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Podcast: Asael Abelman on the History of “Hatikvah”
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Asael AbelmanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Asael Abelman
Asael Abelman teaches in the History Department at Herzog College and is a lecturer in Jewish history at Shalem College. He is the author of a comprehensive history of the Jewish people, Toldot Ha-Yehudim, which was published by Dvir in Hebrew in 2019.
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How Anti-Zionism Became Anti-Semitism: A Historical Overview
From Berlin to Warsaw to Moscow to Ramallah.
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Anglo-Jewish Attitudes
By Asael AbelmanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Failure of Cultural Zionism
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