Best Moldavia Podcasts (2026)

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#34 – Jewish Cernăuți (Czernowitz in German, Chernivtsi in Ukrainian) 21:41

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Send us a text Cernăuți History Cernăuți Jewish History Cernăuți Jewish Cultural Personalities Cernăuți Jewish Cemeteries Cernăuți SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#35 – Jewish Chișinău (Kishinev in Russian) 23:08

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Send us a text Chișinău History Chișinău Jewish History Chișinău Jewish Cultural Personalities Chișinău Jewish Cemeteries Chișinău SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#30 – Jewish București (Bucharest in English, Bukharest in Yiddish) 38:14

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Send us a text We will be exploring the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities so we start here with the capital, Bucharest: București București Jewish History București Jewish Neighborhoods București Jewish Cemeteries București SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#31 – Jewish Iași (Jassy in English and Yiddish) 27:19

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Send us a text We continue here to explore the Jewish history of some major Romanian cities, with the city of Iași: Iași Iași History Iași Jewish History Iași Jewish Culture Iași Jewish Cemeteries Iași SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#32 – Jewish Cluj (Kolozsvár In Hungarian, Klausenburg in German, Kloyznburg in Yiddish) 21:19

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Send us a text We continue exploration of Jewish history of some of the major Romanian cities, with the city of Cluj: Cluj Cluj Jewish History Cluj Jewish Culture Cluj Jewish Cemeteries Cluj SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#33 – Jewish Timișoara (Temesvár in Hungarian, Temeschburg in German, Temeshvar in Yiddish) 29:19

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Send us a text We continue the exploration of the Jewish history of Romanian cities with the city of Timișoara: Timișoara Timișoara Jewish History Timișoara Jewish Cemeteries Timișoara SynagoguesBy Adrian Iosifescu

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#26 - Lawrence of Arabia and Aaronsohn of Palestine 22:33

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Send us a text 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

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#27 - The most famous bank robbery in the Communist history 22:13

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

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#28 - The Jewish Queen - Magda Lupescu and King Carol II of Romania 18:41

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Send us a text 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

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#29 – Remarkable Romanian Rabbis and Tzadikim 40:14

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

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#22 - Romanian Jews parachuted back into Romania 29:22

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Send us a text 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 Romani…

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#23 - Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and the Jews 40:49

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Send us a text 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…

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#24 - A Romanian Jew in Hollywood 19:28

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Send us a text 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://historyofroman…

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#25 - Ana Pauker - the Romanian Jewish Woman Communist 32:40

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Send us a text 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/note…

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#19 - Bukovina Jews 32:07

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Send us a text 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

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#20 - Bessarabia Jews 57:18

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Send us a text 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 co…

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#21 – Haskalah and Jewish dilemma of Exclusion or Assimilation 47:49

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Send us a text 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]…

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#18 - Sephardic Jews in Romania 46:32

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Send us a text 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: historyofromanianjews@gmail…

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#17 – Khazars on the Romania territory 53:04

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Send us a text 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]…

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#16 - Klezmer Music and Romania 27:00

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Send us a text 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]…

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#15 - Hasidic Judaism and Romania 47:15

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Send us a text :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: historyofrom…

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#14 - Transylvania Jews 36:48

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Send us a text 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 quest…

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#3 - Jews in Romania in the 17th and 18th centuries 38:57

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Send us a text 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://hist…

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#4 - Jews in Romania in the 19th century 38:42

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Send us a text 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…

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#5 - Jews in the 20th century Romania 25:58

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Send us a text 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

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#6 - Romanian Jews and the Holocaust 39:27

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Send us a text 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]…

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#7 - Jews in Communist Romania 28:57

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Send us a text 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]…

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#8 - Romanian Jews and Zionism 17:32

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Send us a text 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

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#9 - Romanian Jewish Emigration 26:33

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Send us a text 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

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#10 - Romanian Jews in America 21:31

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Send us a text 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

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#11 - Romanian Jews in Israel 24:14

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Send us a text 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]…

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#12 - Jews and the Romanian Culture 44:43

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Send us a text 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 t…

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#13 - Jews and the Romanian Cultural Avantgarde 54:05

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Send us a text 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

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#2 - Early Jewish Presence on the Romanian Territory 22:26

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Send us a text 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]…

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#1 - Introduction to the History of Romanian Jews podcast 10:50

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Send us a text 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: historyofroman…

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#34 – Jewish Cernăuți (Czernowitz in German, Chernivtsi in Ukrainian) 21:41

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#35 – Jewish Chișinău (Kishinev in Russian) 23:08

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#30 – Jewish București (Bucharest in English, Bukharest in Yiddish) 38:14

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#31 – Jewish Iași (Jassy in English and Yiddish) 27:19

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#32 – Jewish Cluj (Kolozsvár In Hungarian, Klausenburg in German, Kloyznburg in Yiddish) 21:19

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#33 – Jewish Timișoara (Temesvár in Hungarian, Temeschburg in German, Temeshvar in Yiddish) 29:19

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#26 - Lawrence of Arabia and Aaronsohn of Palestine 22:33

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#27 - The most famous bank robbery in the Communist history 22:13

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#28 - The Jewish Queen - Magda Lupescu and King Carol II of Romania 18:41

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#29 – Remarkable Romanian Rabbis and Tzadikim 40:14

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#22 - Romanian Jews parachuted back into Romania 29:22

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#23 - Vlad the Impaler, Dracula and the Jews 40:49

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#24 - A Romanian Jew in Hollywood 19:28

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#25 - Ana Pauker - the Romanian Jewish Woman Communist 32:40

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#19 - Bukovina Jews 32:07

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#20 - Bessarabia Jews 57:18

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#21 – Haskalah and Jewish dilemma of Exclusion or Assimilation 47:49

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#18 - Sephardic Jews in Romania 46:32

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#17 – Khazars on the Romania territory 53:04

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#16 - Klezmer Music and Romania 27:00

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#15 - Hasidic Judaism and Romania 47:15

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#14 - Transylvania Jews 36:48

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#3 - Jews in Romania in the 17th and 18th centuries 38:57

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#4 - Jews in Romania in the 19th century 38:42

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#5 - Jews in the 20th century Romania 25:58

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#6 - Romanian Jews and the Holocaust 39:27

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#7 - Jews in Communist Romania 28:57

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#8 - Romanian Jews and Zionism 17:32

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#9 - Romanian Jewish Emigration 26:33

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#10 - Romanian Jews in America 21:31

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#11 - Romanian Jews in Israel 24:14

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#12 - Jews and the Romanian Culture 44:43

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#13 - Jews and the Romanian Cultural Avantgarde 54:05

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#2 - Early Jewish Presence on the Romanian Territory 22:26

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#1 - Introduction to the History of Romanian Jews podcast 10:50