Campaign Against Antisemitism's video: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh Podcast Against Antisemitism S3 E19

Rabbi Aubrey Hersh is the author of the popular podcast “History for the Curious” (www.jle.org.uk/podcast). He is also the Projects Director & Senior Lecturer at the JLE (Jewish Learning Exchange) in London. Over the past two decades, he has taken over 250 Heritage tours to Europe including destinations such as Auschwitz, and has specialised in Holocaust education, with several of his podcast series focusing on elements of antisemitism and the Holocaust. In this episode, Rabbi Hersh discusses Purim and what it teaches us about antisemitism throughout history. _______________________________________________________________ Video contents: 00:00 - Intro 01:53 - What is Purim about? And what does it teach us about antisemitism? 06:41 - Does Haman have any commonalities with other antisemites throughout history? 10:18 - Why do we eat hamantaschen? 13:23 - How do the celebrations surrounding the Purim story help teach children about antisemitism? 14:38 - What lessons can we learn from the story of Purim? 17:49 - Rabbi Hersh’s work in Holocaust education 22:43 - Leading tours to Auschwitz 27:02 - Thoughts on Eisav soneh Yaakov 34:15 - The “History for the Curious” podcast 40:04 - Working at the Jewish Learning Exchange 41:52 - How can people who are not Jewish help tackle antisemitism? 43:51 - Final words _______________________________________________________________ See other episodes of Podcast Against Antisemitism here: https://bit.ly/3GHnxPo Subscribe at antisemitism.org/podcast and send us your feedback to podcast@antisemitism.org. Campaign Against Antisemitism is a volunteer-led, UK-based charity dedicated to countering antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law. Learn about us at https://antisemitism.org CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIALS Twitter: https://twitter.com/antisemitism Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/campaignagai... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campaignaga...