# #109 - The Letters Which Made History - Part I

From **History For The Curious** by R Aubrey Hersh;Mena Reisner.

- **Published:** Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:19:45 +0000
- **Duration:** 45:23
- **Audio:** https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/it92kp/HC003_-_Assembled_Episode_FINAL_mixdownbjdor.mp3
- **Page:** https://rabbiaubreyhersh.podbean.com/e/the-letters-which-made-history-part-i/
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<p>Did a Christian censor help the Jews of Bohemia?</p>
<p>Who was Rav Sherira Gaon and why is the letter he wrote over 1,000 years ago, so important today?</p>
<p>What brought Jews to America in the 1600s?</p>
<p>And why did a Rabbi in Indiana write to the US Secretary of State - in Hebrew!?</p>