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  1. Where do you get your facts at 1:13. In my own readings of Jewish History, I have generally seen Hebrew being carried on as a spoken language in the Jewish heartland until at least around 200CE. It was in common parlance among Judeans based around Jerusalem and likely remained a first language of some into the 4th century.
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  2. Hey, Sam. Thank you for this video - such a treasure, hope everyone had known family history as well as you do. And pretty awesome to see Ukrainian flag at the building @ 8:05 )
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  3. It's good to see The Liberator himself in a video. His push for Catholic emancipation really did capture the spirit of equality in Ireland, hence why Jews were being supported imo. I would say though, most Irish people did support some form of republicanism or at the bare minimum home rule, it just happened to be that until the abolition of the Statues of Kilkenny that they couldn't voice such an opinion by the ballot box
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  4. Thanks!
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  5. Another incredible and so interesting video! 1:59 Doesn't גאונים (Geonim) means Geniuses?
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  6. My great grandfather served in the "Lost Battalion". He was in Company H of the 308th Infantry. However, he was wounded in action about a month before the 77th division launched their attack into the Argonne. We have his two journals from the war, along with a series of letters and photos from his service and the purple heart he later received.
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  7. Yet another great video Sam. Well told and very informative as usual
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  8. It's very good the error of Lenin and Martov's 'accelerationism' is corrected here. As to what is said about how their opposition to economism seems like it wasn't actually accurate, in so far as the people they targeted (like the Bund) did not hold to the views they criticize, that is indeed a fair point. Some scholars like John L. Keep have argued that the position Lenin was rhetorically arguing against was actually different from the one actually held by the people he was directing his polemics at, such as Martynov with WITBD?. Whether that means it was a strawman, or a misreading, or simply directing his criticism of economism at the wrong people, this is a separate matter from what Lenin's views and position were. As Lars T. Lih writes "For understanding Lenin's outlook, however, the accuracy of Lenin' s critique is not central". It's similar to how Rosa Luxemburg's 1904 article about "Leninism" and the book 'One Step Forward, Two Steps Back' give deep insight into her own views, even as the specific arguments she makes about Lenin's book are completely unfounded, and give the strong impression she hadn't even read it.
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  9. Happy Chanukah, Sam!
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  10. The Bait al-Hikma was quite an astonishing place, it sounds like herem is akin to a fatwa, which is simply a judgement by an Islamic scholar with just as much disagreement about who should be acknowledged or ignored.
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  11. Impressed you know about Maltese 😍🇲🇹
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  12. I study jewish history at university and I really would love to talk to you about the journey that let you to making these videos. They are so interesting while also being in line with what may become a serious thesis, let me know if you have any contact info
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  13. 10:26 it's yehoshua Ben perachiya not yehudah
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  14. Another great video!! Looking forward to the next one!
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  15. Fantastic video. Looking for context about what’s going on right now, and I knew I should turn to your videos to help.
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  16. I have my grandmother's siddur with her name and "Alexandria 1914" pencilled in the front. She and her family were refugeed from Rehovot to Alexandria at the outbreak of WWI as they were (Australian) British Citizens. She wrote about her experiences that year in a piece called "How I Spent My Fourteenth Year" which has been published in the Australian Jewish Historical Journal (I transcribed and footnoted it and have a pdf of it if anyone is interested).
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  17. I'm a long time fan. Thanks for doing all of this amazing research and teaching.
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  18. The lack of separation of church and state in Massachusetts (official religion: Congregationalism, aka Puritanism) was a major inadvertent factor in the development and widespread acceptance of Unitarianism (part of Unitarian Universalism). It seems that all of the Congregational churches were considered public, and thus the stakeholders included not only the (generally more conservative and puritanical) full church members, but also the (more liberal) general population, which preferred liberal, Unitarian interpretations of religion. After some litigation, courts ruled that the churches had to listen to the population in general, and so numerous Congregational churches became Unitarian churches overnight. The conservatives got fed up with this and voted to separate church from state in Massachusetts.
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  19. Yooo no way!!! I was in Alanna Cooper's class!!! (From the sources)
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  20. Hi Sam, Israeli here, never heared anyone cite america as a "paragon of public transport", please elaborate
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  21. Your videos and explanations are just pure sugar. Love your work.
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  22. That's some Aussie humour right there hehehe, 1 Aussie and he's the commander.
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  23. I hope you vote in the Primaries today, Sam!
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  24. Lots of well-preseved castles in the Gallee were either repaired or outright built by Daher El-Omar. ShefarAm being the best preserved one. Acre was altered by his replacement. Also, he moved and "re-started" Haifa, which is usually considered to be the start of my city's modern history.
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  25. Thank you for your work. I have studied greco-roman history and the main focus have been from a christian point of view. I have learned more from you. We have focused too much on the fertile crest etc. I have binge watched your episodes and will yet again re-read my books and compare with your sources. I have covid right now and that means I have all the time to enjoy your channel. I will as well share your chanel to fellow former and current students. This makes me want to visit Israel and visit museums and places. Thank you!
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  26. Thanks a lot for this thoroughly researched timeline, Sam! :eyes-pink-heart-shape: I even learned a few new fun facts from this, such as the existence of an Icelandic saga devoted to describing the concept of Jews and their shenanigans from a subpolar perspective.
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  27. Great upload! Thanks for the cool vids. Completely unrelated question but what is your favorite baseball team?
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  28. I'm guessing the next video will have to do with the formation of the Kahal Kadosh de Talmud Torah. Always interestings going through the Escamot books, which date back to 1638 - https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/334/5.1.1.1.1/start/0/limit/10/highlight/1
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  29.  @SamAronow  PS: So upset with myself that I forgot to add in my first comment: I am SO happy I found your channel! Continue the great work!
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  30.  @CeoLogJM  Dutch Sephardim in general, I would think
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  31. I would point out that the word Nationalists meant something different at the time in Australia, as can be seen by PM Billy Hughes being a Nationalist... after being the Labour leader.... and becoming the Labour leader again later We still have a major party called the Nationals
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  32. 11:08 Why is he first year 355 days long while every other non-leap year has 384? Also, I remember growing up learning that there are 355 days in a hebrew years, and that's why the hebrew word for a year is שנה (Shanah), since in Gematria Shin = 300, Nun = 50, and Heh = 5, but it seems (according to you) that the common year has 354 days. Is this just a coincidence, then?
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  33. Hey Sam! I have a question not directly related to the history you have been teaching but more the maps you have created (e.g., of Jerusalem, Algiers, Paris, etc.). These would appear to be vectorized maps with building footprints or roads/block from that era. Do you base it off of older maps? How do you vectorize these maps without the tedium of hand-tracing? It would appear to be a minor question but the consistency of these maps across all of the videos have made me curious. Thank you!
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  34. Awesome video as always. What is your source for the execution of Rashbi by the Romans? I had heard persecution but not execution. Shabbat shalom.
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  35. I love the video! A true story: my father in law's family were one of the first settlers who established Rosh Pina. His great grandfather used to fix waggons all over the upper Galilee. One day, Yosef Trumpeldor came to him from Tel Hai and was in a rush to fix his waggon. My father in law's great grandfather told him to seat and wait for his turn, but Trumpeldor got angry and started cursing him in Russian, and saying "How dare you?! Do you know who i am?!" . The great grandfather turned around and smacked Trumpeldor in the face, knocking him down to the ground, and said to him: " one day, you will get what you deserve!". Trumpeldor got killed a few months later. The waggon was never fixed.
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  36. love the broccoli reference !
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  37. ​ @almogz9486  okay thankyou. that means i truly am insane. its just that he mentioned the name alongside yitzhak navon, who WAS a former prime minister, and this is a bizarre false memory ive had for YEARS. (the gal gadot i remember was DEFINITELY male btw. like a 50 year old man. not a woman.)
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  38. I did that thing where you hit the share button and copied the link to the video to boost its exposure. Any other viewers can do the same thing to help the video gain traction in the youtube algorithm.
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  39. 👋👋👋 Chanukah Sameach!
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  40. Stay safe Sam..
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  41. The thing I will always tell when Einstein's accomplishments are mentioned. He did all his greatest work while working with his first wife and mathematician Mileva Maric. Maric in fact did all the hard math. She deserves the recognition and should be mentioned together with Einstein. Her career and life went to shit after Einstein deserted her and their two sons. But thank you for this very informative video! Never seen this history been discussed anywhere before!
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  42. Very swag
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  43. Sam, while many Jewish foods possess their origin in a host culture, such as amba (excluding liturgical fare of course), in all my travels I've only found one "secular" dish I think is uniquely Jewish. My mother's mother introduced me to a treat called "Nuant", which sounds like Yiddish, but I think is derived from the biblical Hebrew "Nopheth", or flowing honey. It is simply fried walnuts and honey formed into clusters. It is clearly a cousin of baklava (sans the filo), as well as Arabic sesame candies (which contain egg white). It's very easy to make and all about the consistence. Spices can be added - such as small amounts of ginger or cardamon. I've had a hard time researching its earliest mention, but it appears to have been known among rural Hungarian Jews prior to the 20th century, and I've never found a non-Jewish version of it. Anyway, love your channel, keep up the great work. Oh, and as far as Matzah Ball soup goes, I was always instructed to add seltzer to the mix, refrigerate it overnight, and to cook the balls in the soup rather than in boiling water. That way they actually take on the flavor of the chicken broth, parsnips, dill, etc.
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  44. 7:17 Soghomon Tehlirian, Stepan Dzaghigian, Artashes Gevorgyan, and Petros Ter Poghosyan go brrrrr :D
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  45. Great video, Sam. Keep up the great work, it's much appreciated!
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  46. Thanks for noting Uncle Eduard 😊 Despite having family from many of the places you mentioned and who lived through much of this history, all I heard from them as a child were confused stories from limited perspectives. You’ve put a lot of it into context and suddenly the stories make more sense…!
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  47. Also David Salomon's clearly needed glasses because that man couldn't see a single fuck to give
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  48. 0:42 Nice use of "Obession" by Alexander Lasarenko!
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  49. Around 11:45 you talk about the west-east divide among European Jews and coin the term Mendelssohn Line. My very cursory knowledge about the Haskalah gave me the impression that it was a phenomenon in Eastern Europe, but you suggest that this line indicates where the Jewish Enlightenment spread beyond small intellectual circles into the broader culture and I got the impression that you meant that it was a Western thing. Do you have any more info about this? Not meant as a critique, I love your videos and am just curious to learn more!
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  50. Credited in a Sam Aronow video - dream come true 😎
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