What makes the Jewish people unique? What has allowed us to survive centuries of persecution? Other empires have risen and fallen, while the Jews have not only survived but thrived. What is our secret? In this fascinating lecture from the European Jewish Retreat, Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau inspires viewers and leaves them with a powerful task to carry forward.
Special thanks to Rabbi Sholom Liberow, Director of the European Jewish Study Network for sharing this video with TorahCafe.com.
yay this is exactly my question on my history final coming up!! thanks for writing my essay!!
Mark Twain famously wrote: “…If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent. of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star-dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning… Read more »
is a must read book about the journey of rabbi lau…you are left with a truly a humbling feeling…this man is incredible