Congregation Beth Abraham
Hertzberg's
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Rabbi Katz's Lectures
Over the years, Rabbi Katz has delivered numerous lectures about various periods in our history. Here is information about some of his lectures:
Winter 2011-2012 - After the Hurricane: The Struggle for Israel 1945-1949
The Bais Medrash of Bergenfield - July 2011
Eishes Chayil, Pope, Rabbis
The Battle between Gracia Mendes and Pope Paul IV in the 1550s View this lecture online
Whose Truth? How Jews and Egyptians Battled Over the Passover Narrative 2,000 Years Ago (at the Jewish Museum of Maryland) View this lecture online
Winter 2010-2011 - The Hurricane: The Holocaust, and Steps and Missteps on the Road to the Establishment of a State of Israel
Thoughts on a Transitional Decade: Unity and Disunity in the Baltimore Jewish Community in the 1940s -- This lecture sponsored by the Leibtag family in honor of the first Yahrzeit of Mrs. Rose Leibtag
2010 Three Weeks Lecture Series: Cossacks & Jews, 1648-1649
Lecture on the occasion of the second yahrtzeit of Rabbi Katz's mother, Mrs. Lenka Katz, A"H: Reb Elchonon, Immanuel Kant, and the Sefer Ha-Bris: Deconstructing Maimonidean Metaphysics in the Dorm of the Telshe Yeshiva in the Late 19th Century? This lecture series is available online: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7
The Stormy Years of the Twentieth Century: 1914-1934 - started October 24th, 2009
The Crisis of Traditionalism and the Emergence of Orthodoxy in the Nineteenth Century
The Slippery Slope: Chanukah to Tisha B'Av
Prelude to the Twentieth Century:
The Jews in America and in Eretz Yisrael in the Nineteenth Century
Churban 1492: The Jews of Spain - Acceptance, Excellence, Explusion
Summer 2011: Five-part lecture series entitled: Crusaders and Jews
The four lectures of "The Slippery Slope" series are available in DVD and CD formats. For further information, contact Rabbi Katz at rabbidkatz@gmail.com
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Articles on Rabbi Katz's "Stormy Years" lecture series
JewishByte.com:
"American Jewry to the Rescue - Part 1" - 14 Nov 2009 at Beth Tefiloh
"American Jewry to the Rescue - Part 2" - 21 Nov 2009 at Yeshivat Rambam
Baltimore Jewish Times:
How Dovid Katz's Thirst For Jewish History Bends Minds and Preconceived Notions
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Pictures from Rabbi Katz's lecture entitled "The True Story of Hanukkah" at The Johns Hopkins University Hillel House (7 DEC 2010)
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Rabbi Katz often serves as a scholar-in-residence in communities across North America. Here are a few of of his recent visits and lectures:
Saint Louis Kollel Yarchei Kallah - July 2009
Seattle Kollel - June 2010
Ezra Bessaroth—Seattle Sephardic Bikur Holim—Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath - June 2010
Bais Medrash of Bergenfield - July 2010
Young Israel of Bal Harbour - December 2010
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah - Milwaukee, WI - February 2011
Winter 2011-2012 - After the Hurricane: The Struggle for Israel 1945-1949
The Bais Medrash of Bergenfield - July 2011
Eishes Chayil, Pope, Rabbis
The Battle between Gracia Mendes and Pope Paul IV in the 1550s View this lecture online
Whose Truth? How Jews and Egyptians Battled Over the Passover Narrative 2,000 Years Ago (at the Jewish Museum of Maryland) View this lecture online
Winter 2010-2011 - The Hurricane: The Holocaust, and Steps and Missteps on the Road to the Establishment of a State of Israel
Thoughts on a Transitional Decade: Unity and Disunity in the Baltimore Jewish Community in the 1940s -- This lecture sponsored by the Leibtag family in honor of the first Yahrzeit of Mrs. Rose Leibtag
2010 Three Weeks Lecture Series: Cossacks & Jews, 1648-1649
Lecture on the occasion of the second yahrtzeit of Rabbi Katz's mother, Mrs. Lenka Katz, A"H: Reb Elchonon, Immanuel Kant, and the Sefer Ha-Bris: Deconstructing Maimonidean Metaphysics in the Dorm of the Telshe Yeshiva in the Late 19th Century? This lecture series is available online: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7
The Stormy Years of the Twentieth Century: 1914-1934 - started October 24th, 2009
The Crisis of Traditionalism and the Emergence of Orthodoxy in the Nineteenth Century
The Slippery Slope: Chanukah to Tisha B'Av
Prelude to the Twentieth Century:
The Jews in America and in Eretz Yisrael in the Nineteenth Century
Churban 1492: The Jews of Spain - Acceptance, Excellence, Explusion
Summer 2011: Five-part lecture series entitled: Crusaders and Jews
The four lectures of "The Slippery Slope" series are available in DVD and CD formats. For further information, contact Rabbi Katz at rabbidkatz@gmail.com
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Articles on Rabbi Katz's "Stormy Years" lecture series
JewishByte.com:
"American Jewry to the Rescue - Part 1" - 14 Nov 2009 at Beth Tefiloh
"American Jewry to the Rescue - Part 2" - 21 Nov 2009 at Yeshivat Rambam
Baltimore Jewish Times:
How Dovid Katz's Thirst For Jewish History Bends Minds and Preconceived Notions
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Pictures from Rabbi Katz's lecture entitled "The True Story of Hanukkah" at The Johns Hopkins University Hillel House (7 DEC 2010)
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Rabbi Katz often serves as a scholar-in-residence in communities across North America. Here are a few of of his recent visits and lectures:
Saint Louis Kollel Yarchei Kallah - July 2009
Seattle Kollel - June 2010
Ezra Bessaroth—Seattle Sephardic Bikur Holim—Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath - June 2010
Bais Medrash of Bergenfield - July 2010
Young Israel of Bal Harbour - December 2010
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah - Milwaukee, WI - February 2011