Passover Reflections on Jewish History and the Situation in Ukraine

Lecture delivered as part of the Touro Talks series from Touro University, April 6, 2022.

Videos referenced in the lecture:

Online Courses:

Biblical Jewish History: From Abraham to Bar Kochba

A Thousand Years of Ashkenaz!

The Holocaust

[ARenewedmind]

Thank you for this. It is something to meditate on - our own personal treatment of "strangers"... and that God watches us in this regard.

[kathleeenmcclintock]

Thank you so much for this video my friend. It makes me want to cry. Feel so helpless. Am praying for the Ukrainians!

[toniwardell]

Thank you for your time consuming research that is desperately needed for understanding today’s current situation

[SteveNitrosTrio]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise... May God bless you!!!

[denisebremridge]

Thank you for this informative and deeply moving lecture.
My prayers go out to the great suffering of the people.
I wish you and family
Chag Pesach Sameach

[maril]

Listening now and sharing. Your lectures are excellent and easy to hear.
Thank you.
Thumbs up.

[ivapreckova]

thank you very much, Professor. i am sharing it.

[miric]

Hello Rabbi. A Refreshingly, Fairminded, knowledgeable, Heartfelt, excellently presented analysis. Thank you.

[Teadekun]

Thank you. In some mysterious way, this video helped me to lower my anxiety about currents events in Ukraine and I could be absorbed into the lesson. My family is safe, I have been living in the neighbouring Poland, I came to visit them there in Ukraine before the new academic year. Yet, sometimes i am lacking mental energy to cope with what's happening . Thank you, dear Prof Henry Abramson. Your lecture has eased my pain.

[feaokautai]

Great lecture for it makes sense the irresponsibility, cruelty of dictators to colossal displacement of innocents people. Blessed loving jewish connected story! ❤

[karlschreiber]

Thank You very much Prof. Abraham. History could be so sad even You have to know it to understand the here and now. Hag sameach pessach to You! You give me hope in hard times.

[markrossow]

thank you

Prayers for UKR peoples Jewish / Christian / Secular

[hoperules]

Professor Abramson,
Thank you for your moral courage and willingness to share your personal story. I discovered you while in college taking a course in anthropology of religion and needed a further scholarly source, for my paper. You have brought me no end of pride in my heritage and done so with so much dignity and as much neutrality as to allow so many from such diverse opinions to study along with you-without alienating!
Now, in such trying times and with such a deep personal legacy, you have been able to present coherent and cogent information. I bless G-d for you and ask Hashem to refresh your spirit and that of your family as well.

[sharontheodore]

Thank you so much for this invaluable lecture. I learned so much about the current situation in Ukraine because of your amazing skills to put the various pieces of information in such clear and comprehensible manner.
I would have loved, however, that you would have had also touched on the Haggadah itself.
God bless you and your family and a big Chag Sameach 🙏🙏

[fionachalom]

Beautiful and very touching, thank you
And Chag semaha

[lindseyadams]

Such a difficult time. Thank you so much, Dr. Abramson. Wishing you a blessed and kosher Pesach.

[coveyssteve]

In the Passover story, the Hebrew people leave Egypt with almost no notice. The unleavened matzo symbolizes the fact that bread didn't even have time to rise. God bless the Jews of Ukraine, who know what it's like. As did their ancestors, they will persevere and overcome hardship.

[ganaiscourt]

This is quite an amazing and wonderful video

[davidhumphrey]

Wish I could give you a hug about your grandparents in Lithuania.

[annenymety]

Professor, I would love to hear your take on the great Viktor Frankl 🙏🏼