Pilgrims and Prisoners: Jews on the High Seas

Joshua Holo, Ph.D., Dean and Associate Professor of Jewish History, HUC/Los Angeles

Braving pirates and mother nature, medieval Jews pursued their business, communal, and religious interests by crossing the known world, at great risk and, at times, even greater reward. Voyage through time on the pilgrimages, explorations, and trade routes that shaped the medieval Jewish experience.