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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

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

There are bunch of potential kashrus problems with eggs

A good mashgiach learns to trust his feelings. Hashem sends them, directly from Heaven

I was the stereotypical newlywed, setting up my best friend with my husband’s kid brother

Ninth-grade bochurim would huddle in a corner, daring each other to make the plunge and ask Mordy a question

 “Sharing a smile costs you absolutely nothing, and yet it is one of the most powerful acts of chesed”

My grandfather never forgot that mountain. And now, neither will my precious son