The Song of Berditchev
Aug 5, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
What happens when a rabbi refuses to continue Yom Kippur services? Find out in this archival recording of The Eternal Light radio program from 1953.
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A Song for the Conqueror
Apr 4, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
A 1955 episode of The Eternal Light depicting the power of music to sustain life and hope amidst a Polish ghetto during the Holocaust.
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How They Knocked the Devil Out of Uncle Ezra
Feb 5, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
What happens when a child is too smart for their own good? Find out in this humorous 1949 broadcast of The Eternal Light radio program.
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Mattathias – a Story for Hanukkah
Dec 5, 2012 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
Were the Assyrian-Greeks fighting a proxy war for the Soviets? You decide what this archival episode of The Eternal Light, first broadcast on December 2, 1956 is actually trying to say.
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Solomon Schechter: A Personal Reflection
Nov 19, 2012 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
In this archival clip from the 1945 Eternal Light program entitled “Solomon Schechter,” Rabbi Louis M. Epstein, founding rabbi of Kehillat Israel in Brookline, MA, reflects on his personal memories of Solomon Schechter.
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The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto
Apr 9, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program
Originally broadcast in 1944, just six months after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ended, “The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto” provides a dramatic account of life in the Ghetto.
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Purim: The Triumph of Understanding Over Hatred
Feb 12, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program | Purim
Taken from the archives of “The Eternal Light” radio program, this 1954 commentary on Purim is delivered by Murray Bellow, a noted civic leader of the time.
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Little Purim
Feb 12, 2013 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Podcast or Radio Program | Purim
A 1951 episode of “The Eternal Light” radio program about a boy and his violin on Purim.
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