Henry Abramson
Dr. Abramson, a specialist in Jewish history and thought, serves as the Dean of Lander College for Men, Touro University. He earned his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1995 and has held visiting and post-doctoral fellowships at Cornell, Harvard, Oxford and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of several books, including _A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920_ (Harvard, 1999) and _Reading the Talmud: Developing Independence in Gemara Learning_ (Feldheim, 2006). His research has been recognized by awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is a recipient of the Excellence in the Academy Award from the National Education Association. His current projects include the Jewish History in Daf Yomi podcast on All Daf and The Jewish People: A History (3 volumes) for Koren Publishers.
A Visit to Treblinka
A Siyum in Lublin Poland
Avraham Zacuto's Contribution to World Exploration
Who was Ludwig Riess, Jewish Historian in 19th century Japan?
What is Antizionism?
The Jews of Nagasaki, Japan (Kosher River Cruises)
The 10th century Voyage of Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub
13. Ashkenazi Jews in Europe at the Turn of the 20th century
Why Do Koreans Love the Talmud?
12. The Flourishing of Jewish Politics in eastern Ashkenaz
11. National Awakening in Western Ashkenaz
Why do Jews Travel? Five Reasons.
10. The Birth of the Haskalah in Ashkenaz
9. The Birth of Hasidism
The Pharaoh who Knew not Yosef
Where is the Sea of Reeds?
15. Introduction to the Holocaust in Ashkenazic Lands
Pharaoh Merneptah's Premature Obituary
14. Jewish Life in Prewar USSR
8. Ashkenazim and the long 18th century
7. The Unmoved Mover Shiurim in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
Who was Yehudah al-Harizi, the Jewish Poet-Explorer?
A Momentous Eulogy in Vilna: Conversation with Dr. Shnayer Leiman
7. Ashkenazic Jews and the Eastern European Economy to 1648
The Jews of the Russian Empire from their Origins to the 20th century
Why I love my job as a historian of the Jewish people
The Magnificent 17th century Synagogue in Tiktin (Tykocin), Poland
6. The Fruit of Haste is Regret (Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed)
Who was Devorah Romm? Amazing Heroine of Jewish Printing in Lithuania
6. Exclusionary Pressures in Medieval Western Ashkenaz