Aaron Aaronsohn, 6 years old boy from Bacău Aaron Aaronsohn, the Palestinian botanist Aaron Aaronsohn, the locust fighter Aaron Aaronsohn, the leader of the British spy network in Palestine Aaron Aaronsohn, the political negotiatorBy Adrian Iosifescu

The robbery The investigation Conviction & execution The movie Romania in 1959 The drama actors Other movies Robbery or staging? ConclusionBy Adrian Iosifescu

Who was Elena (Magda) Lupescu ? Who was Carol II ? Their encounter Their escape Back on the throne Leaving Romania The end of the their love affairBy Adrian Iosifescu

Rabbi Dr. Jacob Itzhak Niemirower Rabbi Alexandre Şafran Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson Rabbi Avraham Mattisyahu Friedman Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum Rabbi Solomon SchechterBy Adrian Iosifescu

This is the story of Romanian Jews who were parachuted back into Romania during the Second World War: British-Yishuv collaboration during the 2nd World War Palestinian Jews volunteers The European parachuting plans The Romanian-born Jewish parachutists First Romanian drop Second, third and fourth drop Parachutists working with Romanian Zionists The…

Facts and fiction concerning the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, the fictionalized Dracula character and how all these relate to the Jews: The historical figure of Wallachian prince Vlad III Vlad Dracula stories The fictional character of Dracula Dracula, an expression of anti-semitism The Notes for this episode could be found at https://histor…

The life of Eduard G. Robinson, the first Romanian-born Jew to make it in Hollywood: Emmanuel Goldenberg arrives in America Edward G. Robinson first successes Marriage and children The House Un-American Activities Committee Rehabilitation Fellow Warner Brothers stars The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/not…

One of the most powerful women communist, the Romanian Jew Ana Pauker: Ana Pauker's Communist start Post-war communist leadership 1948-52 Romanian Jewish Alyiah and Pauker's role in it Pauker's downfall Ana Pauker's legacy 1950s jokes about Ana Pauker The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for …

Bukovina location Dacia Moldavia Principality Austrian occupation Paul Celan Aharon Appelfeld The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Bessarabia location Historical Dacia Moldavian Principality Jewish Activity during the Moldavian Principality Jewish Organization during the Moldavian Principality Jewish Culture during the Moldavian Principality Tzarist Russia Jewish Culture during Tsarist Russia Romania Soviet Union Republic of Moldova The Notes for this episode could be found at…

The history of Haskalah Romanian Haskalah Benjamin Schwarzfeld Yehuda ben Mordehai Barasch Elias, Wilhelm and Moses Schwarzfeld Moses Gaster Lazăr Șăineanu Moise Ronetti-Roman The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

Brief Sephardic History Sephardic Jews Arrival in the Romanian Lands Sephardic Jews in Moldova Sephardic Jews in Transylvania Sephardic Jews in Wallachia Sephardic Jews in Modern Romania The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

Khazar History Khazar Jewish Conversion Khazars in Transylvania Khazars in Wallachia Khazars and the Question of Askenazi Jewish Ancestry The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Klezmer music and the connection to the Romanian lands What is Klezmer music Klezmer music history Klezmer music types Klezmer musical elements Klezmer music influence The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

:Hasidic Judaism and Romania: Haredi Hasidic History and Beliefs Historic Causes for Hasidism Hasidic Organization Hasidic Garb Hasidic Family Hasidic Dynasties Satmar Hasidism Chabad/Lubavich Hasidisn The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: historyofromanianjews@gmail…

History of Transylvanian Jews: Transylvania part of Dacia The Khazar Jews in Transylvania Medieval Transylvania Principality of Transylvania Transylvania part of the Austro-Hungarian empire Transylvania part of the Romanian kingdom The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comment…

The establishment of the first Romanian Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities The first recorded Jewish personalities at the two principalities courts Tartar and Cossacks invasions and their consequences First anti-Jewish pamphlets Organization of the Romanian Jewish communities The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianje…

Jewish discrimination in the Romanian Principalities Jewish presence in the two capitals, Jassy and Bucharest Jews and the 1848 revolution Jews and the union of Moldova and Wallachia principalities into the kingdom of Romania Jews and the Romanian War of Independence Jewish fight for Romanian naturalization The Notes for this episode could be found…

Demographic Changes The First World War Romanian Citizenship Explosion of Antisemitism The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

The wide-spread antisemitism Bucharest pogrom Iasi pogrom The killing of the Jews in Bessarabia and Bukovina The killing of the Jews in Northern Transylvania Jewish resistance The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

Communist Romania 1944-1952 Jewish Emigration as a Source of Funds for the Communist Regime Romania after the 1989 Revolution Jewish Stereotypes in the Romanian Culture The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

Romanian Zionism before the official Zionism Romanian Participation to the Zionism Congresses Zionism Activities in Romania The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

The Massive Economic Emigration of Early 1900s The Antisemitism and Holocaust Caused Emigration Emigration from Communist Romania The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Immigration to US before 1900s Immigration to US after 1900s Romanian Jews in New York The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Early Palestine emigration The Major Aliyah during and after the 2nd World War Important Israeli Personalities of Romanian Background The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Jewish Hebrew and Yiddish Writers Jewish Romanian Writers Contributions to Medicine and Mathematics Contributions to Theater Jewish Press Contributions to Literary Aestheticism and Criticism Contributions to the the Cultural Avantgarde Romanian Jewish Writers In Israel Klezmer Music Philosemitic Romanian Intellectuals The Notes for this episode cou…

The First Cultural Wave - Dadaism The Second Cultural Wave: Surrealism The Third Cultural Wave: Lettrism The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected] Adrian Iosifescu

Early Jewish presence in the pre-roman and post-roman Dacia Khazars' presence in the Romanian space Jews in the newly established principalities of Moldova and Wallachia The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

The first episode presents briefly the topics to be covered, how often new episodes will be published, the pronunciation issues and explains the music chosen for the background and the podcast cover. The Notes for this episode could be found at https://historyofromanianjews.com/notes/ Contact for questions or comments: [email protected]…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/episode-7-myth-35gas.mp3 Well, the truth is rather complicated, so I understand why a lot of people get confused about this, but the short answer is no. The long answer is that this is a map of PMR: As you can see, there’s the Republic of Moldova to the west and Ukraine to the east. In the “old d…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/podcast-6-myth-35.mp3 You’d be surprised how often you hear that Transnistria is a super dangerous country to visit, especially if you’re an American. Even when my wife and I first visited Tiraspol, we were told lots of scary shit, including that we’d be immediately arrested and thrown in jail if…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/podcast-5-myth-50.mp3 Of course, if you’re a Western European or American academic or a Western media news crew, you are not allowed to say anything good about Pridnestrovie. Not once, and not ever. And if you’re Romanian, that goes double true for you. But many tourists somehow make their way to…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/podcast4myth19.mp3 Well, yes and no. Let’s call this one partially mythologized. While it is technically true that Pridnestrovie has money that’s made out of plastic, what they’ve created is actually pretty amazing. The Pridnestrovian next-gen ruble “coin” is a true technological marvel. These ru…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/episode-3.mp3 Nope, not Communist at all. Sorry! In fact, the Communist Party is the opposition party in Pridnestrovie. They won just one seat in the 43-seat parliament during the last election. And their deputy is currently in jail (check out #17!) The Pridnestrovian economy is completely non-Co…

https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/podcast-episode-2.mp3 Utter hogwash. Not only have I heard many, many people speaking Romanian in public in Pridnestrovie, I’ve also done it myself. At least one-third of the people who live in Pridnestrovie speak the language, so I don’t know where this rumor came from, but it is a rather persis…

I see so much negative and misinformed reporting on the republic that I simply felt compelled to try and clear up some of the myths surrounding the “country that does not exist.” https://kingofromania.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/podcast-episode-1.mp3 Over the past 1,000 years, the area now known as Transnistria has had a lot of names, but none o…

Matthew Namee talks with His Grace Bishop Basil, the newly elected Secretary of the Episcopal Assemblies. We learn of his impressions of the historic May 26-28 gathering in New York as well as the assignment he has been given to coordinate the work of the committees that will be formed leading up eventually to a Great and Holy Council.…

This week, Matthew Namee and new co-host Aram Sarkisian discuss, among other things, the Russian Mission in North America, the consecration of Bishop Arseny of Winnipeg, three fascinating early parish priests, and the time Jimmy Carter awarded Archbishop Iakovos the Presidential Medal of Freedom.By Matthew Namee

In this episode, Matthew discusses, among other things, some influential early convert priests, the Romanian Bishop Polycarp Morusca, a 1940s attempt at jurisdictional unity, and the renowned church historian Jaroslav Pelikan.By Matthew Namee

Matthew discusses Philip Ludwell III, St. Alexis Toth, Archimandrite Theoclitos Triantafilides, and others.By Matthew Namee

Matthew discusses Archbishop Arseny of Winnipeg, the first Orthodox chapel in Oregon, the first All-American Sobor, the funeral of St. Raphael Hawaweeny, and the life of the early Greek priest Fr. Kallinikos Kanellas.By Matthew Namee

Matthew recounts the story of Fr. Kallinikos Delveis, the first priest of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in New York.By Matthew Namee

On this special episode of American Orthodox History, recorded at the first symposium on American Orthodox History at Princeton University, Matthew interviews Samuel Noble, a doctoral candidate at Yale University who has been translating from Arabic the homilies of St. Raphael Hawaweeny.By Matthew Namee

On this special episode of American Orthodox History, recorded at the first symposium on American Orthodox History at Princeton University, Matthew interviews Scott Kenworthy, Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Religion at the University of Miami of Ohio, about St. Tikhon, Enlightener of America.…

Matthew speaks at the Fortieth Biennial Clergy Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Atlanta, Georgia.By Matthew Namee

After explaining why the past five attempts to achieve administrative unity in America have failed, Matthew tells us why the sixth attempt, which takes place this coming May 26th-28th, has a very good chance of succeeding.By Matthew Namee

Matthew tells the story of his favorite figure in American Orthodox History, a fiery Greek Orthodox priest from Philadelphia named Fr. Demetrios Petrides. Learn more HERE.By Matthew Namee

Matthew introduces us to one of the most prominent females in early American Orthodox history. Learn more HERE.By Matthew Namee

Matthew tells the story of Metropolitan Antony Bashir on the 44th anniversary of his death. Learn more HERE.By Matthew Namee

Matthew recounts another tragedy affecting the St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco. Learn more HERE.By Matthew Namee