1000 Years of Ashkenaz | 2 The Jews of Khazaria

Who were the Khazari Jews? Is Yehuda Halevi’s account of their origins in the Kuzari borne out by historical research? Prof Abramson addresses these question as part of his survey course on Ashkenazi Jewry at the Graduate School for Jewish Studies in Budapest, the Ashkenazium. This is the first half of Prof. Abramson’s lecture “The Origins of the Ashkenazi Jews.“