Discover the Drama and the Grandeur of Medieval Jewish History
Join Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter for his new online course, "Creativity and Confrontation: The History of Medieval Jewry"
Sandwiched between the rabbinic period and the Enlightenment, medieval Jewish history is often an afterthought. It shouldn’t be.
In this online course, the distinguished historian Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter will bring you on a journey through the events, debates, and formative figures of the Jewish Middle Ages.
In ten fascinating lectures, he’ll show you the drama and vibrancy of medieval Jewish history, and its significance to the story of the Jewish people.
When you enroll, you’ll learn about:
Many of the most important figures in Jewish history, including Maimonides, Rashi, Rabbeinu Gershom, Nahmanides, Yosef Karo, and so many more
The major intellectual and artistic advances in Jewish life, including philosophy, poetry, Kabbalah, and exegesis
How Jews reckoned with Christianity and Islam, and how those traditions reckoned with the Jews
Why understanding medieval Jewish history is so critical to understanding our time today
Enrollment is free, easy, and immediate. You can watch or listen to all of the lectures.
They will be released weekly, beginning November 24.
This course is generously sponsored by
Gary and Lee Rosenthal
What Students Are Saying:
"The course was very well presented and comprehensive. Rabbi Schacter speaks clearly and in an interesting manner. The various visuals were useful. The amount of time for each session was perfect. I learned many things from the course."
-Florence Z.
"This was an excellent course for me. The level was perfect, the instructor was clear and the material was fascinating. I appreciated the way the instructor took material from the past and made connections with situations of the present. I also appreciated the way he made important historical conclusions about the importance of learning to stand up for ourselves, or we will be treated with contempt, not kindness."
-Joan G.
"Rabbi Schacter is an outstanding teacher and lecturer; perhaps the best I have had the honor of hearing. His lectures are well organized and well coordinated. He speaks so clearly and at just the right pace. I look forward to taking another course with him."
-Taube I.
"I enjoyed every aspect of the course, as it was well structured and the topics helped one easily understand the movement of diaspora Jews throughout medieval Europe, and how they survived under both Christianity & Islam. Prof Schacter was an excellent teacher and he brought elements of humour into the subject matter that helped one understand the context of the times."
-Alan M.
Meet Jacob J. Schacter
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. From 2000 to 2005, he served as dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Boston, and from 1981 to 2000 he served as rabbi of The Jewish Center in Manhattan. Rabbi Schacter holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from Harvard University and received rabbinic ordination from Mesivta Torah Vodaath. He is the co-author of A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism (with Jeffrey Gurock, 1996) and the editor of Jewish Tradition and the Nontraditional Jew (1992) and Judaism’s Encounter with other Cultures: Rejection or Integration? (1997). He has published numerous articles and reviews in Hebrew and English and is the founding editor of the Torah u-Madda Journal.
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