AmazingHistory: Recent Episodes
Yuval Malachi
Come see what life was like 150 years ago and you'll appreciate yours. An amazing museum that allows you to time travel and see the life your relatives may have lived.
Built in 1887 this was an amazing landmark to every Jews who landed in NY. This would not have been possible in their Eastern European world, so it was not just another synagogue but a symbol of the new place they now called home. America.
One of the greatest tragedies in Jewish history took place in 1492, just as Columbus set sail to the New World.
It was the end of the world as we knew it, for Jews who had lived in Spain for hundreds and even longer than 1000 years. They were not allowed to take anything with them, and left their property, gold and silver behind. Jews rich and poor began a coherced journey that many did not survive.
Listen as the story unfold.
A Muslim Turk who saved Jews during the holocaust and lost his wife? Would he do the same thing over again?
How did NYC become a global center for world Jewry? Why weren't Jews allowed to settle in NY at first? When did Jewish immigrants began to arrive in massive numbers in NY and what famous song was written to commemorate the event?
When did Jews first arrive in the US? What did they do during the War of Independence and the Civil War? When did the Jewish community first began to grow? Why did Jews settle mostly in Charleston? Here it is...