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Veiled Reference Podcast
Glikl of Hameln is a familiar and beloved character to Jewish history enthusiasts. In this episode, we dive beneath the surface of Glikl’s words to deeply appreciate the forces at play for women of her era. In conversation with Professor Elisheva Carlebach. Dr. Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, at Columbia University.  
BONUS MINIPOD: Shabtai Zvi, Birkas Kohanim, and the Path Away from the Kosel
Tzipora Weinberg
Veiled Reference Podcast
The Silent Strength of Joanna of Burgos Joanna is a name most people won’t recognize, but her story is one for the ages. This episode describes one woman’s faith under fire, in the aftermath of the 1391 massacres in Spain, and the ways women kept their faith throughout the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In conversation with Yael Krumbein. Yael teaches European History at Touro College’s Lander College for Women in New York City and Jewish history at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora High School in Passaic, NJ   MINI-POD: The Rivash and the Chasid Yavetz on women's challenges and triumphs in Spain, 1391-1492
Tzipora Weinberg
The Conversation Continues
Should seminaries ask applicants if they’ve gone to therapy?
Family First Readers
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“Would I choose ADHD? Maybe not. But embracing it has brought me so much joy”
Family First Readers
Voices for Eternity
Esther was prepared to sacrifice everything—her very life and even her portion in Olam HaBa—for the sake of the people
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Voices for Eternity
The tefillos of men are carried upward through the prayers and tears of the women
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Between Brothers
The Lev Simcha era could be called a period of consolidation
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Between Brothers
The story of the oldest and youngest children of the Netziv, Rav Chaim Berlin and Rav Meir (Berlin) Bar-Ilan
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Parshah
The lifespan of a carob tree is 70 years, and the world fundamentally changes every 70 years
Faigy Peritzman
Parshah
The Mesillas Yesharim says that the yetzer hara employs Pharaoh’s plan on a daily basis
Faigy Peritzman
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