedem-wines-rabbi-akiva-padwa-international-kashrus-expert) — 2026-02-23T23:26:58+00:00 - [#186: Wine - Romans to the Rishonim in History & Halacha](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/186-wine-romans-to-the-rishonim-in-history-halacha) — 2026-02-15T10:00:00+00:00 - [#185: Spanish Inquisition - 350 Years of Jewish Defiance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/185-spanish-inquisition-350-years-of-jewish-defiance) — 2026-02-03T12:56:58+00:00 - [#184: Spanish Jewry II - 1460 - 1492: The Walls Close In](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/184-spanish-jewry-ii-1460-1492-the-walls-close-in) — 2026-01-27T19:48:22+00:00 - [#183: Spanish Jewry 1348-1460: Into the Abyss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/183-spanish-jewry-1348-1460-into-the-abyss) — 2026-01-14T11:45:17+00:00 - [#182: 10th Teves: Our History - The Message - Our Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/182-10th-teves-our-history-the-message-our-future) — 2025-12-30T00:45:26+00:00 - [#181: The Menorah - History's Greatest Jewish Mystery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/181-the-menorah-history-s-greatest-jewish-mystery) — 2025-12-21T13:57:46+00:00 - [#180: Chanukah - Celebrating the War We Didn't Win?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/180-chanukah-celebrating-the-war-we-didn-t-win) — 2025-12-11T21:00:58+00:00 - [#179: The Most Unbelievable Story in Modern History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/179-the-most-unbelievable-story-in-modern-history) — 2025-12-04T21:00:48+00:00 - [#178: The Vanished Jews of England II: 1290-1650](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/178-the-vanished-jews-of-england-ii-1290-1650) — 2025-11-25T12:43:01+00:00 - [#177: The Vanished Jews of England: 1290-1650](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/177-the-vanished-jews-of-england-1290-1650) — 2025-11-17T21:38:01+00:00 - [#176: Yishmael vs Yisrael X: Echoes of Conflict - feat. Rabbi Zev Leff & Lord David Wolfson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/176-yishmael-vs-yisrael-x-echoes-of-conflict-feat-rabbi-zev-leff-lord-david-wolfson) — 2025-11-06T13:55:25+00:00 - [What is Jewish History?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-the-curious-the-jewish-history-podcast-4092442/what-is-jewish-history) — 2025-10-26T13:57:40+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.