With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing 1096 (The First Crusade) and the Jews

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With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing 1096 (the First
Crusade), the historical sources and chronicles, and the Kinnos
composed in its aftermath

We discussed the history of the crusades (Pope Urban II, Peter
the Hermit, and others involved), Jewish communities in the
Rhineland (Speyer, Worms, and Mainz), the destruction of these
communities and others, martyrdom, suicide and the halachos and
opinions amongst the Rishonim, Kinnos composed in the aftermath
of the destruction, and more.

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