The Eternal Light – Jewish Theological Seminary Inspiring the Jewish World Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:51:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Song of Berditchev /torah/the-song-of-berditchev/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:52:35 +0000 /torah/the-song-of-berditchev/ 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.

]]> 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.

(Image: Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879). ”Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur”. Vienna. 1878.)

]]> A Song for the Conqueror /torah/a-song-for-the-conqueror/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:49:39 +0000 /torah/a-song-for-the-conqueror/ A 1955 episode of The Eternal Light depicting the power of music to sustain life and hope amidst a Polish ghetto during the Holocaust.

]]> A 1955 episode of The Eternal Light depicting the power of music to sustain life and hope amidst a Polish ghetto during the Holocaust.

The Lublin Gehtto, December 1940. Courtesy of the German Federal Archives

]]> How They Knocked the Devil Out of Uncle Ezra /torah/how-they-knocked-the-devil-out-of-uncle-ezra/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:46:40 +0000 /torah/how-they-knocked-the-devil-out-of-uncle-ezra/ 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Mattathias – a Story for Hanukkah /torah/mattathias-a-story-for-hanukkah/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:42:55 +0000 /torah/mattathias-a-story-for-hanukkah/ 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Solomon Schechter: A Personal Reflection /torah/solomon-schechter-a-personal-reflection/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:37:47 +0000 /torah/solomon-schechter-a-personal-reflection/ 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.

]]> 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.

Solomon Schechter, ca. 1902. Photographer: Saville, Southport, England. [P3443]

]]> The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto /torah/the-battle-of-the-warsaw-ghetto/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:33:28 +0000 /torah/the-battle-of-the-warsaw-ghetto/ 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.

]]> 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.

Photo from Jürgen Stroop Report to Heinrich Himmler from May 1943. The original German caption reads: “Forcibly pulled out of dug-outs”.

]]> Purim: The Triumph of Understanding Over Hatred /torah/purim-the-triumph-of-understanding-over-hatred/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:29:55 +0000 /torah/purim-the-triumph-of-understanding-over-hatred/ 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Little Purim /torah/little-purim/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:26:33 +0000 /torah/little-purim/ A 1951 episode of "The Eternal Light" radio program about a boy and his violin on Purim.

]]> A 1951 episode of “The Eternal Light” radio program about a boy and his violin on Purim.

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