Thank you Dr. Abramson ! These talks are outstanding and combine great humor with great scholarship. Best wishes from an ex-Brooklynite.

I am so proud of my grandfather (Paka) Ulilka Bosma who helped Jews in occupied Friesland Holland during WW2. My grandmother turned 100 this month. She is very health and much loved. Your Alberta friend, Tommy.

Thanks for a great set of lectures Henry, I'm learning lots of history and from a point of view I wouldn't normally get access to.

This was a very interesting lecture to listen to, Dr. Abramson.

Ohhhh! The agony. .... having to wait until almost 30.00 to hear one of Dr A's priceless jokes!! of course, the lecture is priceless too. :*)

this was one of the best lectures, thank you

Thanks Dr Abramson for another great lecture. Kol HaKavod!

I am current writing a paper on the Rhineland Massacre and this has helped me put everything in perspective, thank you!

my mum used to cover our furniture with plastic ...it is a dying custom !!??? enjoying all the lectures thanks

"The Crusaders", one of my favorite jazz groups.

Thank you so much for these videos!

Thank you for another fine lecture.

Next time, You need to explain the islamasation of the Seljuk turk and the battle of manzikert wich lead Alexios Komnenos to call on the "west" Thene a clear explanation between the peoples crusade (peter the hermit) and the princes crusade (raymond of toulouse, Bohemond of toronto etc..) two diffrent events/armys/crusades i would argue. One is sactioned by the holychurch the other not. Question: Are you planing to put a video explaining the distrust betwen Tsarist Russia and the jews after the napolenic wars? Second Question: Are you planing to but up a videos about the jews role in the napolenic wars? Third Question: The history of jews in Venice? Otherwise good lecture i enjoyed it!

Great lecture. Urban 2 gave lifetime free penance for all participants. Maybe not a Great idea.

im no expert but the sword in his mouth might may mean Jesus with a sword in is mouth in the book of Revelation in Bible

Henry Abramson For years I have believed the Jewish name Shapiro derived from Habiru, meaning Hebrew. But now you're telling me it derives from Speyer? Could both be true? Sorry for the hard question.... ;-)

Lumpenproletariat in 1096? Let that pass. As you make clear the majority of Christians in that era were overwhelmingly rural, peasant folk of the type who could be inspired by a spirit-filled goose. At one point you speculate as to why Ashkenazim moved north and east from central Germany after the First Crusade. Surely many factors might be cited, among them, ironically, the Northern Crusades, which created social conditions (urbanization/Stadtrecht/tolerance -mild oppression) that allowed Jews to thrive. Another interesting lecture!

As a Hungarian, I don't get the joke about the furniture covered in plastic. Just as King Coloman the Bookish did not get the jokes of the first waves of crusaders, probably.

Interesting that during the entire lecture, there is not one mention of why thousands went on crusade.

Crusaders chanted Luke 19:27...I didnt know church tried to help in some cases..Thanx now I am not totally disgusted with them.

Henry Abramson Mr Abramson, are you sure you meant northern Germany when you're talking about the pogroms in Speyer, Worms and Mainz? These cities are near France, so in the south-west.

*I guess I'm naming my son Emicho*

Jacob Prasch tells us that modern rabbinical teaching forbids reading the prophet Daniel.. is this true? and if so. Why?

Jesus would have a sword in his mouth in Rev 1:6 it relates to his power to judge and punish. That image does appear in Tanach e.g. psalms 59:7

Wow

Death comes Second Nature to Christianity, ad nauseum, Sooner than Later perpetrating the Grave in the Name of Saving Grace, riding high in the Saddle sadly along a Noah's Arc to becoming an Endangered Species, fete accompli.

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Please share link of Jewish kung-fu

I know about the massacure of worms in 1096